ekiteebe.

take on an attractive appearance (esp. of young girls or brides with the added implication that the skin is as fair and healthy as that of a baby).

v., okbvuma, okugira ekyejo, okukola obubi, okwakira, okubambira, okuboggoleera.

ebboggo, obukaali, ekkayu.

obusungu, ekiruyi; vide e bbogo.

speak, okuboggola, okukabuka.

e- no plur. (li/ma) harsh/rude/angry manner of speech, okwogeza ebboggo, to speak harshly/stridently, ‘bark out.' cf. boggola.

amenvu ga bbogoya, bananas of the aforementioned type.

okwogera n'ebboggo, okw ekambuza.

embogo.

e- plur. amalumambogo (li/ma) gadfly, lit. bites (luma ) the buffalo (m bo go).

gwa ggabogabo..

ekivu, eddumambogo.

e-: omwezi ogw'eggabogabo, the full moon. Omwezi gwa ggabogabo* It is a full moon.

e- (n/n) bogeyman, an imaginary terrifying creature.

have room; correspond to; be equivalent; be fitting/suitable/appropriate, omuwendo ogugya mu nsawo ya buli muntu, a suitable price, a price which ‘fits' everyone' s pocketbook. Omukazi gwe yawasa tamugyamu. The woman he married is not suitable for him. Oba nno ezo emboga zigyamu nsimbi ki? I wonder what that cabbage is worth.

abboggo, kambwe.

ebboggo, obukambwe.

kind of tree, Trimeria bakeri.

a- (ka/bu) kind of fig tree, Ficus congensis.

engatto zange kaboga kakobogo, my brand new shoes. Omukyala yawasa muto kaboga. He married a very young girl.

cf. embogo.

adj. huge, very big. ekita kabogolole, an extremely large calabash.

a- adv. hurriedly; in haste; with urgency.

adj. geniune, pure, real (of persons). Ndi Muganda kakobogo. I am a genuine, pure Muganda.

a- (ka/bu) boggy field; quagmire, soft miry land that yields under the foot. cf. ekiteebe.

e- also ekibaato (ki/bi) bogeyman, ogre; wonder, marvel.

e- with the -a of rel. partly ripened (of fruit); not completely done (of food); light colored (of Africans), empafu ey'eki- bogwe, a partially ripened mpafu fruit. Abantu abasinga obungi mu bitundu bino balina obugunjufu bwa kibogwe. Most of the people in these areas have a defective/ poor culture.

lit. buffalo-drink. cf. nywa, embogo.

e- (ki/bi) bog. cf. akateebe.

e- (n/n) cabbage.

e- (n/n) buffalo. Ekika ky'Embogo, the Buffalo Clan. cf. kabogo.

omwezi, eddaaza; new m., omwezi ogubonese; full m., omwezi ogweggabogabo.

e- (n/n) gorilla; bogey, monstrous imaginary figure.

e- (n/n) old person who walks with difficulty; child who totters when he walks, amagulu ag'enkoboggo, small legs, disproportionate to the size of the body.

okunenya, okuboggolera.

engevu; get r., okweng£ra, okuggya, okubuulukuka; r, on one side, kibogwe; (abscess) okutenguka, okutunguliita.

kkakkakka, bikaakaalule; speak r., okwogera n'ebboggo, okukaayuukana, okuboggola, okutuntumuka.

v.tr., okujuuka, okujunga; v.i. okuboggola, okuyomba.

shake up; divide into smaller pieces (of hot lumps of bananas), okusinsimula omuggo, to beat with a stick. Waaliwo olulala lwe nnasinsimula embogo essasi. There was another occasion when I shot a buffalo with a bullet.

okwogera, okugamba. s. about, okwogerako. s. loudly, okwogerera waggulu, okuleekaana. s. languidly, okugolooma. s. up, okuvumbula eddoboozi, okuvumbula obulago. s. very fast, okusabiiliza (ebigambo). s. roughly, okuboggola, okukaytika.

okuboggola, okuyomba, okukalamuka.

bisi; vide a kibogwe.

enva, ebikagga, emboga, etc.

nnyo, ddala; also ideophones like ggulugulu, kaalaala, kabogo, kaakaaka, ttukutuku, ccekeceke, ccucucu, ddu, ddudduddu, kazigizigi, kkopokopo, mmyamyamya, mmyumyumyu, ppeppeppe, ssassassa, ssississi, twatwatwa.

ekinywabwino, kinywambogo, ekiny.wamunte, omunywi, ennywanto; nywekereza.

o- (mu/mi) stand in a market, omu- daala gw'emboga, cabbage stand.

v.i. (rare in the simple form.)

v.i. talk in a loud/offensive/domineering manner.

I a (-boggedde) »> /. bark (as a dog): speak in a loud/harsh/angry manner.

speak to rn an angry manner.

okuboggoza essimu, colloq., to make a telephone call. cf. ebboggo.

implicate.

be immersed; fig. become involved. cf. eddubi; -etubika.

-ekobogoza (-ekobogozezza) v.i. complain; make a futile complaint.

get enmeshed/stuck. cf. entubiro; -edubika, tulubika.