Omuwalabu.

Buwalabu.

Luwalabu.

tell (a story, parable, proverb, etc.).

taawulwako (with rel.)

be clearable (of land), etc.

e- (ki/bi) lit. that which is feared, honor, glory; prestige, dignity; respect; reverence; pomp. None of the preceding equivalents expresses the full meaning of kitiibwa which is perhaps the greatest ideal and the most sought after attribute of the Baganda. It has an importune e comparable to that of ‘face' in the Orient, kufa kitiibwa, to feel shame/be ashamed (because of the actions or speech of another). cf. tya.

o- (lu/n) story; fable; parable; proverb; saying, cf. 3gera.

0- no plur. (lu/n) the Arabic language, cf. Omuwalabu.

lit. I eat it (nkalya-) and I fear (-ntya), i.e., I cannot eat it without him.

comparable with Eve in that she brought death into the world. She was the daughter of Ggulu (Heaven), the sister of Walumbe (death) and the wifeof Kintu (the first man), nnambi, as a common noun (la), is a type of beer plantain.

e- (n/n) Abdim's stork; locust bird. Also called marabou stork.

olugero.

kikulungamazi.

to be incomparable/unexcelled; to have a hideous smell. Tawunyikamu mu by'amateeka. He is unequaled in legal matters. cf. ^empunya, empunyiwunyi.

cf. ^omusiizi.

joke. v.tr. okugerenjula ebigambo, to twist words, alter the meanings of words, cf. %era, omugerengejjo, omugerenjuzi.

v.i. neut. Oluwalabu teruwandiikika. It is difficult to write Arabic.

to point the finger at. okusonga engero, to tell stories/p arables/pro verbs.

0- (mu/ba) (an) Arab. cf. Oluwalabu.

broad-sleeved gown of Arab origin worn by '-.uicio on iormai occasions.

0- (mu/ba) in the plur. the first Arabs to come to Buganda; current usage person with bad manners, uncultured person.

take a dislike to; pretend to dislike, act as if one despised.