e- always plur. (n/n) trouble; sorrow, sadness, eky'ennaku, unfortunately. Ennaku zaamulaba. He had trouble. Troubles came upon him. Ennaku zinzimbyeko akayu. 1 have nothing but trouble. I am up to my neck in trouble, lit. troubles have built a little house on me. cf. -naku, obunaku, omunaku, nakuwala.
e- plur. of olunaku, q.v.
to be overly familiar with a person. cf. laba.
(la) kind of large mushroom.
(la) kind of short plantain tree common in Kyaggwe.
pr.n. Lake Victoria.
(la) temporary public market (lasting one day).
(la) kind of cooking banana.
bent. Omugongo yalina gwa nnalufumba. He had a stooped back. He was round-shouldered.
(la) kind of cooking plantain.
(la) outspoken and aggressive person.
(la) beautiful girl. cf. -lungi.
(la) kind of mbidde plantain used for beer making.
pr.n. the name of a female lubaale.
(la) a woman who is prodigal in the use of plantains; a woman who has such good luck in the growing of food that she always has an abundance.
(la) kind of very poisonous mushroom.
cf. amagalo, engalo.
(la) albino.
(la) owner of two households. Nnamakaabirye afa enjala. (prov.) The man with two homes dies of hunger (perhaps because the wife in each assumes that the other has fed him), cf. amaka, -biri.
pr.n. the name of a lubaale associated with healing.
mu bbanga. His legs were open wide/ stretched out in the air.
e- (n/n) [Eng.~\ number.
see buulirwa under buulira.
(la) type of plant with small yellow flowers and grayish-green leaves; with cop. the nameof a lubaale; a common given name for women; the name of one of the hills of Kampala on which the Anglican Cathedral is located.
e- (n/n) [Su>., dr.] camel.
(la) kind of mushroom growing among sweet potatoes (lumonde).
(la) fullness of the upper eyelid.
(la) blue starling.
(la) cecum.
e- (n/n) way of judging; judgment, decision, cf. lamula.
(la) cheetah.
nnamungi w'abantu, a large number of people. cf. -ngi.
(la or n/n) dragonfly.
(la) kind of bird resembling a plantain-eater.
an affair of major significance, a monumental case; a very evil act/crime.
(la) kind of large plantain.
e- (n/n) way of greeting; greeting. cf. lamusa.
(la) chicken pox.
(n/n) kind of bird that follows herds of cattle.
a heavy downpour of rain.
(\a) spontaneous fire starting in a river bed in the dry season.
cf. enziga, ezziga.
(la) irritating/irascible person. cf. -ebojja.
(la) kind of plantain tree.
e- plur. of oluganda, q.v.
e- (n/n) kind of creeping plant, ebisige eby'ennanda, thin, widely-spread eyebrows, cf. llanda, ekirandalanda.
(la) kind of plantain with small fruit.
(la) kind of yam.
conj. or; or rather. Oyagala kugenda nnandiki okusigala? Do you want to go or to stay?
e- (n/n) organ; harp, okukuba ennanga, to play an organ/harp. cf. 3 akalanga, ^ omulanga.
e- (n/n) anchor.
e- (n/n) kind of African antelope, hartebeest. cf. langaala.
e- (n/n) eye of a needle; handle of a cup.
a complete drunkard, total alcoholic.
nninkini, akananka, etc. pron. thingamajig, what- do-you-call-it (used for something hard to describe or whose name is unknown or forgotten).
long breasts.
e- (n/n) type of drumming/drum beats.
(la) woman; wife.
short and pointed breasts.
an extremely beautiful girl, lit. which almost nevers appears like the flower of a yam. cf. labika.
(la) inflexible/unyielding person. cf. weta.
(la) very small person.
(la) kind of barkcloth tree.
e-: kugwa ŋŋanzi, to fall unconscious; to collapse from sickness/fatigue/thirst, etc.; to be sprawled out in a relaxed position.
e- (n/n) rafter, beam. cf. ganzi- kira.
(la) kind of cooking banana.
(la) kind of stinging plant.