e- also ettawaaza (n/n) lamp. cf. ettaala.

v.i., okukwata.

empale, sseruwale, endabada.

do usually (followed by an inf.); be on the point of doing (followed by an inf.); do quickly or do early (followed by a finite verb). Twa- teranga okusisinkana mu butale. We used to meet each other at the market. Yali anaa- tera okufa. He was on the point of dying. He was about to die. Otera n'omala. Try to finish quickly. Otera n'ojja. Try to come.

adj. general; central, main, olukuŋŋaana ttabamiruka, a general meeting. Olukiiko Ttabamiruka, the Ecumenical Council, cf. taba, omuluka.

tuukagana (-tuukaganye) v.i. recip. suit each other; suit, fit; harmonize. okutuukana n'omulembe, to be modern, conform with the times, okukola ebitatuukana, to do things one should not. ebigambo ebitatuukanye, incoherent statements; bad language, bwe baatuukaganako, when they confronted each other.

ekisaka.

obukambwe, obukaali.

party; boisterous party, drinking party; confusion; accident; catastrophe.

siru; vide simpleton,

kambwe.

e- (li/ma) branch, bough; branch (of a company or association). Ssande ey'Amatabi, Palm Sunday.

speak, okukululiza.

mazima.

etc. Buli muntu yatala ng'omusajja bw'atalira olutalo. Everyone pranced about like a man going into battle.

despair; give up; panic.

e- (li/ma) hole in the hill from which the termites issue, cf. enzigulamatabo.

okutuukuuma enviiri, to have thick/bushy/unkempt hair.

obunene, omubiri.

ddala, mazima, nnyini, weewaawo, mawangwa.

omubbi.

n., eŋŋombe, ekkondeere.

order (e.g., an army for combat), okutaza amaaso, to move the eyes from side to side, look around. Taza! interj. Attack! Come on! (used in games). cf. akeetalo, olutalo.

e- no plur. (li/ma) ground; land; earth; soil, okukuba ettaka, to survey; to apply mud in house building, omukubi w'ettaka, surveyor, eby'omu ttaka, minerals, mineral wealth, eby'ettaka, land affairs, cf. o butaka, ekitakataka, omu taka.

okubba.

v. (of elephant), okwana.

encircle, go around; besiege, v.i. travel all over, tour; spread, cf. entalaaga.

e- usually plur. (1 i/ma) [S w, 3 buttocks.

etc. okutuulira omwana, to kill a child (at birth), mukunnaanya atatuulira mazima, an editor who does not sit on the truth, ‘i.e., who will tell the truth at any price.

be, okuba n'akagalo, okuba n'ekinkumu.

omukondeere.

e- (li/ma) uncultivated land; grazing land, pasture; meadow; shore, land (as opposed to a body of water), okugenda ku

ekisambi; t. bone, bbunwe, ekinjagali, ekkugunyu.

ekikunku.

to relieve oneself in the open, go behind the bush.

kovvu, a lutitti; vide oluyongo yongo; (of paper) abiirivu. become t., okukogga, okukenena, okugejulukuka, okugoogomba, okukondoba, okukundugga, okusoosootoka. be t., okwabirira. to t. out (seedlings), okwabiza.

okuyiringisa.

cf. ^entalama.

etc. cf. -tereevu, obutereevu

e- (li/ma) hex, spell, enchantment.

offer a seat to, cause to sit; make wait; convene (a meeting), kutuuza muntu mu bigambo, to call someone to account for his words or actions.

ekintu.

enduli; (of elephant) omukono; (of corpse) ekiwuduwudu; (box) essanduuko.

stagger.

calm down; appease.

e- (li/ma) cheek; insolence, impertinence. okubutika amatama, to remain silent, keep quiet, okukuba amatama, to be all talk, be long on talk and short on action, okulya mu ntama, to talk loud, roar, make an outburst; to bark (of a dog), okukwata ku matama, to be amazed/shocked, -lit. hold one's cheek, kukuba muntu ttama. to qhnnt at a person in a harsh voice, omuntu ow'amatama, one who makes up stories, teller of tall tales. Baalulaza mu ddiiro amatama gafunye ku bikonde. They took us into the dining room to eat, lit. so that the cheeks could fold into fists. Yamuliira ttama. He shouted at him. cf. entama.

okulowooza; (meditate) okufumiitiriza; (suppose) okugamba, okusuubira.

11., obwesigwa.

cause to stagger.

e- (li/ma) place of sacrifice; place of execution; site of a killing, site of a massacre, cf. tamba.

cf. -tuuluuvu.

a kusatu.

v., okwesiga, okweyabiza, okwessa.

e- no plur. (n/n) place of departed souls, world of the dead, underworld, okukkirira ewa Walumbe e Ttanda, to go down to the place of Walumbe in Ttanda, i.e., to die.

eky'okusatu.

a mazima, esigwa.

e- (li/ma) [Su>. Yawning, canopy (of canvas or canvas-like material), emmotoka eya Volkswagen ng'ettandaluwa libikkuddwa, a convertible Volkswagen.

give a name to.

n., ennyonta, enkalamata, eŋŋa nzi.

amazima.

drawl.

e- (li/ma) sail, eryato ery'ettanga, sailboat.

be named/called.

adj., rel. form of follg., be t., okulumwa ennyonta, okulakasira, okulaakalaaka.

a mazima, talimba.

put aside; lay up, store; deposit (money); reserve.

a makumi asatu.

v., okugezaako, okugezaamu, okukema; (compare) okugeza, okugeraageranya; t. on, okugezaamu.

children after relatives); keep giving nicknames to.

ettovu.