wansi, emmanga; as prep., wansi wa.
obtain, procure, okufuna olubuto, to become pregnant, okufuna erinnya, to acquire a reputation, kufuna bya kakule or kufuna bya ndola, to I obtain for nothing or to buy at a price far below the normal.
e- (n/n or li/ma) sub-county, administrative division immediately below the ssaza (county), ow'eggombolola, subcounty chief, cf. gombolola.
a- (ka/bu) a burst of laughter (often scornful in character), okukuba akakule, to burst out laughing, okutema akakule, to laugh loudly and scornfully at (with a personal object), okufuna bya kakule, to obtain for nothing; to buy at a price far below the normal.
e- (ki/bi) thick layer of skin below the hair (of pigs and similar animals).
e- adv. below, cf. ^emmanga, wammanga.
e- adv. below, down below; over there, cf. ekyemmanga, wammanga.
e-i kufuna bya ndola, to obtain for nothing; to buy at a price far below the normal. ndola originally referred either to ‘1) a woman given by her father to a man in return for his labor, or 2) a child taken by its grandfather and redeemed by its father on the payment of money.' (Sn.)
cf. ekyemmanga, lemmanga.
wansinsi, a little lower, wansi wa as a prep, phrase below, beneath, under, wansi w'olutindo, under the bridge, kukwata wansi ne waggulu, to become furious, ‘hit the ceiling.' cf. ensi.
o- plur. emiruka (mu/mi) parish, sub-district, administrative unit immediately below the ggombolola. okulyamu omuluka, to become outstanding/distinguished, earn a name for oneself.
(-sisiwadde) rare in the simple form but common in the reflexives listed below.