okukola, okuzimba, okutinda; (boat) okusiba.

okukola; (meaning) amakulu.

mmanze) v. tr. begin, commence; set up, establish; build, construct; found.

etc.; build/construct at an unusual speed.

a- (ka/bu) type of stepladder used in picking coffee or in constructing a house.

e- (ki/bi) temporary outdoor structure with open sides and a canopy, usually constructed with banana leaves. It is used for social events, wedding parties, etc.

e- (ki/bi) criticism; blame, ebi- nenyo ebizimba, constructive criticism. cf. nenya.

e- (ki/bi) anything which has been constructed by welding parts, cf. yokya, yokerera.

nnamye) v.i. be in good health; live, survive (after an illness); flourish; come out well, turn out well (e.g., an object which is being constructed).

a- plur. (li/ma) period of construction, time of construction; process of building. Yaleka ennvumba eri wakati mu mazimba. He left the house when it was half built/in the middle of construction. cf. Izimba.

e- (n/n) kind of very tall timber tree widely used in the construction of canoes, Piptadenia africana. emimwa egy'empewere, thin lips.

e- plur. (n/n) disastrous fire, conflagration; forest fire; large fire deliberately started for a constructive purpose (such as clearing a section of land), cf. oluyiira.

e- (n/n) tall forest tree, Lovoa brownii, yielding a timber resembling walnut. Its trade name is Uganda Walnut. The wood is used extensively for various types of construction.

waabommwe, waaboobwe These constructions, usually following a personal noun such as mwana, are composed of the -a of rel. + -bo- + a plur. pron. They are best rendered of (our, your, their) family/ household/clan. Ono ani? Mwana waaboffe. Who is this? He is one of our family, cf. boowo.

sustain; plaster; place (a mixture of mud between the reeds of a house under construction prior to the stage described under womaj.

mpodde) v.tr. scoop out; hollow out (e.g., a tree in constructing a canoe).

construct; fig. edify, okwebaza eyazimba, lit. to thank the one who built (the house) = to sleep, go to sleep. Zimba ennene! Taku- beerako. (prov.) lit. Build a big (house). He doesn't help you with it. This describes cf. amaziika, ezziika.

dismantle, demolish (constructions, buildings). cf. ekizimbe, amazimba, omuzimbi, enzimba.

v.i. neut. 2 (usually in a relative construction). Bakoze omulimu tegwogerekeka. They have done a tremendous/indescribable job. cf. obwogerero, omwogereza, omwogerezi, omwogezi, omwogezakisa, omweyogereze, enjogera, enjogeziyogezi, nnakayogeza.

o- (mu/ba) thatcher; roofer, one who constructs a roof for a house, cf. sereka.

o- (mu/mi) doorpost, post on either side of the door constructed of reeds or some other material.

no plur. (la) type of mat constructed with large strips of palm leaves

v. tr. appl. 2. construct poorly (an item of carpentry); do all sorts of carpentry.

not constructed by experts; crudely made, artificial, emmundu enkolerere, a homemade gun. liiri omuko- lerere, artificial silk. cf. kola, kolerera.