adv., buwanvu; full length, vide kwegalangajja.

nderembuse) v.i. be broken/split; fig. burst out laughing; talk loudly, be noisy; quarrel; walk a long way.

o- no plur. (lu/n) asthma; bronchitis. cf. ekifuba

o- plur. empero (lu/n) top board/ strip of canoe.

ndabuse) v.i. be warned; be forewarned; become aware; be on the alert; be on one's guard.

break to pieces; split; fig. blurt out, blab out.

o- (lu/n) dust; powder; dirt, with the -a of rel. powdery, in powdered form, ssukaali ow'olufufugge, powdered/very fine sugar, olu- fufugge lw'amagumba, bones which have decayed and turned to dust. cf. effufugge.

O- no plur. (Iu/n) [Lunyoro] mist; dew.

o- (lu/n) with the -a of rel. thin, slender, obupapula obw'oluwewere, thin papers. Amagezi ge ga luwewere. He is stupid.

ekisa.

o- (lu/n) kind of tree, from 60 to 100 feet in height, Celtis mildbraedii, Celtis soyauxii.

o- adv. okulya olumenku, to eat slowly and deliberately, cf. menkula.

o- no plur. (lu/n) breeze, cf. empewo.

a kisa; be l., okusaasira, okukwatibwa ekisa, okubembereza.

topple over; (after another verb) do to extremes. Yasese n'okuleruka n'aleruka. She laughed herself sick. cf. teruka.

o- adv. endlessly, ceaselessly.

o- (lu/n) kind of evergreen shrub, the leaves of which are highly poisonous. cf. 3skiwoko.

ennaku z'Okusiiba, Ekisiibo, Kalemi.

etc.

-eresa caus. form of leka, q.v.

o- (lu/n) colloq. liquor, beer.

bleed by cupping; fig. eavesdrop on, spy on. kulumika muntu bigambo, to slander a person, falsely attribute words or actions to a person.

o- plur. empombo (lu/n) a young leaf of the banana plant which, after being softened by exposure to the sun, is used in cooking vegetable sauces. The sauce is inserted into about four layers of empombo and then steamed in the pot along with the main food dishes. Amagezi luwombo, bwe luyulika ng'osala olulala. (prov.) Wisdom is a luwombo; when it gets torn you can always cut another one. If one method fails, a wise person will adopt an alternative solution. oluwombo okulufumitamu akati, lit. to pierce a luwombo with a stick, i.e., throw cold water on someone's plans, ideas, etc. cf. ekiwombo.

engo.

etc.

o- no plur. (lu/n) large number, multitude, crowd, olufulubenje lw'ebi- buuzo, a large number of questions, olufulu- benje lw'abaana, a great many children.

o- (lu/n) hollow/empty place (esp. in trees, between rocks); hole; pit. cf. ekiwompogoma, empompogoma.

omugenge; become a l., okugengewala.

o- marriage (of a woman). The word is used most often with an accompanying ordinal. olufumbirwa lwe olw'okusatu, her third marriage. cf. fumba, fumbirwa.

o- (lu/n) ravine, valley, depression. cf. ekiwonko.

ebigenge.

bad person.

o- also olufumbofumbo (lu/n) a kind of grass which produces a substance resembling silk. cf. 20bufumbo.

o- no plur. (lu/n) overconfidence; undue familiarity, cf. manya.

o- (lu/n) valley, cf. ekiwonvu.

tono okusinga; become l., okukendeera, okuweebuuka, okutoniwa.

o- (lu/n) arch, smell of cooking. cf. fumba.

o- no plur. (lu/n) endless talk; long conversation, okukuba olumokko, to talk endlessly, okulya olumokko, to eat very slowly.

o- (lu/n) comb of a cock, okubojja ku luwonzi, to humble, bring (someone) down a peg. okulinnya ku luwonzi, to defeat, overcome, win over.

okukendeeza, okutoniya.

ndafuubanye) v.i. work hard, struggle intensively, put forth great efforts (in the achievement of an objective) .

put a dent in; smooth off (a pot before it dries).

o- (lu/n) legend; tradition; epic; long tale. cf. Ifuma.

and dialectal lumonge) (la) sweet potatoes, omunwe gwa lumonde, one/a single sweet potato. Zinsanze ezaasanga lumonde mu ttaka. I am extremely depressed/dejected/frustrated, cf. akamonde, nnammonde.

o- plur. empookowooko; also oluwonkowonko (lu/n) opening, cavity, something which has been dug out. olu- wookowooko mu jjinja, an opening in the rock. cf. wool a.

to, tono okusinga.

ndaze) v.i. go, go away. v.tr. show, indicate, point out; take leave of, indicate one's intention to depart; announce one's arrival, indicate one's intention to arrive. Kirungi okulaga bakadde bo ng'olina gy'ogenda. It is a good idea to tell your parents if you are going anywhere. Vauuagamu oiunwe. He pointed his finger at me. He pointed me out. olunaku olulage, the appointed day.

ndize) v.tr. knock over; throw, throw down.

o- (lu/n) fold (esp. in cloth), cf. lfunya, funyira.

o- adv. incessantly, all the time. with the -a of rel. incessant, okwogera olumoonyere, to talk incessantly. lumoonyere ng'omulere gwa Ssuuna, endless, lit. like the flute of (Kabaka) Ssuuna.

o- (lu/n) lit. it is pleasing to goats, a kind of weed, common in newly- dug earth, which is eaten by goats, cf. wooma, woomera, embuzi.

use okulema, q.v.

o- no plur. (lu/h) large amount, great quantity, olufuubanja lw'abantu, a multitude of people, olufuubanja lw'en- simbi, a great deal of money.

o- with the -a of rel. blurted out, indiscreet, amagambo ag'olumoltole, indiscreet words, cf. mottola.

o- (lu/n) trail (esp. of wild animals), cf. obuwufu.

okukkiriza, okuganya, okuleka; l. alone, okulekesa; l. go, okuta, okusumulula; (hinder) okuziyiza.

o- lit. one (ctay, oiunaku, implied), at one time; once, on one occasion, one day. lwali lumu nga..., once upon a time; on one occasion (used at the beginning of a narration of a past event), lumu is the normal form for one with nou-ns of the lu/n class. olulimi lumu, one language, cf. 2.mu,

o- no plur. (lu/n) thin dusty substance; sawdust; ash-like dust on young plantain leaves, okuwunya oluwugge, to have the smell of a new pot/calabash.

ebbaluwa; (of alphabet) ennukuta.

o- (lu/h) goat traditionally eaten by the children of the deceased at a funeral.

o- (lu/n) reed, okutangaala ng'eky' emmuli, to be amazed/stupefied, stand dumbfounded, lit. be transparent like a reed (fence, ekisaakaate is implied by ekya). cf. lomumuli.

o- no plur. (lu/n) rare passion; anger; thirst.

ekikulukuto ky'amazzi; have l., okubunduka amazzi.

ndigajjudde) v.tr. throw/hurl to the ground; fig. bear (a fine healthy baby).

o- (lu/n) wick (e.g., of a lamp): Less common than olutambi, q.v. cf. ^enfuuzi.

o- numer. eight hundred, with the -a of rel. eight-hundredth, cf. -naana.

o- plur. empummula (lu/n) holiday; holidays, vacation, cf. Iwummula.

olukiiko.

ndiggudde) v.tr. dig up; dig out.

o- (lu/h) sash (of cloth, usually of barkcloth). okwesiba olufuvu, to be in mourning for someone who has died, lit. to tie a sash around oneself, cf. effuvu.