ensolo, ekisolo.

flay; butcher (an animal); cut up; dismember; dissect; operate on (a patient), okubaaga amatooke, to peel bananas so ineptly that part of the meat is left in the skins.

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

e- (li/ma) slaughterhouse; place where animals are slaughtered, cf. baaga.

e- (li/ma) portion of meat assigned to the person who has slaughtered the animal.

e- plur. (ki/bi) meat of an animal which has been slain by wild beasts; the second totem (kabbiro) of the Leopard Clan (Ekika ky'Engo).

adj. very large, huge, ensolo bukuda, a huge animal.

o- (bu/-) animal husbandry, cf. lunda.

o- (bu/-) dung, excrement of animals.

unconfined (of an animal); free, having no commitments (of a person); on the loose, at large (of a criminal); free, offering freedom of movement and expression (of a country), okulya obutaala, to be untethered/free, etc. Omubbi akyalya butaala. The thief is still at large.

o- adv. on the move; in flight, okufumita obutanga, to spear (an animal) in the open (as opposed to one which is in a trap).

o- (bu/-) hunting (of game animals). cf. yigga, omuyizzi.

e- plur. amalume (li/ma) large male animal (used particularly of ruminants), cf. -lume, sseddume.

adj., gevvu; (animals) sava, a ssava; vide omugo, nyeefu, agaa gavu, bikokye, bigoto; be very f., okufeeta, okugonnomoka, okw agaagala; grow f., okugejja, okunyeeta, okutinduuka; (animals) okusaatawala, okusavuwala.

okugezza; (animals) okusavuwaza.

adj., kazi, wala; (animals) lusi; f. infant, omwana wa buwala, bandoberedde.

govern; control, master; manage; domineer, iord it over; tame; keep (domestic animals). kufuga busungu, to control one's anger, kufuga kidduka, to drive a vehicle with skill.

snort (as an animal); grumbld.

e- (li/ma) bristles on the back, hair along the spine (of an animal); mane. cf. ejjinirizi, omugina.

e- (li/ma) stomach of a non-ruminating animal (esp. a pig); amagomo, folds of fat on the sides, stomach and around the neck.

e- (li/ma) kind of large trap for capturing wild animals (leopards, hyenas, etc.).

e- plur. amawako (li/ma) conception, pregnancy (of animals), okufuna eggwako, to conceive, become pregnant. cf. 2waka.

okuwuuna, okukema, okufuma; (animals) okufugula.

gambol, cavort about, frolic, romp (often of animals).

mass, assemble, congregate. Awagumba ennume, n'enduusi we zibeera. (prov.) There where the male (animals) congregate, the females are sure to be.

nnumbudde) v.tr. run into (e.g., a hostile animal); fail prey to; be a victim of, contract (an illness).

oluviiri, enviiri; (of animal) ekyoya, ekikuzzi, essisi; (caterpillar) eggimbi; (pubes) ekiza; (eye brows) ekisige; (eyelashes) ekikowe kowe.

e- plur. amayembe (li /ma) horn (of an animal); fetish; spirit associated with a fetish; spell, hex. cf. akayembe.

e- (li/ma) bristles on the back, hair along the spine (of an animal); mane. cf. eggina.

a- (ka/bu) brisket, part of animal's chest usually containing a lot of fat. cf. fumita.

or the name of the animal being milked).

of weeds); become exhausted (of land, soil); become old/decrepit (of persons, animals); walk hurriedly.

a- (ka/bu) a small animal related to the otter which lives near water and is very skillful in catching mudfish (mmale); the second totem of the Otter Clan. Oddizza kaneene mmale. lit. You have given the otter a fish, i.e., you have given something (usually food) to someone who has a great hunger for it/who will appreciate it very much.

a- (ka/bu) small hoof; paw of an animal, okulambuza obunuulo, to walk barefooted. cf. ekinuulo.

a- (ka/bu) small animal, small mammal, cf. ekisolo, ensolo.

adj. very small, tiny (of persons, animals, fowls). Ampadde akakoko kawalucocco. He has given me a very small chicken.

e- (ki/bi) jackal. Ekika ky'Ekibe, the Jackal Clan. (The jackal is considered an animal of ill omen.) cf. akabe.

e- (ki/bi) trap for large animals.

e- (ki/bi) thick layer of skin below the hair (of pigs and similar animals).

e- (ki/bi) back; backbone; meat from the back of a game animal, cf. ^omugongo.

e- (ki/bi) trap for capturing larger animals; drop-trap.

e- (ki/bi) large cage; animal cage. cf. akaguli.

e- (ki/bi) well-trodden path, beaten track (esp. of the sort produced by large animals), cf. kuuta.

e- (ki/bi) mane, long hair (of an animal).

e- (ki/bi) skin of an animal, particularly that which is prepared arid used as food (e.g., of a buffalo); skin of an animal where the hair has been scraped off.

e- (ki/bi) animal, mammal. cf. ^-akasolo, ensolo.

e- (ki/bi) trap for large animals.

e- (ki/bi) net trap used in hunting large animals; curtain, cf. timba, akatimba, olutimba.

e- (ki/bi) banana/plantain peels (often fed to domestic animals as supplementary food). Enjuba yagenda okutya ebi- wata. colloq. The sun set, lit. went to eat banana peels, cf. waata.

e- (ki/bi) domestic animal/fowl.

e- (ki/bi) place where game animals are cornered by hunters, hunting ground. cf. Iziga.

e- adv. kutta kizizi, to massacre, kill (defenseless people or animals), kufa kizizi, to die in mass; to die in an accident or catastrophe in which many are killed. cf. zzizi.

e- (li/ma) trap for animals. See the plur. amakan da for additional meanings.

etc.; take, grasp with/by means of; hand over; trap (an animal); fasten; cause to freeze/curdle, etc. ku- kwasa ensonyi, to shame, put to shame, kukwasa muntu, to catch a person (e.g., in the act of theft); to get hold of a person (who is hard to contact).

e- (ki/bi) sacrifice (often in a religious sense); victim, butt; despicable person or thing; scapegoat, animal or fowl to which sickness is transferred.

ennyama ey'akalannamye, meat of an animal which has died a natural death. Olumbe lulannamya omuntu (oba ebisolo). Disease kills men (or animals).

o- (lu/n) rare long flock/herd (esp. of cattle or other domestic animals/, cf. eggana.

o- (lu/n) long list/string/series; long line (of persons, animals), olugolo- gombo lw'ebibuuzo, a long series of questions.

o- (lu/n) net for catching animals.

o- (lu/n) trail (esp. of wild animals), cf. obuwufu.

o- (lu/n) trap for birds and small animals.

a-: ennyama ey'amasagasaga, meat cut from the shoulders of an animal.

e- (n/n) tail of an animal; whisk.

e- (n/n) trap for larger animals. cf. akamasu.

e- (n/n) stupid/foolish person, kutta mmome, to kill (a person or animal uiho is incapable of s elf-defens e).

effukuzi.

o- plur. abaana (mu/ba) child. When referring to the young of animals mwana is sometimes, but not always, shifted to the mu/mi class, omwana gw'endiga, lamb, but omwana w'embuzi, goat, kid. mwana wattu, friend, my friend/pal (often used as a term of address), cf. akaana, ekyana, olwana, lyana, nnabaana.

o- (mu/ba) backer, one who gives encouragement, advice and support to another; cheerer (e.g., at a fight); one who shoos away dangerous animals and birds from domestic fowl. cf. yasira.

e- (n/n) kind of animal supposedly having very keen sight, kulaba nga ndabi, lit, see like an ndabi. Used mostly in sentenc es of the following pattern: Yandaba nga ndabi n'atandika okunvuma. The minute he saw me/as soon as I came he started to insult me.

e- (n/n) energy, strength (of a person or animal, not of an inanimate object). okuddamu endasi, to recover one's strength.