empuku.

okugaana.

be (a request), okwekongola.

erinnya; (sect) eki tundu.

okulanga, okuwawaabira, okuseekeeta, okumemeka.

ziivu; vide enzigotta; d. person, empunyiwunyi; be d. (as darkness), okukwata; (as forest), okuziyira, okuggumira, okukakala.

okugaana; d. oneself, okw ezira, okwegaanyisa, okwesiriba; d. guilt, okwegaana, okwekanga biriza.

obutanwa; vide okusolottoka, okutanwa, okuwuba.

ommambavu.

enkulukuku, ekiswa; some names of the ants may be put into the ki-class to denote the hill built by that ant.

start up, jump up; fig. arise, break out suddenly, ne wabaguka akeegugungo, and a disturbance suddenly broke out.

jump suddenly to one's feet.

e- no plur. (li/ma) harsh/rude/angry manner of speech, okwogeza ebboggo, to speak harshly/stridently, ‘bark out.' cf. boggola.

e- (li/ma) large barkcloth. kugwa mu bbugo, to ask secretly for help. Yamukubira essimu ng'amugwa mu bbugo. He telephoned him and asked him in confidence to help. cf. olubugo.

e- (li/ma) strong permanent wall; city wall; outer enclosure of royal residence^

cf. bigaabigana.

a basket, container); overload (e. g., a person, a ship). Obuvunaanyizibwa yabubigise ku muntu omu. He placed the responsibility on one man. He burdened one person with the responsibility.

cf. -biririvu.

ejjinja eddene, olwazi.

okugaziya.

o- (bu/- ) sudden tingling pain; smarting sensation; sting; hurt. cf. bala-

o- (bu/-) virginity, maidenhood. cf. embeerera.

o- (bu/-) evidence, testimony; relig. witness, public testimonial of one's religious convictions or experiences, cf. ljula, juliza.

o- (bu/-) evidence, testimony. cf. ljula, juliza.

o- adv. okufa obukalaga, to die suddenly and unattended.

o- (bu/-) tourism, eby'obulambu zi, iden. cf. lambula.

o- (bu/-) sufficient evidence; proof (of wrongdoing). cf. luma, lumiriza.

o- adv. identically, in the same way. cf. 2-mu.

n., omugugu.

okwekatanga.

be, okuzitoowererwa;

o- adv. unintentionally, accidentally, mu butanwa, iden. cf. ztana.

o- (bu/-) top of the head; with caps., formerly the official residence of the Katikkiro (Prime Minister) of Buganda.

o- (bu/-) habit or tendency to send others to get something/to delegate others to do something, cf. tuma, omutumi.

o- (bu/-) residence, residing, ebbaluwa ez'obutuuze, residence permits. cf. tuula.

o- (bu/-) tendency to be insulting; habit of insulting, cf. vuma.

o- (bu/-) impudence; shame; disgrace; scandal; immorality, okwogera eby'obuwemu, to use bad language, okukola eby'obuwemu, to engage in sexual activities outside of marriage, cf. -wemu, wemuka, omuwemu.

o- (bu/-) trust, confidence, cf. -esiga.

o- (bu/-) independence, self-rule. cf. twala, -etwala.

n., ettama; vide obusukuttu, ensolobotto; (impudence) ekyejo, eki tigi, e ttitimbuli; c. bone, akane nero, akabakko; suck the c., okwerya entama.

omwami, omukungu, omukulu; c.'s residence, embuga.

omukebezi w'ekkanisa.

okujja; (come here) jangu! (come in) yingira! c. back, okukomawo. c. near, okusembera. c. out, okufuluma. c. out into, okufuumuuka, okuggukiramu. c. off, okubebbuka, okuwaguka. c. out (of handle), okukuukamu, okusowokamu. c. to an end, okukoma, okuggwa. c. upon, okusanga, okusisinkaniriza. c. on suddenly, okuzinduukiriza. c. up, okwambuka. c. down, okukka, okuwanuka. c. to one's senses, okweddamu. c. and go, okwesussa, vide okuwalattana, okuyengeetana.

okufunza.

ejjinja eddene, a big stone.

e- plur. amalenge (li/ma) small wind instrument, whistle, reed pipe made of bamboo; measure for a charge of gunpowder. Enjala wano efuuwa n'ama lenge. The hunger here is beyond belief, lit. is blowing whistles, cf. ^akalenge, kirenge, orau- lenge. See also fuuwa and fuuyira.

e- plur. amalenzi (li/ma) fine strapping lad. cf. omulenzi.

be, okwerimba.

okugumya omwoyo.

well-trodden roads, omukwano omukuukuulivu, a well-established friendship, cf. kuukuutira.

to lose one's head over something; to lose one's sense of values because of something. N'obugagga nno bwe butyo tebubama- langamu nsa. And do not, in that way, let (the desire for) wealth get the better of you/ cause you to lose your perspective. Okuvuma omusomesa kimumalamu ensa eri b'asomesa. To insult the teacher causes him to lose respect in the eyes of the students he is teaching.

obujulizi.

carelessness, inevitability (in the sense of being obliged to do what one does not want to do) and even sheer exasperation. Tumaze ga- gendayo. We sent there just for the sake of going. Mumale gaddamu, temulowooza. Just give an answer, don't think about it first. Mala gakola. Just go ahead and do it. Don't spend too much time on it. Among the younger generation there is a tendency to drop the verbal stem which normally follows ga-. The meaning is implied from context, e.g., Twamala ga-. We simply went there (or simply did something else, dep ending on previous context).

feel free with, have confidence in, trust. Siyinza kumweyabiza. I cannot confide in him. I can't talk to him freely. See the note under yab-.

a muzizo.

deaden; crush, disfigure; destroy.; stifle, hold back, frustrate.

get up suddenly, cf. gannamuka.

nnannamuse) v.i. start up, get up suddeniy/awkwaraly/ clumsily, cf. gagamuka.

ennimiro; (plantain) olusuku; (deserted) ekikande, ekifulukwa.

omulimi.

make wide, widen; expand.

e- (li/ma) impudence, insolence, effrontery.

e- (li/ma) large load/burden, cf. omugugu.

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.

often with a pejorative force. No nouns are inherently of the gu/ga class, omusajja, man; ogusajja, huge hulk of a man, giant, ekintu, thing, oguntu, huge clumsy thing. Since many hundreds of nouns may be shifted to the gu/ga them all in a dictionary.

as an aux. verb before a following inf. denoting desirability, suitability or obligation Ogwana okugenda okulaba ssengaawo. You ought to (should, have to) go and see your aunt.

come upon, fall upon by accident, cf. gwa.

gumu, kakanyavu, kalubo, kakafu, kakummemme; vide kali bobbo. h. luck! int., manti! be h., okukakanyala, okukaluba. be h. for, okukaluubirira. harden, okukakanyaza, okugumya.

okwetegereza, okulonda.

ekyejo, akajanja, egge nya.