empooza ; c. house, eggwoolezo; c. officer, ssentala.

e- with the -a of rel. of or in the Kiganda style, manner or fashion, empisa ez'ekiganga, Kiganda customs. Ayambadde kiganda. He is dressed in the Kiganda fashion, cf. -ganda, Obuganda, Omuganda.

argue, dispute; struggle, etteeka erikontana n'empisa z'abantu, a law which conflicts with the customs of the people, cf. omu- kontanyi.

e- (n/n) method of extracting taxes; tax; duty; customs duty; fee; dues. cf. wooza.

e- (n/n) [Lunyoro~\ morning heat, about 6:15 a.m.; time just after sunrise, ntanyi, e- (n/n) crime/gross violation of traditional customs, ntanyoomwa, e- (n/n) loincloth, ntanzi, e- (n/n) green pigeon, cf. entawuuzi.

mpoozezza) v.tr. charge, levy (taxes, customs, tariffs, dues), emi- solo egiwoozebwa ku bintu ebiyingira n ebi- fuluma okuva mu ggwanga, tariffs imposed on imports and exports. Ani awooza aka- tale kano? Who collects the dues from this market? cf. eggwoolezo, empooza, omuwooza.

place where dues are collected. cf. wooza.

appropriate, pick up (esp. something undesirable or foreign, such as customs, ideas, etc.) Ebyo ebigoye ebikadde obi- wakan kudd e wa? Where did you ever dig up those old clothes? Awakankudde emize. He has picked up bad habits. cf. wakula, kakankula, papankula.

adopt, pick up (esp. something undesirable or foreign), okuwakula entalo, to pick fights, look for trouble, okuwakula ejin_ambo, to pick up rumors, spread rumors, okuwakula empisa, to take over alien/undesirable customs, okuwakula obulwadde, to contract a disease, okuwakula eŋŋombo, to pick up mannerisms of speech, okuwakula enjuki, to take honey from bees.

-eweeka (-eweese) v.i. neut. refl. Empisa z'Abazungu tezeeweeka. The customs of the Europeans cannot be learned/acquired easily.