okulima; (a hole) okusima; (d. iip) okusimula, okubigula; (exhume) okuziikula; (potatoes, etc.) okusoggola, okusola; (d. out) okuwuukuula, okuwookoola.

disrespect or scorn; indicate by one's movements an attitude of pride or contempt.

engalo.

a kitiibwa.

okusaamuekitiibwa.

omukulu, ow'ekitiibwa.

ekitiibwa, obukulu, essiimbo.

okusobya, okukyama.

e- (n/n) [Eng. ] bandage.

dig up (e.g., potatoes, plants with deep roots, etc.); fig. view with contempt, shrug one's shoulders at (as an expression of contempt).

dig up. cf. ekibinuzo; biguka.

o- (bu/-) wasteful generosity, prodigality, cf. gabangula.

o- (bu/-) poverty, indigence. cf. omunkuseere.

o- (bu/-) poverty, indigence.

eryato, emmanvu, akaduli; for parts of canoe, vide eggwamba, ebbasi, akasenso, ekigambira, ekirima, oluwamba, oluwero, empumi, omugonjo, endagire, endijjo, endigo, ensanda, ensinga, entabiro.

e- (n/n) motorcycle.

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

endiga enkazi.

n., ebyoya eby'endiga.

recount (a legend, tradition, fable, tale). Bwe ndigenda e Kampala nga musigadde kunfuma bugumu When I go to Kampala you will never see me again. Jjajjange kati tufuma mufume. My grandfather is long since dead, lit. we talk (of him) only in legends.

dig out; fig. probe.

cf. -gabanguzi, obugabanguzi, olugabanguzi, omugabanguzi; gaba.

okusuula, okukasuka, okukanyuga; h. down, okutandaggira, okugonnomola, okulindigga.

kisaabuuko, kitindiggu.

gadigadi, gojegoje, bbende.

obwavu.

a kiganda, a buzaaliranwa.

avu, naku.

vide enjoka, dyspepsia,

be, okusunguwala.

obusungu.

a- (ka/bu) lamb, small sheep, cf. endiga.

a- adv. hurriedly; quickly; at a trot. Twagenze kantindiggwa. We went in a great hurry, cf. tindigga.

a- also akasimo (ka/bu) hoe worn down by constant use. okukwata akasimu, to dig, work in the field/garden, cf. ensimu.

e- (ki/bi) tool for digging holes in the ground. cf. effumu.

e- also amajjankunene (ki/bi) prodigy, marvel; something amazing.

e- also ekijjo (ki/bi) marvel; prodigy; strange thing; sensation.

e- (ki/bi) tree stump; colloq. dignitary; high official, ‘big shot.' cf. obu- konge, ^enkonge.

e- (ki/bi) marvel, prodigy, something that causes wonder or astonishment.

e- (ki/bi) wonder; marvel; prodigy; freak; monster.

e- used with the -a of rel. native, indigenous, eddagala ly'ekinnansi, native medicine, cf. munnansi, nsi.

effumbiro, ekiyungu(indigenous).

e- (ki/bi) lit. that which is feared, honor, glory; prestige, dignity; respect; reverence; pomp. None of the preceding equivalents expresses the full meaning of kitiibwa which is perhaps the greatest ideal and the most sought after attribute of the Baganda. It has an importune e comparable to that of ‘face' in the Orient, kufa kitiibwa, to feel shame/be ashamed (because of the actions or speech of another). cf. tya.

etc. kukutuza mbuzi (or ndiga), to be very ugly, lit. cause a goat (or sheep) to break loose. cf. -kutufu, ekikutuko, (be) kkutu, olutaku- tuka.

dig up;

e- (ki/bi) prodigy; something which is very unusual/strange/weird.

ndigajjudde) v.tr. throw/hurl to the ground; fig. bear (a fine healthy baby).

ndiggudde) v.tr. dig up; dig out.

ndigise) also ligijja (-ligizze) v.i. play, romp, frolic, cf. entaligita.

nnimye) v.i. & tr. cultivate, farm, dig; fig. backbite, slander behind one's back, eby'okulima, agriculture.

nnindiggudde) v.tr. throw down; hurl to the ground; drop heavily; pour down.

o- no plur. (lu/n) excessive liberality/generosity; prodigality, cf. gabangula, omugabanguzi.

o- plur. endyo (lu/n) family; race; genealogy, lineage, pedigree, olulyo olulangira, a noble/royal family, ab'olulyo, the members of the family, endyo z'abantu, the races of man; ancestry of man.

a- plur. (li/ma) season/time for digging up potatoes (or other foods which grow near the surface of the ground), cf. soggola.

e- (n/n) indigestion, cf. bubula.

precedes the final digit in numbers higher than twenty, abantu asatu mu babiri, thirty-two people.

o- plur. abaana (mu/ba) child. When referring to the young of animals mwana is sometimes, but not always, shifted to the mu/mi class, omwana gw'endiga, lamb, but omwana w'embuzi, goat, kid. mwana wattu, friend, my friend/pal (often used as a term of address), cf. akaana, ekyana, olwana, lyana, nnabaana.

e- (n/n) sheep; ram; ewe. Ekika ky'Endiga. the Sheep C!an. kusulika mutwe nga ndiga, to pretend to understand what is said when one really doesn't, lit. nod the head like a sheep, cf. ^akaliga, Wakaliga.

e- (n/n) lit. thorn-eater. Used in the proverb: Endyamaggwa y'emanya bw'egakyusa. lit. The thorn-eater knows how to digest them. One man's meat is another man's poison.

e- (n/n) indigestion.

e- (n/n) massive gathering of people; great event; big celebration, shindig.

huge person, giant of a person, ekkazi linnamu- diguli, a woman of enormous proportions.

indigenous (inhabitant), obugagga nnansangwawo, natural resources. cf. sanga.

e- (n/n) pointed stick for digging up potatoes.

e- (n/n) cause; reason; excuse; matter; affair, okugoba ensonga, to dig for facts; to dismiss (someone's) reasons. Minista akola ku nsonga ez'omunda, minister of internal affairs. Si nsonga oba Muganda oba nedda. It does not matter whether he is a Muganda or not. olw'ensonga eno, for this reason, therefore, wherefore.

e- (n/n) calf of the leg; in the plur. loins, kulega muntu ntumbwe, to follow after a person, dog the heels of a person. Mugende muzannyeemu emmere ekke mu ntumbwe. Go and play a while so your food may be digested, lit. go down into the calves. Kulemberamu y'akulega entu- mbwe. (prov.) lit. (He who says) ‘you go first' is measuring the size of your legs. He who gives you a task is trying to test your capabilities.

e- (n/n) native, original inhabitant, indigenous inhabitant, nzaalwa is mostly used as an attributive to another noun. Mwana nzaalwa y'e Budaaki. He is a native (son) of Germany, cf. zaala.

olulyo.

nene nnyo; vide colossal.

ekikulejje, ekipeccu, makakaba.