sky, heavens. Lubaale mbeera nga n'embiro kw'otadde. (prov.) Lubaale help me (you say) as you put forth speed. God helps those who help themselves. cf, omulubaale.
pr.n. the name of a lubaale associated with the Gray Monkey Clan and the Oribi Antelope Clan.
submarine, boat capable of undersea operations, cf. ^bbira.
i.e., the people were calm and collected.
(la) the title of the queen sister ( Nnaalinnya) during the lifetime of the Kabaka. She also has the title of Kabaka. As a common noun sister and co-heir of an important person.
no plur. (la) pneumonia.
to talk on and on. kuku- bira ku muntu ludoli, to tell a person a lot of nonsense.
(la) slaughterhouse.
to speak thickly, slur one's speech (as one drunk).
pr.n. [LunyoroJ God.
kraal; fence of cattle inclosure.
in public, publicly. cf. 2jjula.
(la) kind of beer banana.
(la) kind of climbing plant the leaves of which are used as a medicine to cure colic pains.
(la) kind of cooking banana.
(la) shrivelled-up person.
to cook slowly, take forever to cook (with a personal subject).
o- (lu/n) meeting, gathering, okukuba olukuŋŋaana, to hold a meeting. cf. kuŋŋaana.
(la) rare poor wretched person.
every day (that dawns), kukeesa lukya, to live by the day; to have no security/hopes; to be seriously ill. cf. ^kya, enkya.
o- plur. endagala (lu/n) banana leaf, plantain leaf. cf. eddagala, akala- gala, kiragala.
v.tr. appl. haunt; obsess (of a spirit).
v.i. & tr. be greedy for; have an avid interest in.
v.tr. redup. bite at everything; nibble; gnaw; hurt slightly.
pr.n. the title of the Chief of Kabula County (Ssaza).
be at each other's throats; accuse each other, make recriminations against each other.
v.tr. caus. cause to attack; attack with/by means of.
v.tr. appl. 2 keep biting at; nibble; gnaw; hurt slightly.
convict, bring evidence against; cause anguish to; take relish with the main dish.
v.tr. caus. 2 s lumya.
Ddunda, eddundiro, Mulundirawala, omulunzi, ^ennunda.
v.tr. appl. 2 keep herding; herd all the time.
v.i. fall; be upset; spill.
pr.n. Zanzibar; a village on the outskirts of Kampala between Namirembe and Nateete.
v.i. conv. 2 lose flavor; fig. be insipid/empty.
v.tr. appl. 2 take the flavor from. cf. ekirungirn.
v.tr. caus. cause to be bruised.
(la) pale person; very poor person. cf. kulubuka.
plur. balunkupe (la) very poor/indigent person.
nnuŋŋamye) v.i. be straight; go straight.
lead. cf. obuluŋŋamu.
Ind.2 rupee; in the plur. money.
(n/n) something unusually large/ huge/extraordinary; colloq. a large shot of hard liquor/walagi.
(la) kind of cooking banana.
(lu/n) kind of lake plant resembling rushes.
cathedral (Protestant). cf. tikka.
with the -a of rel. excessive. Anywedde gwa lutiiyiiko. He has drunk too much (gwa implies a preceding omwenge). cf. tiiyiika.
v.tr. recip. contend with one another; compete with one another.
eruulu ennungi, the pearl of great price (Matth.Xlll, 45)- cf. eddulu.
luvookwaya wa loole, a huge truck, emmundu luvookwaya, a long gun.
v.tr. caus. make gluttonous/greedy. cf. -luvu.
empagi luwaga, main supporting post in a hut; fig. staunch supporter, stalwart, omulandira luwaga, taproot, cf. lwaga, empagi.
pr.n. the title of the chief of Buweekula County (Ssaza).
v.tr. make tired.
adv. after a while; after that; finally.
pr.n. large river dividing Kyaggwe and Bulemeezi Counties.
adv. why? for what purpose? cf. ki.
trypanosomiasis. See kiwumpuli.
v.i. redup. be rather sickly; be sick from time to time.
to talk on and on without regard to the passage of time or the pressure of work.
obulwadde, eddwaliro, omulwadde, endwadde.
v.tr. appl. 2 caus. make (someone) out to be sick; permit to linger on in illness.
be in opposition. cf. -lwauyi, eddwaniro, ekirwanire, omulwanyi, omulwanirizi, ennwana.
v.tr. appl. 2 fight for/on behalf of.
v.tr. caus. cause to fight.
v.i. neut. be capable of being fought; he easy to fight (of a battle).
eby'okulwanyisa, arms, armaments.