n., omufumbiro, omufumbi.

v., okufumba. c. partly, okubiza, okubandagaza. c. under ashes, okuvumbika. c. and put aside, okuboobera.

adj., fumbe. well c., a lulata (of plantains). be c., okuggya, okugulumba. be overcooked, okufumbulukuka, okuyungulukuka, okuserebera.

entamu.

essiga;

e- (li/ma) large flaming fire (for cooking, roasting, etc.) cf. akabiga.

lit. male (-ddume from -lume) goat (bbuzi or embuzi).

e- plur. (ki/bi) dried plantains when cooked, esp. beer bananas (mbidde) and hard bananas (gonja).

from -bisi. Alidde ekiwutta eki- bisi be bisibisi. He has eaten a raw/uncooked potato.

uncooked (food); be green/fresh; get damp/wet; fig. be naive; be rude.

e- always plur. (ki/bi) bowlegs, with the -a of rel. bowlegged. Wa bitege. He is bowlegged. Gye twakyadde baatufumbiddeyo enkoko, ekyemisana ne kigenda bitege. They cooked chicken for us where we went to visit, and it turned out to be a wonderful meal.

be cooked thoroughly (the traditional way of preparing matookej.

etc. Ng'oboobedde! You are looking wonderful/great! boobeza (-boobezezza) v.tr. appl. caus. cook for a long time. cf. -boobevu.

o- (bu/.) wetness, dampness; state of being raw/uncooked (of food); stupidity. cf. -bisi.

o- (bu/-) hardness; state of not being well done (of cooked food, meat); difficulty; fig. obstinacy, stubbornness. cf. kaluba, -kalubo.

o- adv. whole, in entirety; in bulk form. Embuzi gifumbe bukolokolo. Cook the goat whole (i.e., do not cut it into pieces before cooking).

o- (bu/-) gruel/porridge made from millet or banana meal, kuyoya busera, to be tired and hungry. Mpolampola, ayiisa obusera. (prov.) Very slowly, he cooks (good) porridge. Slow but sure.

o- adv. like a plantain, kuggya butooke, to calm down, become as meek as a lamb (of persons), lit. become cooked like a plantain, cf. ettooke.

o- adv. kuiuula busiga, to sit for a long time wakeful; to stay by the hearth, busiga is also the plural o/kasiga, small cooking stone, cf. essiga.

e- (li/ma) cooked plantains, matooke which have been cooked to a turn, omufumbi w'eddigobe, wife.

e- (li/ma) kitchen, place where cooking is done. cf. fumba.

etc. okufumbira omuntu omutwe, to outsmart/ outwit somebody.

cause to cook; cause to marry, marry off fa woman).

fumbisa (-fumbisizza) v.tr. caus. 1 Sc 2 make cook, cause to cook; cook with/using. Afumbya masannya- laze/nku. She cooks with electricity/firewood.

etc.

e- (li/ma) bone, okusimba eggumba egganda, to walk. 01 uvannyuma lw'okuki- gaayagaaya baakizuula mpozzi nga kirimu eggumba. After thinking it over they realized that it might just be true, lit. after chewing it they found that perhaps it had a bone inside, okuggwa ku magumba, to lose weight, become all skin and bones, oku- tunguka ku magumba, to cook thoroughly (of meat). Ebigezo bino birimu eggumba. These examinations are quite difficult, lit. have some bone in them. Kirimu eggumba okugamba nti... It is difficult to maintain that. It is hard to say that. lit. There is a bone in saying that... Omwavu lw'alya ennyama amagumba asansa masanse. (prov.) When a poor man eats meat, he scatters the bones around (to impress others ).

e- plur. amawaatiro (li/ma) place where food and vegetables are peeled before cooking. (This is usually located in the banana garden located near the house.) cf. waata.

gwiririra (-gwiriridde) v.i. appl. 3 lean to one side, tilt, be inclined; become soft, supple (of barkcloth); be cooked to a turn, be just right (of prepared food), okugwiririra olubege, to tilt to one side.

n., ekitundu, ennusu. h. cooked, a makubu ggu, a mbwe bwe. h. full, ttengetenge. h. grown (jungle), ettoma. h. open (door), omuwogo. halloo, v., okukoowoola.

nzijudde or njijudde) v.tr. dish up, serve (food); uncover (food). (Ki- ganda food is cooked with a covering of banana leaves and therefore has to be uncovered before eating). Kye nnava nsigala ku bwa kinejjulira. For that reason I remained a bachelor, (kinejjulira means literally it will serve itself.) cf. -jjule, eki- jjulo, kinejjulira, lujjudde.^olujjula, olu- jjuliro,

lit. the one who cooks them, i.e., plantains (-ga- implies matooke).

a- with the -a of rel. halfcooked, insufficiently cooked. Emmere ya kakoolakoola. The food is half-cooked.

a- (ka/bu) small cooking pot. cf. saka, ensaka.

a- from, essanda sap. Emmere egudde akasanda. The food is cooked, lit. has lost its juice or ‘sap.' (This phrase is particularly used with reference to sweet potatoes and bananas.)

Afumbye bya katiiyiiko. She has cooked too much. cf. tiiyiika.

a- (ka/bu) lit. it cools the cooking stones, the time from about 9:30 P.M. to midnight, cf. ^wola, woza, essiga.

a- (ka/bu) scoop formed from a banana leaf used for drinking soup; scoopful (of paraffin, cooking oil, etc.). cf. ekiwujjo.

a- (ka/bu) tail of a snake or lizard; plantain leaf used for covering a pot of ma- tooke which is cooking, kuggyako kawuuwo, to begin serving a meal; to begin a discussion; to kick off fin soccer), cf. wuuwa.

e- (ki/bi) expression of appreciation to one who has cooked a good meal (e.g., by loosening one's belt), cf. teewuluza.

be slow in cooking; refuse to ripen (of fruit); be stunted in growth (of persons); be silent, refuse to answer; remain motionless (when expected to act); sulk, okukona ku musomo, to fail a course and be obliged to repeat. Embooge ekonye. lit. The mbooge (a green vegetable which cooks easily) has refused to cook. Things have gone completely wrong.

fail to develop; grow thin; fail to become well cooked, cf. omukunduggu.

e- (ki/bi) dried plantain fiber used in making rope, in tying up bundles of food during the cooking process, in tying poles in building, etc. okusala ebyayi, to relieve oneself, cf. olwayi.

cooka, ennoni.

o- (lu/n) arch, smell of cooking. cf. fumba.

o- no plur. (lu/n) excellently cooked mash of plantains.

o- with the -a of rel. very well Cooked (of bananas /plantains). oluvuutu ulrv'ciuuke, ct very well-cooked banana.

o- plur. empombo (lu/n) a young leaf of the banana plant which, after being softened by exposure to the sun, is used in cooking vegetable sauces. The sauce is inserted into about four layers of empombo and then steamed in the pot along with the main food dishes. Amagezi luwombo, bwe luyulika ng'osala olulala. (prov.) Wisdom is a luwombo; when it gets torn you can always cut another one. If one method fails, a wise person will adopt an alternative solution. oluwombo okulufumitamu akati, lit. to pierce a luwombo with a stick, i.e., throw cold water on someone's plans, ideas, etc. cf. ekiwombo.

o- plur, empina (lu/n) strand of a banana leaf tied around the top of a gourd to prevent the beer from overflowing. It may also be used to tie around other banana leaves on a cooking pot to provide additional strength. It is also worn around the waist in certain dances and ceremonies.

o- plur. enjaliiro (lu/n) banana leaf in which bananas are wrapped before cooking; strips of banana stems laid in the area where bananas are crushed into juice. cf. 2yala, yaliira.

e- (n/n) kind of edible plant, resembling spinach but with smaller leaves. It cooks very rapidly, hence the following idiomatic usage: Embooge teyabuguma nga tutuuse. We arrived in no time at all, lit. the mbooge had not even become warm.

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

e- adv. slowly; gently, softly; quietly, mpolampola, gradually, by degrees. Akwata empola atuuka wala. (prov. j Who proceeds slowly goes far. Slow but sure. Mpolampola, ayiisa obu- sera. (prov.) Slowly and carefully, he cooks the porridge. Easy does it. cf. kawola.

stingy cook. cf. fumba, akafu.

lit. one who cooks (fumba) with a large bundle (egganda) of firewood.

liibwa, empogola.

o- (mu/mi) unbaked cooking pot. Bakuba emyali. (prov.) They break unbaked pots. Only the wealthy can afford great extravagance.

e- (n/n) condiments, relish, enva endiirwa, sauce, cooked vegetables, meats, etc., used as a relish, cf. lya, liira.

e- (n/n) back of the neck; area in the rear of the traditional three cooking stones. Buli kimugambibwa kimugwa mu nkoto. Everything that is said to him goes in one ear and comes out the other.

e- with the -a of rel. almost raw, not properly cooked, emmere ey'enkubuggu, food which is not thoroughly cooked.

e- (n/n) cooking pot (so named because when people used to go foraging for food [cf. saka] they took along a pot in which to put food), cf. saka, 1 akasaka.

e- (n/n) large cooking pot (usually made of clay), cf. akatamu.

struggle over a hot stove/fire (with the implication of having to contend with smoke and heat), cf. piikaana.

e- (li/ma) banana leaves used for covering plantains while cooking; trash. cf. naanitd/ka.

e- (li/ma) stone, brick or ball of clay used for cooking. Three of these are usually arranged in the form of a triangle. The pot is placed on top and the firewood is inserted through the openings at the sides, amasiga is now also used to designate the cooking area of a stove or oven, essiga is also the term applied to the largest subdivision of a clan. cf. obusiga.

e- (n/n) kind of open cooking stove.

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.

bisi.

bisi; vide half-cooked, okukona.

ekiwaawaatiro, ekiwawa. cooked w. of chicken, ekivu. hit on the w., okukuba butanga. be on the w. of army, okukoobera.

mpolongose) v.i. become emaciated, waste away from disease or dissipation; languish, pine; go bad (of food left lying around after cooking).