e- from -kalu, dry, q.v. okutunula ebikalu, to look confused/worried/desperate, okwogera ebikalu, to quarrel.

o- (bu/-) hardness; state of not being well done (of cooked food, meat); difficulty; fig. obstinacy, stubbornness. cf. kaluba, -kalubo.

etc. cf. -kalubo, obukalubo.

be troubled; be hard up.

such as olumbe, sickness, the name of a weapon, etc.). cf. -kalu, akakalu, ekkalizo, olukalu, omu- kalo, omukalukalu, enkaliriza.

o- (lu/n) land, dry land; continent, amagye ag'oku lukalu, ground forces, cf. kala, -kalu.

v.i. be hard (of an object); be tough (of meat); be obstinate; be difficult.

v.i. & tr. appl. 2 be hard/difficult for; give trouble to; puzzle.

v.tr. appl. 2 caus. make hard/difficult for.

draw along; carry off.

o- (mu/ba) a shrewd/crafty person; clever person, cf. kala, -kalukalu.

difficult, cf. kaluba.

shrewd; cunning, cf. kala, -kalu, omukalukalu.

-kalu.

hard; arid (of ground); clear, distinct (of a voice). ensimbi enkalu, (hard) cash, kaawa omukalu, coffee without cream or sugar, omwana omukalu, an outgoing, confiding child, ebintu ebikalu, concrete things, real property, ebikalu ebi- wanvu, long trousers (ekikalu can also be used to signify a woman's dress). Olunge- reza lwabwe si lukalu. Their English is not very good. Baasi oluusi zibadde zigenda nkalu. Sometimes the buses ran empty. Nnamusimba eriiso kkalu. I looked at him sternly, cf. kala, -kalukalu.

zibu, kakanyavu, kalubo.

kalunnyo.

kalu, a lunnyo; (female animals) gumba, ensaata; also vide olukumakuma, enkumba, olunnyo; become b., okusajja kula, okusaatawala.

zibu, zito, kakanyavu, kalubo ; d. to get, a mpambiiro.

obuzibu, kalumanywera; vide okukaluubirira.

adj., kalu.

pen. ekkalaamu en- kalu, lead pencil, pencil, ekkalaamu ezi- siiga, crayons.

akalulwe; g. bladder, endulwe, ensawo ya kalulwe.

gumu, kakanyavu, kalubo, kakafu, kakummemme; vide kali bobbo. h. luck! int., manti! be h., okukakanyala, okukaluba. be h. for, okukaluubirira. harden, okukakanyaza, okugumya.

ekiziyiza, kalumanny wera; (in speech) okwogera ekirimi.

a- (ka/bu) hemp seed. cf. edduli, akaduli.

a- (ka/bu) small stump/stem (of a tree, plant), cf. enduli.

a- (ka/bu) lot; lottery; vote, omukubi w'akalulu, voter, akalulu k'omukisa, raffle, akalulu k'eggwanga, national lottery, okukuba akalulu, to vote; to hold a lottery.,

a- (ka/bu) gallbladder; fig. bitterness; hostility.

a- (ka/bu) lit. it bites (luma) the herdsmen (balunda), a kind of poisonous, lizard-like reptile.

difficulty; problem; obstacle; dilemma.

a- (ka/bu) end seat in a canoe. cf. ekirumba, omulumba.

a- (ka/bu) kind of tree or 1 shrub, Syzygium cordatum. cf. omulunginsanvu.

a- (ka/bu) small deserted area, wasteland, cf. eddungu.

cf. sejjera, lusejjera.

cf. eddusu, amalusu.

a- (ka/bu) a warning sound or a sound made to attract attention (as in greeting a person at a distance) which is produced by patting the mouth repeatedly with the palm of the hand, okukuba obuluulu, to make the sound described above. cf. enduulu.

enzige; young l., akaacaaka, kalusejjera.

nnumye) v.tr. bite; pinch; hurt; pain; ache; fig. accuse, charge with a fault, kuluma bugigi, to grit the teeth (in pain). kuluma mba, to clench the teeth (in anger), kuluma munno, to accuse your companion/the other person of wrong doing, kuluma kiwanvuwanvu, to eat on the run; to eat hurriedly/while standing up. Embwa ennumye. The dog has bitten me. Ennyonta ennuma. I am thirsty. Enjala ennuma. I am hungry. Akalimi k'essaawa kalumye. The hour (hand, on the clock) has just struck.

collective) swarm of young locusts. An individual specimen is kalu- sejjera, q.v. engatto za lusejjera, tennis shoes, cf. sejjera.

kalumannywera, ekiziyiza, enkonge.

adj., a kungulu; o. show, kalungimutwe; o. journey, amagenda.

akakono, akafuba, kalusu.

kakanyavu, kalubo; be p., okunaabira mu maaso.

kalubo, gumu, kapye; be t., okukaluba.

tea without sugar or milk, lit. dry tea.

lit. (the winds; empewo is implied by zi-) have j brought him.

cf. kalusejjera, lu- sejjera.