omugwira.

e- (n/n) with the -a of rel. long- enkoloddoli y'olusolobyo, a long pruning stick, cf. olukoloddoli.

cf. naanya, -enaanya.

e- adv. kuyimirira ntengerera, to stand rieid/at attention, cf. tengerera.

e- (n/n) native, original inhabitant, indigenous inhabitant, nzaalwa is mostly used as an attributive to another noun. Mwana nzaalwa y'e Budaaki. He is a native (son) of Germany, cf. zaala.

ebigambo, amagambo, ebifaayo;get n. of, okuwulirako.

e- (n/n) young banana plant used for planting new fields.

e- (n/n) fear, fright; terror; nervousness. cf. tengera.

1st pers. sing. I, me. After a limited number of nouns nze becomes -ze. (b)baze, my husband, nzekka, I only, I alone, only me. nzenna, all of me.

olupapula lw'amawulire.

e-: okuwera enkolokooto, to vow allegiance; to swear, take an oath; to declare emphatically that one will be able to do something.

pick off (fruit, coffee, etc.); fig. kill, ‘pick off' (with guns, arrows). kunoga bantu nga ntula, to pick off people like flies, lit. ntula fruit, kunoga bigwo, to hurl to the ground. Yasu- suukiriramu katono nga lunoga. He gave a slight shiver and died, lit. (olumbe, death) picks off.

e- (n/n) colocynth berries; game played by children with these berries, ma- tama kuba ntengo, to be silent when questioned (particularly when one is being accused). Yatuukira ku kubuuza Nsimbye- gwire gy'ali kyokka nga omukyala amatama ntengo. He asked where N. was, but the wife only kept silent, cf. akatengotengo.

e- (n/n) way of stealing; theft. c f. 1 bba.

a kubiri; use rel. form of v., okuddirira.

e- (n/n) squeaker catfish, Syno- donlis victoriae.

be picked, be picked off.

e- (n/n) kind of large antelope, eland.

e- also nzibobbo (n/n) rare kind of basket used for carrying food. cf. ekibbo.

akafumu.

e- with the -a of rel. huge, very big. enkoloomi y'ettwe, a big ugly head.

keen-sighted. It is almost exclusively restricted to the following proverb: Embwa ya nnamaaso bw'etebba n'eyigga. When the keen-sighted dog is not stealing, it is hunting. Said of someone who can be either very good or very bad, depending on circumstances.

etc.

e- omutuba ogw'enterere, barkcloth tree too young to be stripped.

e- (n/n) game played with hoop and sticks; wheel; tire. cf. nnamuziga, ezziga.

okuliisa essimbo.

grow big.

e- (n/n) kind of large black ant which eats termites, enkolooto y'ebintu, a large amount of baggage/luggage.

adj. real, genuine; actual; superb, first-rate. Omukristu nnamaddala, a true Christian. Oluganda olwa nnamaddala, excellent Luganda.

in form; from the defective verb -ti, q.v. Used to introduce indirect (rarely direct) discourse, that; namely. Yagamba nti ajja kugenda. He said that he would go.

e- (n/n) locust.

lungi, womerevu; vide okunyirira.

neneya.

e- (n/n) something which is done, act, action, cf, kola.

e-, (n/n) core of a small boil; blackhead (on the nose or face); dark surface layer of a knife which is worn away when it is sharpened; first milk after childbirth.

e- plur. of oluggi, q.v.

emivubo.

e- (n/n) mongoose, okusalira omuntu ag'enkolwa, to deceive/trick/out-smart a person (amagezi is implied before ag'). cf. akakolwa.

e- (n/n) fear, fright; intimidation, kukuba ntiisa, to shock, terrify, cf. tya, tiisa.

e- (n/n) remote corner/part; recess; dense, damp foliage/giuwili.

v., okusalirira, okuginga, okubanga; be notched, okulibuka.

flower).

e- (n/n) salted water used instead of sauce or gravy when the latter is not available.

e- (n/n) tumix; quail; gray partridge.

e- (n/n) termites that leave the termite hill first at the time of the general flight, lit. the ones that polish the holes in the hill. cf. zigula, ettabo.

n., ebbaluwa; (mark) akabonero.

e- (n/n) wind which moves northward from the Ssese Islands in the direction of Entebbe.

Ficus depauperat a.

e- (n/n) kind of plantain with heavy bunches, cf. tikka.

e- plur. of oluggyo, q.v.

v. (observe), okukenga, okw etegereza, okutunuulira.

e- also enkomamawanga (n/n) kind of tree used for making walking sticks, Grewia mollis, cf. omukoma.

e- (n/n) top, summit, peak, oluku- jinaana olw'oku ntikko, summit conference. cf. tikka.

e- plur. of oluziina, q.v.

manyi, atiikirivu.

-nenyezza) v.tr. blame; reproach; criticize.

e- with the -a of rel. eternal, perpetual, essanyu ery'enkomeredde, perpetual bliss, cf. koma, komerera.

e- (n/n) kind of earth-colored bird about the size of a partridge.

e- (n/n) jet-black water insect which flits to and fro over the water; fig. very dark person.

tewali kintu; with n., bukunya.

e- (n/n) end, finish; with the -a of rel. last, final, okussa omukka ogw'en- komerero, to breathe one's last breath, die. cf. koma, komerera.

queen mother.

e- (n/n) way of nursing; nursing; medical treatment, cf. jjanjaba.

kulaba, kutunuulira, kw etegereza; give n. of, okulanga.

reproach with.

e- (n/n) cavity, hole, sunken area (e.g., in a wound); hollow about the eyes. Amaaso ge gaali mu nkompe, His eyes were sunken/deep set.

milk, q.v. amaaso ga nnamata, eyes with a great deal of white in them.

nogola conv. forms of ^noga, q.v.

e- (n/n) mixture; patchwork, cf. tobeka.

e- (n/n) way of believing; faith, belief; doctrine, cf. kkiriza.