okusinga, okukira.

obulungi.

lungi nnyo.

e- (li/ma) a brilliant pieceof advice; an excellent idea. The gramm. plur. ama- gezi (q.v.) differs in meaning from, the sing.

a- no plur. (ka/bu) orneriness, ill- natured disposition; bumptiousness, quality of being loud and bumptious. Omunafu ayinza kababba. (prov.) An idle person excels in boastful talk. It is easier to talk about something than to do it. Alina aka- babba or Wa kababa. He is a loud-mouthed person.

adj. excellent, first-rate, omuyimbi kayingo, a very talented singer, omuzinyi kayingo, a great dancer, omusambi w'omupiira kayingo, an outstanding football player, cf. yinga.

a- (ka/bu) small gourd used as a ladle or cup; cup. okunywamu akendo, to excel, win, come out on top. Eky'okunywa mu Uganda yonna akendo, kyaamufunyisa sikaala. The fact that he came out first in all Uganda enabled him to get a scholarship. cf. olwendo.

etc.; (more frequently) excel/surpass in. okukiza amaanyi, to excel in strength.

uproot; pull up; pull out. kukuulawo muntu, to beat out/ excel over (an opponent, competitor). Bwe nnaakukwatako engalo, banaakunkuulako bukuuzi. If I get my hands on you, they will have to drag me away.

o- no plur. (lu/n) excellently cooked mash of plantains.

e- (n/n) advantage; excess; surplus; interest, kulya mu banno nkizo, to excel/ do better than your friends. Yatulyamu enkizo. He did better than we. He got the best of us. cf. Ikira.

adj. real, genuine; actual; superb, first-rate. Omukristu nnamaddala, a true Christian. Oluganda olwa nnamaddala, excellent Luganda.

the highest mountain in Africa, abantu abasinga obungi, most people. Ekisinga togendayo. The best thing is for you not to go there. Additional examples: Asinze omusango. He has won his (court) case. Omusinze gumusinze. He has lost his case. Osinze. You are right. You have won ( said by one giving in after an argument). Akbsinga akukubya gw'olina. (prov.) He who excels you/is stronger than you beats you with (the stick, omuggo implied) which you have. Might makes right.

etc. Twase ye yasingira ddala bonna okusamba omupiira. Twase excelled everyone in playing football.

etc.

etc.; put out of alignment.

e- (li/ma) grass, enju y'essubi, thatched house, kukubya ssubi, to excel (a person in doing something), Abaana abawala abalenzi abamu baabakubizza ssubi mu kudduka. The girls excelled some of the boys in running, cf. akasubi, ^eki- subi, olusubi, omusubi, ensubi.

v.i. be excessive; be superfluous.

be in excess; be left over/superfluous, v.tr. exceed; excel, cf. ensusuuba.

to be incomparable/unexcelled; to have a hideous smell. Tawunyikamu mu by'amateeka. He is unequaled in legal matters. cf. ^empunya, empunyiwunyi.

v.i. recip. excel each Oilier; vie wiili each ulhei. G'uusajja buki- rana. (prov.) Every man has his betters. cf. enkizo.

o- (mu/mi) kind of tall tree found in swampy forests, Erythrina excelsa. cf. bajja, engabo.

o- (mu/mi) iroko, a kind of very large timber tree the wood of which is highly resistant to termite attack and often used as a substitute for teak, Chlorophora excelsa.

v.i. go beyond; exceed; excel; be on a higher level; get out of line. Bano basooloobye bannaabwe. These individuals have (excelled their comrades. mu nsi ezisoolooba mu 50, in over fifty countries.

excel.

eggwanga erisukkulumye ku ganne waalyo, a nation which has surpassed/excelled/gone beyond its fellow nations. cf. -sukkulumu.

surpass; excel, singa is often used in cases where English would employ the comparative or superlative of the adjective. Omulenzi ono y'asinga oyo obuwanvu. This boy is taller

amatendo g'abatuukirivu, litany of the saints, amatendo is also used as an invar, adj. wonderful, magnificent, excellent, indescribable, ekizimbe amatendo, a magnificent building, ekitabo amatendo, a wonderful book. cf. tenda.

v.tr. appl. 2 keep exceeding; greatly excel.

v.i. neut. be easy to excel/exceed. Tasingika. He is unbeatable/ cannot be surpassed.

have a preference for; do homage to; worship, okusinza Katonda, to worship God.

essinzizo.

o- also omunazzi (mu/mi) kind of tall hardwood tree, Parinari excels a.

of surpassing quality, cf. sukka, sukkirira.

to excel one's companions (in class), be at the head of the class, kwetikka bantu, to monopolize the conversation when talking with people, kwetikka nju, to talk loud and long and permit no one to interrupt. Mu kwogera teye- tikka nju. He is not a loud talker. Enfuufu yeetisse. The dust has blown all over, kwetikka lutwe, to put the blame on, accuse falsely. Totwetikka lutwe. Don't put the blame on us.

superb, wonderful; excessive, extreme, obukyayi obuyitirivu, extreme hate. cf. 2 yita, yitirira.