pamba; (thread) ewuzl; silk c., obufumbo.

o- (bu/-) fluffy substance resembling cotton often used for stuffing mattresses and pillows; the plant from which this substanceis obtained, cf. olufumbo.

o- (bu/-) simsim oil, cottonseed oil. -ebutuggiza (-ebutuggizza) v.i. refl. move along slowly, drag oneself along.

v. (cotton), okusunsula.

profit, gain. Mu ppamba we yagobololamu ssente eziwera. He made quite a bit of money in cotton (lit. It is in cotton where, etc.). cf. goba, amagoba.

a- (ka/bu) small piece of jute cloth; type of thick fabric made of sisal and resembling fiber glass, used for tying cotton.

e- (ki/bi) ekisunsulo kya ppamba, cotton ginnery, cf. sunsula, essunsuliro.

e- plur. amateme an insect resembling a caterpillar which attacks young shoots, esp. those of the cotton plant.

cram, pack; pile. Ensawo bagikoomekeddemu ppamba. They have stuffed the bag with cotton.

e- (ki/bi) [Stf.] iron; metal; factory; machinery; machine; tool; device, ekyuma ekikuba ebifaananyi, camera, ekyuma eki- yimbisa amavinja, record player, ebyuma ebirima, farm machinery, ploughs, tractors, ekyuma kya ppamba, cotton ginnery, ebyuma ebikuba ebitabo, printing presses. Ngudde ebyuma or Ebyuma binsaze. colloq. I am completely out of money. I am broke. cf. 2akuuma, oluuma.

o- (lu/n) long tooth; drying rack (for coffee, cotton, etc.); stretcher; bier. cf. linnyo (erinnyo).

to nod the head, bend the head down, kumenyeza ppamba, to break off the middle bud of a young cotton plant.

e- (n/n) [Sto. ] bale (of cotton).

e- (n/n) beer given to the chief by the tenant for the use of land; tithe paid by a tenant based on the number of acres of cotton, coffee, etc., under cultivation. cf. vujja.

ekituttwa; (of bean) bkinyololo.

e- (li/ma) essunsuliro lya ppamba, cotton ginnery, cf. sunsula.

v., okunyoola; w. up (cotton), okuzinga; w. self round and round, okweziringirira.

(la) kind of white cotton fabric.

P ers.] cotton.

(la) [Siv.] kind of high-grade cotton.

the short end of the stick.

no plur. (la) [S».] dark blue calico or cotton cloth.

(la) second-grade cotton.

the winner of a contest).

dr.] bafta, a kind of thin cotton cloth; bibl. linen.