n., ejjute.

v.tr., okufumba.

v.i., okwesera, okutokota, okujagajjira; metaph., okwetabula.

foam, foam up; overflow. Ebibimba bikka. Things which boil up (ultimately) simmer down. What goes up comes down. Kyabimba (nga) si kisaanikire mu maaso ga kkanisa. There was an enthusiastic/lively crowd in front of the church.

be boiling; fig. be cheerful; become exulted; get excited.

eggi ; (of locust) obusowe. e.shell, ekisosonkole. e.yolk, enjuba y'eggi. boiled eggs, amagi ag'empogola.

eaten after being baked or boiled. A single specimen is omugonja, plur. emigonja.

essamasami.

e- plur. amayute (li/ma) boil. Sserukama mayute: olunyiga ku lirye ng'akaaba. (prov.) lit. Mr. Squeezer-of- boils: when his is pressed, he cries. He can dish it out but he can't take it. cf. mwasajjute.

pus from a boil, wet clothes, etc.). okukamula amziga, to provoke/elicit tears.

e- (ki/bi) something flattened out /esp. of food, such as a boiled plantain which has been flattened out, a flat broad a grandchild.

e- (ki/bi) core; core of a boil. Bye yayogedde temwabaddemu kinyisi. There wasn't anything at all to what he said.

e- (ki/bi) kernel; core of a boil. By'oyogera temuli kinyusi. There is nothing at all to what you say. cf. ekinyisi.

e- (ki/bi) swelling; tumor; boil. cf. 2zjjuba.

e- (li/ma) -fruit of the mukobe q.v. (It has a thin skin, a texture resembling that of the potato and is eaten boiled.) Ekika ky'Ekkobe, the Kkobe Clan, kukomba ku kya kkobe eky'ettungulu kiwoomerera, to be frustrated in accomplishing one's objective; fail to obtain what one wants, lit. to lick at the skin (kikuta is implied, by kya) of the kkobe, (whereas) the skin of the ttungulu is the one that is sweet.

o- (lu/n) something very hot/boiling; extreme heat; fig. very difficult situation, predicament, olubabu lw'amazzi, very hot water, olubabu lw'omwana, intractable child, brat, hellion, cf. babuka, ekibabu.

e- with the -a of rel. tough, aggressive, indomitable, hard-boiled.

e- with the -a of rel. amatooke ag'empogola, plantains cooked without removing the skins, amagi ag'empogola, boiled eggs. cf. muliibwampogola.

e-, (n/n) core of a small boil; blackhead (on the nose or face); dark surface layer of a knife which is worn away when it is sharpened; first milk after childbirth.

boil up; bubble up (as of water in a falls); pour out profusely (as of smoke).

e- (li/ma) gumboil.

froth; fig. boil/fume with anger.

boil (of cooking food); bubble up, gush up (of water); make a rasping noise, roar (of an engine); rumble (of oncoming rain); wheeze; mumble, drone on (of voices); rave (of a drunkard); purr Enjoka zintokota. My stomach is grumbling. I am hungry. Kiritokota si kisaanikire mu Kampala. There is going to be a great event/magnificent happening in Kampala, lit. the pot (ki- implies ekisakata) will boil up not (being) covered.

of fruit); be on the point of bursting (of a boil); be inflamed; look nice, have a glowing look (of a person).

etc.; become red hot (usually of metal); become inflamed (of a boil or abscess). Ennaku zikwengeredde! Onodda wa? Time is running out. The time of the expected event is drawing near. What will you do?

o- (mu/mi) bud, shoot; core of a boil.

make a hissing sound; clang.

disintegrate; be boiled to shreds; be watered down.

v.i. boil; bubble.

‘cook up.' okufumba omutwe, to think, okufumba ku mutwe, to bother one's head. Tewali n'omu afumbye ku mutwe. There is no one who has given any thought (to it), okufumba ennyimba, to compose songs, okufumba ebigambo, to make up stories.

v.tr. caus. cause to foam/froth; make boil with anger.

v.i. boil; bubble up.

v.tr. caus. cause to boil; cause to bubble up.

bubble up. cf. vujjunguka.

a small, hard and uncomfortable chair or Stool (esp. one which folds), cf. yasa, ejjute.

boil up (of a liquid); rumble ( of the stomach), ate nga ne mu by'obufuzi obwongo bumwesera bwesezi, and in politics too he is bubbling over with ideas. Amagezi gamwesera. He is extremely intelligent.

cause to boil.

boiled, amawulire ama- fumbe, ‘cooked-up' or false news/information. cf. fumba.