ensombabyuma; sombojja, sombooka.
more frequently spelled si, q.v.
eky'okubiri.
kinna mu, musoolesoole.
adj., koowu.
okufubetera.
arch, accuse, denounce.
etc. cf. akasiitaano, ensiitaano.
gather together, cf. somba.
e- (li/ma) stone, brick or ball of clay used for cooking. Three of these are usually arranged in the form of a triangle. The pot is placed on top and the firewood is inserted through the openings at the sides, amasiga is now also used to designate the cooking area of a stove or oven, essiga is also the term applied to the largest subdivision of a clan. cf. obusiga.
n., ekyama, enkiso.
v., okubbira, okwetutubika, okutubira, okusaanawo, okukka, okuyegaayega; I have a sinking feeling, emmeeme engudde.
okusesema, okutanaka.
ensambu; root up s., okusambula.
adj., a kyama.
omwonoonyi.
omulimu.
kakanyavu, a mputtu, a ggwale.
be itchy, v.tr. itch; irritate, annoy, omuntu okubaamu ekimu- siiwa, (a person) to have something itching him, i.e., to be mad, crazy (in a fig.sense). Obusungu bwamusiiwa. He was very angry. Obukaba bumusiiwa. He is immoral/profligate.
bring together in a large group; bring in crowds; remove in crowds.
e- plur. bissigga (la) kind of reddish- brown centipede. To see one is a bad omen signifying that someone will die.
omuwandiisi.
okunywa enkambi.
ekulungirivu.
e ggwale, emputtu.
siiyisa (-siiyisizza) v.tr. caus. 1 & 2 make itch, cause to itch.
e- (n/n) kind of open cooking stove.
okukweka, okukisa; okukamula.
ssebo.
eggimbi, empunta.
get, okulaalira, okuwagama.
adj. tremendous, earth- shaking, lit. tree-uprooting, olukunnaana ssigulamiti, a tremendous rally/meeting. cf. sigula, omuti.
akajonjo; (of mouth) olugeregeze.
muganda; (s. of a brother) mwannyina; (s.in.law) mulamu.
nnabbubi.
omusomi, omuyizi.
lose color, fade; be harsh/rough; be dry (of the skin ).
mukyama, mankwetu, munkukutu, kimugunyu; do s., okubbirira.
okutuula, okusutama; s. anyhow, okugaŋŋalama, okwetubika; (on eggs) okumaamira; leave off sitting (hen), okumaamuka.
omuwunda, ekyuma ekisongovu, eriggwa.
v., okusoma.
e- (li/ma) plumage; hair on the neck of an animal, cf. olusiisi.
ekitundu.
ekibanja.
v.tr., okuyiwa, okuyuwa; v.i., okuyiika, okulunduka.
n., ebintu; (cloth) olugoye.
due to malnutrition, illness, etc.).
jet-black, very black.
ekitundu, ennyingo, ekiba.
ekifo; (job) omulimu.
v.i., okwekulungula; v.tr. (top), okubonga; (cloth) okulanga.
v., okujjuza, okusembekera.
make a hissing sound; hiss away, shoo away (fowls, etc.).
e- (li/ma) slowness, kutambuza ssiiso, to walk slowly.
a munsi muno.
mukaaga.
enkizi.
okwesittala, okusinzittuka, okusirittuka.
wuukuula, wookoola.
provoke, incite (one person against another). Kabaka tatta, omusaakiriza ye atta. (prov.) It is not the Kabaka who kills, but the one who urges him on.
charge (someone) too much. ‘Bakuseera,' takwa- zika. (prov.) (He tells you) ‘they are overcharging you,' but he doesn't lend you anything.
burn; fig. reproach bitterly, okusiiyiika oluyi, to slap hard. cf. 2sjjka.
e- (Ji/ma) anchor, cf. zsika.
v., okusiba, okunyweza; (obtain) okufuna.
kkumi na mukaaga.
omuti ogulanga.