kyamisa (-kyamisizza) v.tr. caus. 1 & 2 cause to turn; cause to err, mislead; make crooked/bent, okukyamya ekigambo, to distort the meaning or pronunciation of a word.

a- (ka/bu) painful/vice-like grip. as an adv. painfully; with a painful grip; in a heartrending manner, okukaaba akajiijiiri, to cry pitifully, cf. jiijiira.

a- (ka/bu) remote corner; dark little corner.

a- (ka/bu) remote comer (e.g., of 1 a trunk, container, room).

a- (ka/bu) akatumbugulu k'enkoko, a chicken leg.

to hurl (someone) to the ground violently.

serve as a representative for fan administrative unit in a country), ebitundu bye bakiikirira, the sections which they represent.

e- (ki/bi) scabies; syphilitic rash.

e- (ki/bi) large water jar/|)ot/pitcher. cf. ensuwa.

e- (ki/bi) wooden plank (e.g., one used to hold the door).

omukomago, omukomazi.

scatter, break up (e.g., of a crowd). cf. enkumu.

a- (ka/bu) small spoon; teaspoon. cf. ekijiiko.

a-: kukwata kalippo, to be filthy/extremely dirty; to be tightly closed; to be tightly packed/jammed together. Essaati ye ekutte kalippo. His shirt is filthy.

a- (ka/bu) debate, disagreement, controversy, quarrel; confusion, commotion. cf. nyonyoogana.

a- (ka/bu) grenadilla, fruit of the passion flower.

a- (ka/bu) press, crowd, crowding. cf. nyiga, nyigana.

e- (ki/bi) ransom; ransom money. cf. nunula.

e- (ki/bi) blister in the corner of the mouth (usually the result of a fever).

to make a fire; to blow on a fire to keep it going. Ennyonyi baagikumyemu omuliro n'esimbula. They started the airplane and it took off.

a- plur. obuuso (ka/bu) small eye. okukuba akaaso, to wink at (in an amorous way, esp. of men), cf. eriiso (liiso).

Ssewanaku, Nnyinibulamu, Nnyiniggulu, Liisoddene.

a- (ka/bu) rare bunch (esp. of fruit).

a- (ka/bu) fight, conflict; argument, cf. nyoola, nyoolagana.

a- (ka/bu) kind of edible mushroom.

e- (ki/bi) bruise, scratch; wound; injury, cf. nuubuka.

e- (ki/bi) termite hill, enju ey'ekiswa, conicai-shapeu nut. cf. euswu, iiuamuusna.

e- (ki/bi) secret, mu kyama, se- retly. okukuuma ekyama, to keep a secret, obulamu bw'omuntu obw'ekyama, a person's private/personal life. Yankuba ekyama. He took me aside privately and told me a secret.

lit. How did the little girl (akawala is implied by ka-) spend the night?

a- var. spelling of akagiri, q.v.

a- (ka/bu) umbilical cord, cf, ekirira, olulira.

a- (ka/bu) disparagement, belittlement. cf. nyooma.

a- (ka/bu) edible flower of the pumpkin, with the -a of rel. plump.

e- (ki/bi) hoof. rf sikanmiln.

e- (ki/bi) large calabash/gourd. c f. ^akata.

e- (ki/bi) blockage; congestion; suffocation; constipation, ekiziyiro mu buta- ssa, asphyxia, interruption of breathing, kufa kiziyiro, to be overcome by the lack of fresh air; to die from lack of air. cf. ziyira.

e- (ki/bi) strap; brace, cf. yambala, olwambalizo.

q.v.

rumormonger. cf. gamba.

hurl.

a- (ka/bu) onion, katunguluccumu (la) garlic, cf. ekitungulu, ettungulu.

sneer at, taunt, be sarcastic to.

e- usually plur. (ki/bi) brake (of a vehicle), okulinnya ebiziyiza, to put on the brakes, cf. ziyiza.

etc. Baagezaako okumukumbira. They tried to court/woo her. cf. omukumbi; kulukumba.

e- (ki/bi) garment, article of clothing, in the plur. ebyambalo, clothes, clothing, cf. yambala.

a- adv. openly, publicly; frankly.

a- (ka/bu) edible red berry from the mutunku tree, q.v.

e- (ki/bi) kind of large lizard often found near or in houses, cf. omunya.

e- (ki/bi) lit. it-will-not-grow-up (from kula), kind of insect which bores into dry wood. Kitaakule kizimba mu lumuli. (prov.) The kitaakule builds in a reed (and will soon perish when the reeds are burnt).

e- (ki/bi) hindrance; restriction. cf. ziyiza.

-kumbavu rare var. of kulumbala, -kulumbavu, q.v.

e- (ki/bi) noose, something placed around the neck; fig. yoke, millstone, heavy burden, cf. yambika.

a- plur. obwato (ka/bu) small boat; canoe; brewing vat. obwato obubbira, submarines. akaato ak'omuliro, motorboat. cf. eryato (lyato), nnakaato.

a- (ka/bu) finger millet, cf. obulo.

a- (ka/bu) kind of very bitter wild fruit of the ntula type.

etc.

E- no plur. (ki/bi) colloq. English, the English language, okuyiwa Ekinyaanyimbe, to speak English well, lit. to pour English.

e- (ki/bi) large light; traffic light. cf. akataala, ettaala.

e- adv. kutta kizizi, to massacre, kill (defenseless people or animals), kufa kizizi, to die in mass; to die in an accident or catastrophe in which many are killed. cf. zzizi.

gather; pick up; search all over to get; contract ( a disease); pick up (a woman of ill repute), cf. kikombooza, kikomboozo.

e- (n/n) = ekisuma, q.v. elephant- snout fish, Gnathonemus longibarbis.

e- (ki/bi) food offered to a lubaale.

roam about freely; trespass.

a- (ka/bu) small pail/bucket. cf. ^endobo.

Vitex fischeri.

a- (ka/bu) body odor caused by excessive perspiration.

e- var. of eklezia, q.v.

adj. each, every, kiisi mulenzi yenna ayagala okugula ekitabo, any boy at all who wishes to buy the book.

e- (ki/bi) uncouth person; slob; boor. cf. omunyaga.

e- (ki/bi) bundle of reeds placed under the ceiling of a house.