ennimiro, omusiri; f. glass, galubindi.

e- plur. amalwaniro (li/ma) battlefield; place of combat, arena, cf. Ifwana.

a- (ka/bu) wandering far afield, long journey; discoursing at length, cf. landagga.

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

a- (ka/bu) boggy field; quagmire, soft miry land that yields under the foot. cf. ekiteebe.

e- (ki/bi) clearing (in the jungle); field; football field; airport, airfield, ekisaawe ky'ennyonyi, airport, airfield, cf. saawa.

e- (ki/bi) football field. cf. samba, essambiro.

e- (ki/bi) playing field for sports; playground; gymnasium, cf. zannya.

o- adv. far afield, for a long distance; for a long time (of a tedious speechJ. cf. landagga.

e- (n/n) emmese emmende, pigmy field mouse, cf. olubende.

e- (n/n) young banana plant used for planting new fields.

e- (n/n) field after harvest or near the end of harvest.

e- (n/n) open area; open field; field where wrestling matches take place, oku- genda mu nsiike, to come into the field (e.g., of political or sports competition).

n., okwekoba, okuteesa; p. of ground, ekibanja; (field) olubimbi, omusiri.

e- (li/ma) football field, cf. samba, ekisambiro.

e- (li/ma) place where a war takes place, battlefield, cf. tabaala.

v.tr. caus. straighten out; make ready; correct; cause to improve; make better; med. operate on ( a patient). Kirungi okulongoosa ennimiro nga tonnaba kusimbamu kintu kyonna. It is a good idea to clear up the fields before planting anything there.

eat greedily/ gluttonously; pasture in salty fields. cf. engugo.

Pers.] spectacles, eyeglasses, galubindi eziraba ewala, binoculars, field glasses, galubindi ez'omusana, sunglasses, galubindi ezizimbulukusa or galubindi ezigezza, magnifying glass, microscope; telescope.

o- (mu/mi) cultivated field, cultivated plot, garden.

v.tr. load; overload; burden down; fig. burden (with a difficult task). Nze nnabinikibwako gwa kuketta gusaawe gwa nnyonyi. I was assigned the difficult job of spying on a large airfield.

explain; enlighten; make clear by means of. gaalubindi eta- ngaaza, field glasses, spyglass; telescope.

-esazisa (-esazisizza) v.tr. caus. 1 & 2 refl. cause to cut oneself; cause to cut oneself with/using; cause to separate/divide, kwesaza bulala, to be in a flutter, be excited about an anticipated pleasure, kwesaza ng'ow'akagatto akamu (lit. be excited like a person with a single shoe) = kwesaza bulala. Engabi n'ejja yeesaza mu kisaawe. And the bushbuck came cutting across the field.

reach a point of great intensity (of a situation); perform at maximum capacity, go all out; fall/trip over each other. Olwa leero kineetinda mu kizannyiro ky'e Bombo. There will be an exciting time today at the playing field of Bombo. cf, ekitindiro, olutindo.

-edeeya (-edeeye) v.i. be lazy; act sloth- fully. Alima yedeeya. She does field work in a slothful manner.