adj. very much, a great deal, ensimbi ttomooni, a great deal of money.
ebifa, amagambo, amawulire.
e- (li/ma) drop; spot; blotch.
v,, okulongoosa, okugonjola.
turn upside down, okutiiruula ekyejo, to be insolent/arrogant; act spoiled.
e- (li/ma) big spot/drop/dripping. cf. tonnya, tonnveza.
v., okusiba, okulijja, okumiimuula, okutugga, okugongola, okuyimba. t. a knot, okufundikira. t. tightly, okumyumyula, okutippa.
glitter, glisten; be illuminated.
okujenjeeka.
have a, okusoowaana.
hold back; stop; prevent.
treat overindul gently.
e- (li/ma) bunch of plantains; in the plur. amatooke bunches of plantains; plantains. cf. obutooke, ekitooke.
obuti, akatiisa, ekitiibwa, ?ekiti, ^omuti, omutyi, entiisa; tiitiira.
use nnyo.
e- (li/ma) mud; big piece of mud. cf. ekitoomi.
okwongera okusiba, okuleega.
e- no plur. (li/ma) mud; wet clay; alluvium. cf. ebitosi.
enku). okutyaba amazina, dance a great deal, dance with great enthusiasm.
n., ettegula.
nzitottodde) v.tr. relate in detail; clarify, explain; divulge, reveal.
etc. okutyabira muntu kalimu obuwuka, lit. to collect for a person (akaku, small piece of firewood, implied) in which there are small insects, i.e., to cause trouble for someone, okwetyabira akalimu obuwuka, to bring trouble down upon ones'elf. cf. omutyabi.
v., okulima.
less common than sutama, q.v.
trot, trot along; jog. cf. ntyagi.
conf, okutuusa.
rare spread all over; go here and there.
chill, freeze.
obulimi.
venture.
e- (li/ma) thistle, Acanthus arboreus. Kasonsomolera nga eriggwa ly'ettovu etto. I like him (her) very, very much. I consider him a very good friend, lit. pricks like the thorn of a young thistle.
ennimiro, enkabala.
e- (li/ma) small package/packet. Kiri mu ttu, kimanyibwa nnyini kyo. (prov.) What is in the packet is known (only) by the owner of it. cf. akattu.
emiti, embaawo.
commence; undertake.
v.tr. infatuate, kutunula nkutijje, to have a feeling of compassion but not show it. Omukwano gubatijja. They are very much in love.
e- (li/ma) edible fruit of the mu- Lngu.ma tree, q.v.
n., obudde, ekiseera, enfunda, akakyo, ekisekka; (leisure) ebbanga; (hour) essaawa; (first, second, etc.) omulundi; (times) emirembe, ebiro, ensangi; at a t., kinna . . vide lejjalejja, oku somberera, okusomola; be a long t., okubandaala.
okutanuukiriza oluyombo, to provoke a quarrel.
load (on someone's head); load; lift; hang. v.i. recur. Ennyu- mba bagitisse omuliro. They have set fire to the house. Atamuzadde ye amutikka ejjinja. (prov.) She who has not born it (the child) loads it with a rock. One is aways more solicitous about one's own. Kimutisse. Something has gotten into him. He seems obsessed (e.g., with a great desire to do something).
essaawa.
nzitudde) v.tr. do again; repeat; revive, contract again (e.g., an illness).
ti.
kutyetyemuka nnyindo yankolera, to laugh uproariously.
obuti.
make occur again; repeat. Attukizza oluyombo. He has reopened the quarrel.
kikingirizi; vide okumoga, okumulula.
etc.; hold over the head (e.g., an umbrella).
ti.
rare [Lunyoro] spy on. cf. omutasi.
nzitudde) v.tr. beat patterns into barkcloth with a finely grooved mallet. This is the last of a series of processes in making barkcloth. cf. enzitula, enzi- tuzo.
n., eddebe, akalebe, omukebe.
ensolosozi, obubalagaze.
damage; ruin; spoil (e.g., a child; clothing, a physical object). okutattana ensonga, to refute an argument.
e- (li/ma) kind of insect which is thought to enter the nose and cause very unpleasant effects.
v., okuvuga.
e- (li/ma) ow'ettulu, person blind in one eye.
tono nnyo; vide walugungu.
e- (li/ma) class; group; category, okuba mu ttuluba erimu, to be in the same category; to be ‘in the same boat.'
n., ensonda, akasassa, akadondi, akasongezo, ettutu; (gift) ekirabo.
nzitulukuse) v.i. trickle down; drip; pour down; fall down (of hair), okuttulukuka entuuyo, to sweat profusely. Yayambala n'attulukuka mu kyambalo kitaawe kye yamugulita. He was exceedingly well dressed in the clothes >ii C f2thST h CIC* boUgtlt for iniu.
okwewuiiga, okukairwuula, okuwawakgula, okwekaawa, okujenga.
tamiivu; get t., okutamiira.
picture, etc.); bind, lash; decorate (e.g., a room). okutimba ebbula, to lie, deceive.