nzibye) v. i. <£ tr. steal; rob.
e- (li/ma or n/n) [,Eng.f] bathtub.
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- (li/ma) [£ng. ] bar, barroom.
e- also ebbakaasa (n/n or li/ma) [Siu.] envelope.
e- (li/ma) [Sw., Ar.] sheet of corrugated iron, tin or other metal used for the roofing or siding of a building.
e- (li/ma) labia majora.
e- no plur. (li/ma) burning smell, smell of burning. Emmere ewunya ebbabe. The food smells burnt, cf. babira.
e- (li/ma) draft (of a bill, proposal, plan, etc.); preliminary outline, cf. baga.
e- (li/ma) carpenter's workshop. cf. bajja.
e- also ebbaasa (n/n) L/'U'.J
e- (n/n) [Sw>.] bowl.
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.
q. v.). Bbalaza, Monday.
e- adv. aside, to the side, ebbali w'oluguudo, at the side of the road, ebbali n'ebbali w'olugundo, on both sides of the road. cf. mabbali, wabbali.
e- with the -a of rel. rare, scarce. as an adv. occasionally, not too often, rarely, cf. ^bala, balirira.
e- (n/n) [Stv., Ar.] letter; certificate; diploma.
e- less frequent var. of bbavu (li/ma) blister.
e- (li/ma) hollow-stemmed perennial mountain bamboo, Arundinaria alpina. It is black in color as opposed to nkaawo which is yellow.
e- (n/n) [Eng. ] bandage.
e- (li/ma) space; room; time, inter- val; opportunity, chance, amagye ag'omu bbanga, air force, mu bbanga lya myaka mitono, in the course of a few years, E — waliyo obuduukaduuka obwesudde ama- banga. At: — there are numerous poor little shops scattered around, cf. banga.
e- (li/ma) hump on the back, ow'ebbango, hunchback, cf. akabango.
e- (li/ma) training center. cf. bangula.
e- (li/ma) debt. Tetutunda bbanja. We do not sell on credit, okufuna ku bbanja, to buy (lit. get) on credit, okulya ebbanja, to incur a debt, okugwa ku bbanja, to fall into debt. cf. banja.
e- (li/ma) vat; trough for brewing beer. cf. ekibanvu, emmanvu.
e- (li/ma) inflamed breast, mastitis.
e- (li/ma) [Eng.] baptistery, place where baptism is performed, cf. batiza.
e- (li/ma) blister (on the palm of the hand or the sole of the foot), cf. ebbambavu.
v., oku bba, okuggyamu.
n., empewo, omukka; in the air, mu bbanga.
ebbanga.
kyama, ku bbali.
okwewala, okwesamba, okw esuba, okwekooloobya, okwesulubabba.
rare be round-cheeked/chubby.
rare wrangle.
adj. very large, huge; very wide, ekitabo bbabbattu, a very large book, enguudo bbabbattu, very broad roads.
untie, take apart. cf. ebbago, obubage, olwebagyo, amabaga.
commence superficially. cf. ebbanga, obwebange, ekibangirizi.
ebbanguliro; balangula; ^benguka.
etc.), ebbali w'omugga, olubalama lw'ennyanja, (safe deposit) bbanka, bbengi.
bbirira mod. forms of bba, q.v. cf. lbbika, bbinkira, bbulukuka, lubbira, ^omubbizi.
enkwanzi, akatiiti, olusinda, embira; (R.C.) ssappuli; (Moh.) masubbaawa.
v.i., okubobba, okutujja, okulasira.
prep., kumabbaliga.
Bbayibuli.
nene, kulu; vide bbabbattu; grow big, okugejja.
n., e bbavu, e bbambavu, aka tuulituuli.
n., ebbakuli, ekibya, olutiba.
ekifuba; (woman's) ebbeere, q.v.; vide also nnansble, nnamba laala, empottowotto, lukambulizo, ekiwaama; inflamed breast, ebbanyi.
enjegoyego, olubalama, ama bbali.
o- adv. stealthily, furtively, cf. ^bba.
o- (bu/. ) theft, stealing; robbery. cf. ^bba.
o- plur. (ka/bu) bits and pieces of dried leaves floating in drinking, water/ tea/mubisi, etc.; dregs or sediment in any beverage.
o- (bu/-) humanity; manhood, with the -a of rel. humane. Okuwanika omuntu ku kalabba si kya buntu. It is not humane to hang a man on the gallows, eby'obuntu, human nature, mu buntu, in person, personally. okuddamu ak'obuntu, to recover one's composure. Muntu buntu. He is a mere man. buntu is also the plural of kantu, small thing. From the root -ntu are also derived omuntu, ekintu, akantu, etc.
smell, okuwunya ebbabe or olubabebabe. ,
o- (bu/-) residence, residing, ebbaluwa ez'obutuuze, residence permits. cf. tuula.
o- (bu/-) great open space, awe some expanse; middle (of the sea, the heavens), obwengula bw'ennyanja, the open sea, the high seas. Ani eyasooka okugenda mu bwengula bw'ebbanga? Who was the first one to travel in space?
eryato, emmanvu, akaduli; for parts of canoe, vide eggwamba, ebbasi, akasenso, ekigambira, ekirima, oluwamba, oluwero, empumi, omugonjo, endagire, endijjo, endigo, ensanda, ensinga, entabiro.
ebbajjiro.
ebbaluwa.
v., okulagaana; (debt) okulya ebbanja.
v., okukaaba, okulira, okuŋaŋala; vide okunyiiba, okuwanjaga. c. aloud, okwamira, okukooka. c. for help, okukuba enduulu. lament, okukuba ekiwoobe, okuwobba.
nzize) v.i. return, come back; go back; go; come up (of crops); take effect (of medicine), kudda mu mbeera, to return to normal, kudda mu maziga, to burst into tears; kudda mu ddiiro, to do a job over (because it was poorly done the first time); to dance again, kudda ngulu, to regain consciousness; to wake up. kudda buto, to become childish, enter one's second childhood (see buto for additional meanings). kudda ku mabbali, to stand aside, kudda mu bi- gere bya..., to follow in the footsteps of, succeed. Tayinza kudda awo kumala bi- seera bye. He can't just stand around and waste his time, abanlu abatalina kadda eri mumwa, people who have nothing to eat, lit. who do not have (a little thing, kantu implied) which returns to the lip. Emmere ezze. The food has been vomited up or The crops have come up.
ebbanja.
alina ebbanja.
ebbala, obulema, akabi, aka mogo, enkenyera.
n., ebbaluwa.