use v., okutera; vide almost,
e- (n/n) bucket, pail. cf. ^akalobo.
e-: Alimu enkenyera. He is in poor health or He is not completely convinced. cf. 2 kenya, kakenyera.
of a machine); segment; section (of a book, document).
e- (n/n) kind of fruit like a green berry (synonym for njagi and ntula, q.v.). Ekigere kye kisotta entaligita n'ozirya. Her foot crushes the ntaligita and you (still) eat them, i.e., you like her very much or you think her very beautiful, cf. ligita.
yonjo, lungi.
e-: okukuba endobo, to kick with the leg in wrestling or football, okwekuba endobo, to contradict oneself, okukuba ennanda endobo, to cultivate.
e- (n/n) squirrel. Ekika ky'Enke- rebwe, the Squirrel Clan.
e- (n/n) southern magpie.
adv., bulungi.
e- (n/n) arch, share of plunder; child dedicated for service in the temple of Kibuka, a lubaale associated with war; present usage fee, levy; church contributions, regular church offering, cf. lobola.
e-: kwesiba nkerekejje (followed by inf.), commit oneself (to), work constantly and devotedly (in order to); be determined (to).
wife of Mukasa; person with a harelip.
possessor of (followed immediately by the governed noun without the -a of rel.). buli nnyini mmotoka, every automobile owner. Nnyini Ggulu, the Owner of Heaven, God. Nnyinibulamu, the Master of Life, God. nnyinimu, owner of the house, master of the house. Nnyinimu! or Bannyi- nimu! Is anybody at home? (Asked by someone outside who really doesn't know.) cf. obwannannyini, nnannyini,2
e- (n/n) kind of large flying ant capable of inflicting a serious sting; fig. a very fierce person, cf. lumba.
be pleasing to; be interesting to, interest; amuse, amawulire agatabanyumira, news which does not interest them.
n., obuyonjo.
e- (n/n) large club with a knob at the end; large log; tree trunk used for lumber.
indeed, truly; very. Weebale nnyo nnyini. Thank you very much indeed. Mugezi nnyini. He is really/truly very clever, nnyini when used to reinforce a noun is often rendered -self (-selves) or very. Njagala okulaba omwami ye nnyini. I want to seek the chief himself, olunaku olwo lwennyini, that very day.
e- (n/n) cheek(s). from ettama, plur. amatama, q.v. okwerya entama, lit. to suck in the cheeks. Teyeerya ntama. He is not one to be trifled with. He does not just fool around.
inform, amawulire geyinenda okubanyumi- zaako, the news I am gping to tell you about.
ebintuebyetaagibwa.
e- (n/n) kind of very dark barkcloth.
e- adv. incessantly, continually (with verbs of speaking, weeping, quarreling, etc.), cf. olukeremete.
the commonest type in Buddu.
lit. the Owner of Heaven.
e- (n/n) aggressive/intrepid/ headstrong person, cf. tambaala.
flatter; tell/narrate in detail.
be, okugwana, okwetaagi bwa.
e- (n/n) donkey, cf. akalogoyi.
e-: okusala enkerere, to be cowardly; to be evasive, hedge.
cf. enda.
e- (n/n) way of walking, gait; way of going; way of traveling; travel; transportation; way of managing/directing, cf. tambula.
okwetaaga; of n,, olw embi.
e- (n/n) sprout, shoot for transplanting. cf. loka.
e- (n/n) kindof small animal known for its cleverness; clever/cunning person. Enkerettanyi, bagitega amenvu erya bi- bombo. (prov.) If you bait the trap for a nkerettanyi with bananas, it eats the grass (instead).
e- (n/n) manner of explaining; explanation, cf. nnyonnyola.
e- (n/n) one of the battery of royal drums of Buganda. cf. tamiira.
obulago,ensingo, ensikya, enkoto, ekkosi; stiff n., olukya; wear round the n., okwambika.
e-i kufuna bya ndola, to obtain for nothing; to buy at a price far below the normal. ndola originally referred either to ‘1) a woman given by her father to a man in return for his labor, or 2) a child taken by its grandfather and redeemed by its father on the payment of money.' (Sn.)
e- (n/n) nozzle of bellows.
e- plur. of olunnya, q.v.
e- (n/n) large cooking pot (usually made of clay), cf. akatamu.
omukuufu, olutembe.
e- (n/n) kind of harp, = ntongooli, q.v. cf. ekidongo, omudongo.
e- (n/n) apron (worn by carpenters). cf. akakete.
e- adv. very, very much, extremely, exceedingly.
e- (n/n) eland.
akadangadi.
e- (n/n) loincloth, cf. akaloobe.
e- (n/n) area near the temples and forehead where the hair has been shaven away, okutema enkiiya or okumwa enkiiya. to shave a portion of hair extending above the forehead, cf. olukiiya.
nnyinyogoze) v.i. be cold; feel cold.
e- (n/n) food taken on a journey. Ataalugende, entanda akusibira ya menvu. He who is not going (on the journey) prepares for you a lunch of ripe bananas (which will spoil before you reach your destination).
v.i. keep a conversation going, keep talking on and on.
omulogo.
e- (n/n) sleep. Yali mu ndoolo. He was asleep.
e- (n/n) indigestion.
olusuku nnakitokolo, a very large plantain garden.
cause to be or feel cold; dampen, spray (clothes before ironing), ekyuma ekinnyogoza, refrigerator, icebox. Ebi- gambo bye yannamba byannyinyogoza. The things he said to me hurt me very much/disturbed me greatly. cf. -nnyogovu, -nnyogoogerevu, obunnyo- govu, ekinnyogoga.
e- (n/n) beginning, start, commencement. cf. tandika.
obulogo.
e- (n/n) trouble; worry; fuss;
e- (n/n) kind of bushy tree/shrub found in swamps, Myrica kandtiana.
e- (n/n) binoculars, cf. ta- ngaala, tangaaza.
okunyumungula mu kamwa, to rinse out the mouth, gargle, okunyumungula mu ndeku, to rinse out a gourd.
v., okwetaaga, okwedaaga.