okufumita obukwata.

sseruwale, empale,

empale, kabbiiri.

a- (ka/bu) small stump, engatto ey'akakondo, a pair of high-heeled shoes, empale ey'obukondo, pants/trousers with suspenders, cf. ekikondo.

adj. tight, tight-fitting, empale kamiimo, very tight-fitting pants, cf. miima.

a- (ka/bu) pair of short pants; shorts, cf. empale.

empale.

o- (lu/n) long (pair of) pants, cf. empale.

adj. empale matankane, pants of an intermediate length, neither long nor short (such as those worn by returning war veterans), cf tankana.

e-: empale endabada, oversized trousers/pants.

pants, pair of pants. cf. empale.

empale, sseruwale, endabada.

lit. let us take (it) down (from the racks) for ourselves, empale eya twewanulire, ready-made pants, cf. wanula.

mpanise) v.tr. hang; hang up; raise; hoist, okuwanika emikono, to raise the hands, to surrender, okuwanika omuwendo, to raise the price, okuwanika omutima gwa..., lit. to raise the heart of, i.e., to worry, ekintu ekiwanise emitima ky'abantu, the thing which has worried the people. Atuwanikako bulala empale. He is very proud in his dealings with us.

to prod/poke a fire, keep a fire going; to step on the gas (in driving), okuseesa empale, to pull up one's pants, okuseesa ebigere, to drag the feet, okuseesa omuntu emiggo, to beat a person (with sticks). Ensiri zaata- ndika okutuseesa obunnyo. The mosquitoes began to bite us, lit. push their little teeth. Balamu bas eesa gwaka. (prov.) The living ones keep the fire going. A person is liked as long as he is alive and in a position of respect.

pants/trousers with a cord on the inside instead of a belt.