obukulu; (period) emirembe: (generation) omugigi.

kadde, a nvi.

omusigire, omuwanika.

a very large number of | guests, cf. omusera.

okuleka, okusuula; a. a plan, okuyiwa amagezi.

amagezi; have a. for, okuyinza.

adj., a magezi.

amagezi, obukabakaba.

amagezi; (of pain) balagavu.

amagezi, obukabakaba.

enkizo.

get, okukiza.

okuteesa, amagezi.

okuwa amagezi, okuteeseza, okusalira amagezi.

omwalo.

tegeevu, a magezi, angu.

kabakaba, a magezi.

obukabakaba, amagezi.

okubuuza, okubuulira, okukemereza; a. for, okusaba; a. in marriage, okwogereza; a. to do, okugamba, okwegayirira.

okukkakkanya, okugonza, okuteeka, okuweebuka.

tegeevu, a magezi, kabakaba.

entuttululu.

untie, take apart. cf. ebbago, obubage, olwebagyo, amabaga.

e- (li/ma) spot; stain; color; mark, brand; birthmark; type, kind, engo y'ama- bala, a spotted leopard, kuggya muntu mu bbala, to alter/damage the appearance of a person (of disease, extreme poverty, etc.) cf. ebibalabala, akabalabala, ekibala, 4mbala.

e- (li/ma) fury, rage, wrath; madness.

e- (n/n) [Eng. ] bandage.

e- (li/ma) lack, shortage, scarcity. cf. bula.

nzibudde) v. tr. bring up (from water); restore to a former state; rescue, salvage; revive; name a child after (another person).

lit. it jumps over (buuka) drinking pools (maziba).

bbisa (-bbisizza) v. tr. caus. 1 & 2 cause to steal; steal with/ using, okubbisa eryanyi, to engage in armed robbery.

eky'okunywa.

e- usually plur. (ki/bi) spoiled food; leftovers (not neces sarily spoiled). Yagenda wa jjajja kulya bigagu. He went to his grandmother's where he knew that he would be pampered, lit. eat bigagu. cf. gaga.

obuddu, obusibe.

entobo; (of trousers) amagemuor amagemo.

nyirivu, tukuvu; (intelligence) b magezi; (joyful) sanyufu.

for which see the grammars. The following usages are important for lexical purposes because the derivatives formed cannot all be included in the dictionary. 1) bu + la ~ negative infinitive, often equivalent to an English noun which is not an infinitive in form. okumanya, to know; obutamanya, not to know; ingnorance. 2) bu + stem of a noun from another class often produc es an adverb which must be rendered by a phrase in English, enkofu, guinea fowl; bukofu, like a guinea fowl, kukaabya bukofu, to make cry like a guinea fowl, i.e., to cause to suffer. 3) bu + reduplicated stem of a noun of another class indicates plurality with the added notions of indefiniteness, scattered state or even contemp t. essomero, school; obusomerosomero, small, scattered schools which are inferior in quality. 4) normal verb form + bu + verb stem + i. Abalala bagamba nti... others say that; Abalala bagamba bugambi nti... others just/ simply/only say that.

o- (bu/.) draft (e.g., of a resolution), cf. baga.

o- (bu/.) message; mission, assignment; ambassadorship, status as a diplomatic representative, cf. omubaka.

o- (bu/-) slavery, bondage, servitude. cf. omuddu.

o- (bu/-) subjection, forced rule, colonialism, mu biseera by'obufuge, in colonial days. cf. fuga. bufumbo, o- (bu/-) marriage, the marital state, obufumbo obw'ekitala, civil marriage, cf. fumba, fumbirwa.

o- (bu/-) old age; relig. Protestant ministry. Obukadde magezi. (prov.) Old age is wisdom, cf. -kadde.

o- (bu/-) spying, espionage. c f. ketta.

o- (bu/-) in-laws; relationship acquired by marriage; relationship of a man to his wife's brothers; disease or misfortune due to the violation of any of the prohibitions relating to in-laws; Parkinson's disease, eby'obuko, bride price. Tugenda ku buko. We are going to visit our in-laws. cf. ebiko, ^njuko.

o- (bu/-) mold; mildew; fungus, omusajja omukadde bukuku, an extremely old man, a man hoary with age. cf. kukula.

o- (bu/-) age; importance; greatness; high position, high status; seniority, cf. kula, -kulu.

o- plur. (ka/bu) bits and pieces of dried leaves floating in drinking, water/ tea/mubisi, etc.; dregs or sediment in any beverage.

adj. & pron. each; every; all; everyone, buli kiseera, all the time, always, buli kimu, everything, buli kyonna, everything. buli wonna, everywhere, buli wantu, everywhere, na buli kati, even now, up to the present time, buli gye bagenda, everywhere or wherever they go. buli lwe bagenda, every time or whenever they go. buli ayagala okujja, everyone or anyone who wishes to come.

be lacking, lack; be at a loss for; lose. Yabulwa eky' okuddamu. He was at a loss for an answer. Nnali siyinza kubulwa ddoboozi lye. I could not be mistaken about/fail to recognize his voice. Bwe yamunoonya n'abulwa n' agenda. When he looked for him without success (lit. and he was missing) he went away. Omuntu bw'abulwa by'ayogera anuuna ne ku vvu. (prov.) When a person is at a loss for words he even sucks on ashes. (This is said of a person who talks for the sake of talking).

to go; butagenda, not to go. kumanya, to know; butamanya, not to know; ignorance.

o- (bu/-) travel; pilgrimage; fig. harlotry; unfaithfulness in marriage, Tunning around. ' cf. tambula.

o- (bu/-) evenness, levelness, obutereevu bw'ennyanja, sea level, as adv. straight, directly, ne bagenda butereevu mu kisenge gye yali, and they went straight into the room where he was. ababaka abalonde obutereevu, representatives who are elected directly (by the people).

o- (bu/-) courage, boldness, daring. cf. -vumq.

o- (bu/-) impudence; shame; disgrace; scandal; immorality, okwogera eby'obuwemu, to use bad language, okukola eby'obuwemu, to engage in sexual activities outside of marriage, cf. -wemu, wemuka, omuwemu.

o- (bu/-) bravery, courage, cf. -zira, omuzira.

o- (bu/-) sacking, pillage, expropriation of property by force, cf. yaya.

o- (bu/-) cooperativeness (of consumers, those engaged in commercial activities, etc.). cf. gatta, -egatta, -egassi.

o- adv. without reason, without cause.

o- (bu/.) formerly a seven-day period of rest after the appearance of the new moon, current usage in the phrase olunaku olw'obwerende, a free day; a day off; a day of rest.

prep, of agent not expressed.

ekiyonjo, ekiguli, eggiririzo.

amagezi.

a magezi, kalangafu; be c., okukalanguka.

amagezi; the capacity of this bucket is two gallons, endobo eno ejjula ggalani bbiri,

n., omusibe, omunyage.

eggaali.

akabebenu; sternal c., emmeeme.

bwemage.

obugenyi, akagenyi, omugenyi.

okutuga; v.i., okulakira, okuyiriitira; c. with rage, okuwuukira.

gezi, a magezi, tegeevu, jagujagu; vide kagezi munnyo, nnakinku.