n:, olukoola, eddungu.

v., okudduka, okusonguka, okwewangula; okufuluka, okube nguka, okuwagula olusiisira; (of wife), okunoba.

v.tr., okuleka, okwabulira.

ekifulukwa, ekikande; (house) ekiwompoma; (village) e ttongo.

omusengusi, omukunguzi.

fulukwa; (wicked) bi nnyo, gwagwa.

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

a- (ka/bu) small deserted area, wasteland, cf. eddungu.

a- also akataalitaali (ka/bu) deserted area.

e- (ki/bi) deserted house; deserted place. Omukadde akira ekifulukwa. (prov.) An old feeble tenant is better than an empty house. Half a loaf is better than no bread, cf. fuluka.

e- (ki/bi) deserted stretch of land; wasteland, ekkubo ery'ekikande, a road in a deserted or barren place.

conceal, okukisa omukono, to die, lit. to hide one's hand (usually employed with reference to a Kabaka). Bw'akolola engabi yeekisa mu kisaka. When he coughs the bushbuck hides in the bush (i.e., he has a very loud cough). Bw'aseka empisi yeekisa ku ki- kande. When he laughs the hyena hides in a deserted place (i.e., he has a loud and boisterous laugh).

o- (lu/n) uninhabited country; wasteland; wilderness; desert, cf. munnalukoola.

a- plur. (li/ma) isolation, solitude, a deserted place; wilds, wilderness.

a- plur. (li/ma) place/spot which contains the remains of elephant grass or other grass after rats, rabbits, etc., have eaten, kusigala mu malye, to be deserted (e.g., a husband by a wife), cf. lya.

a- plur. (li/ma) deserted village; deserted area.

mpudde) v.i. lose one's wife (through separation, desertion, etc., but not through death).

ekyangaala, omwangaala.

v.i. desert, abscond, run away. cf. -kunguzi, amakungula, omukunguzi.

run away, flee, desert. right into; go right through, okutolontoka mu krbira, to penetrate/go through the forest.

v.tr. appl. leave; h an do n desert fo rs ak -

v.tr. strike; beat; hit. Akaato kaffe kaali kakubyeko abantu. Our little boat was full of people. Akuba mu buli kasenge konna obwenyi. He pokes his head into every room. Yali ankubye ama- bega. He turned his back on me. Kati eby'okusoma mbikubye amabega. 1 have now finished my studies. Munnaffe Kampala amukubye amabega. Our friend has left Kampala. Yanneekubako ndyeko katono. He implored me to eat a little. Kakubye. I am in luck. Things are going my way. Kawundo kakubye eddirisa. lit. The bat has struck against the windowpane (used in reference to a woman who is carrying nn an illicit affair). Mu nju temuli kakuba. The house is completely silent/deserted. There isn't a soul stirring in the house, lit. there is nothing which is striking.

v.i. be empty/deserted/ abandoned/unoccupied. Amaka gangadde. The house is vacant/deserted. okwangaala inf.

v.i. become deserted/abandoned/vacated (originally of a termite hill); go away; fig. become stupid/'empty in the head;' become discredited. Obugagga bwe yalina bwonna bwafuluka. The wealth which he had has all disappeared. Yafu- luka mu busawo. He lost his reputation in (the profession of) medicine.

ekifulukwa, nnabefululabiswa (under nnabe).

o- (mu/ba) harvester, reaper; deserter, absconder; bringer of bad luck. cf. kungula.

empty, deserted. cf. yangaala.

deserted, ekiswa ekifu- lufu, a deserted termite heap. cf. fuluka.