(la) kind of large plantain.

pr.n. name of a former Kabaka of Buganda.

unpaved road; (any) road. cf. yasa, olwala.

See wattu.

adv. of place in there; in which; wherein; from which.

(n/n) kind of bright red grasshopper (nseenene).

v.i. smile slightly; grin; laugh (of a baby) cf. kimwege.

akamweso, omumwi.

crack.

v.i. smile.

v.i. redup. keep on smiling.

v.i. & tr. appl. smile at.

giggle.

v.tr. caus. make shave; shave with/using.

v.i. laugh; burst out laughing.

v.tr. cause to burst out laughing.

o- (mu/mit kind of acacia tree

always plur. (mu/mi) The period of the reign of Kabaka Mwanga.

olupapula olu- myufu be myu, bright red paper, cf.

become angry; become discolored (of a bruised body part), oku- myuka amaaso, to become disturbed/upset (of persons).

be a deputy (to), cf. obumyuka, tightly, cf. mumuula. omumyuka.

see myu.

v., okugamba; use amakulu.

e- (n/n) cabbage.

e- (n/n) oribi antelope. Ekika ky'empeewo, the Oribi Antelope Clan. cf. akaweewo.

n., amakulu, ennono.

a-: from linnya, ascend, q.v. Used in the phrase: Olabye malinnya amakka ga- naabula. You have managed to climb up, but you will have a hard time coming down. It is easier to get into trouble than to get out of it.

e- (n/n) buffalo. Ekika ky'Embogo, the Buffalo Clan. cf. kabogo.

as of now. See the more common kampegaano.

obukodo.

a-: okugwa amaliri, to fall together/at the same time (as two wrestlers); to tie, reach a tie (of two teams in an athletic contest).

e- (n/n) disagreement, misunderstanding; dispute; quarrel, cf. bojja, bojjana.

e- (n/n) grain, seed; pill. Bwe nnatuuka ku buliri nnabulwa yadde empeke y'otulo mu liiso. When I went to bed I didn't get a single wink of sleep, cf. akaweka.

ebintu, obuga gga; try every m., okugerenge tanya.

e- (n/h) kind of red cloth.

in the, mu ntabiro.

a- plur. of eddobo, q.v.

e- (n/n) penis.

olukusense; catch m., okukusensa.

a- plur. of eddogo, q.v.

e- (n/n) tail of an animal; whisk.

e- (n/n) shrewd/clever/quickwitted person; swindler.

v., okugera, okupima.

a- plur. (li/ma) testicles.

e- (n/n) kind of edible plant, resembling spinach but with smaller leaves. It cooks very rapidly, hence the following idiomatic usage: Embooge teyabuguma nga tutuuse. We arrived in no time at all, lit. the mbooge had not even become warm.

e- (n/n) invalid.

ekigero, olugero.

a-: amaaso amalongojje, inflammation of the eyes; conjunctivitis.

e- also embooseera (n/n) as an attribute ripe (of fruit); fig. beautiful (e.g., of girls), emboosa y'omuyembe, a beautifully ripe mango, omuwala emboosa, a beautiful girl. cf. booseera.

e- (n/n) long stick with a hook on the end used for grasping things which are out of arm's reach. Kiri ewala, empenduzo ekireeta. (prov.) lit. That which is far, an empenduzo brings it in. To catch a fish one must have the right bait. cf. wendula.

ennyama; vide omuwula, ensa lwa, enkenku, kaabuuyi, amasagasaga, ekiyingula; dried m., omukalo.

o- less commonly amalubya plur. chatter, excessive talk, ow'amalubya, chatterbox, cf. lubyalubya.

e- (n/n) conversation, talk; account, narration; essay. Emboozi yagwa aroake- rendu. The conversation went very smoothly. They (we, you) had a very fine convex sation. cf. oluboozi.

e- (n/n) dry sorghum millet eaten when other food is scarce, empengere y'omusajja, a very strong man. Togayiranga mpengere mu kisenge. (prov.) Never pass judgment before you know the facts.

long gown worn by Africans, lit. it traps (tega) flies (n.oo- wera).

urinary, akawondoliro.

a-: okulya amaluma, to eat one's food without sauce or relish.

e- (n/n) kind of catfish = ssemu- tundu, q. v.

e- (n/n) bridesmaid, companion. cf. werekera.

ffundi (w'ebyuma).

a- plur. of eddungu, q.v.

e- (n/n) object held as security for the payment of a debt. cf. bowa, -bowe.

e- plur. (n/n) border, boundary; limit.

okwegereekereza, okutiga, okubambagiza.

a- plur. (li/ma) fuss; trouble.

namely. It is similar in function, to nti (q.v.) but implies doubt and unc ertainty. Yagamba nti alijja. He said that he would come. Yagamba mbu alijja. He said that he would come (but I am not at all sure that he will), as an adv. it would seem that, apparently, one might get the impression, they say. Mbu omubbi bamukutte. Apparently (I think, I have heard) they have caught the thief.

e- (n/n) ring; nut (of a screw), omu- kyala ow'empeta, ring wife, i.e., wife with whom one has been joined in Christian wedlock, as opposed to other wives or concubines. cf. weta, akaweta.

new wife (in a household); concubine, mukazi muggya, fellow-wife.

lit. one who is stopped up. muzibe w'amaaso, blind person, muzibe w'amatu, deaf person. cf. ziba.

okutabaganya, okuwolereza, okutakabanira.