n., omuliro. grass f., oluyiira. bonfire, ekikoomi. make a f., okukuma omuliro; v. (set f. to), okwokya, okw okerera, okuteekera, okubabuukirira, okuyeekera. f. a gun, okukuba emmundu.

ekitawuliro.

emmunyeenye.

ekyoto.

enku; f. cut green, enkukku; go to fetch f., okusennya, okutyaba, okuziga.

e- (li/ma) large flaming fire (for cooking, roasting, etc.) cf. akabiga.

the sound of crackling, splutter (of a fire when it is initially being induced). Bbugubugu, si muliro. (prov.) Mere spluttering is not a fire. Haste makes waste, cf. bugujja.

v., okufuuwa; (of wind) okukunta; (gale) okufuuwuuka; (bellows) okufukuta; (out) okuzikiza; (nose) okunyiza; (fire up) okukuma omuliro; (on) okufuuyirira.

ekikoomi, ebirungu.

o- (bu/-) gunpowder; firecracker(s); disease of goats, cf. akaganga.

blaze (of a fire); be burning hot (of a sick person), v.tr. pester; hurry (someone). Leka kumbu- gujja bw'otyo. Don't keep rushing me like that. cf. buga, bbugubugu.

o- always plur. (bu/-) scraps of firewood, cf. oluku.

omugugu, ekisaaganda, eki tuutuuli; (shells) omutwalo; (fish) olutala; (firewood), ekinywa, omuganda, olusekese; (salt) olubaya; (cloth) omutumba.

okukwata; (disease) okusiigi bwa, okulwala, okuwakula obulwadde; (fish) okuvuba, okuloba; (ball) okubaka; (water) okulembeka. c. fire, okuggya omuliro. c. up, okukwata, okutuukako. try to catch up, okutuukirira.

okulya; (fire) okwokya, okuseebenga.

discharge, okuduumuula ensimbi, to waste money, oknduumuula ekyasi, to fire a shot.

v.tr., okuliisa; (a fire) okukuma omuliro; f. in morsels, okugabirira.

blow on. oku- fukuta emivubo, to blow with a pair of bellows. okufukuta amazzi, to gargle with water, okufukuta ekyuma, to melt metal (e.g., with a blowtorch), kuwoza gufukula, to talk nonsense (gu- implies muliro, fire), kufukuta lulimi, to speak a language (usually English) fluently. Bwe yatuuse mu dduuka n'afukutira omutunzi Oluzungu nga gw'alufukutira talina ky'aggyamu. When he arrived in the store he spoke English to the salesman, but the person to whom he was talking did not get anything out of it.

fumbukuka (-fumbukuse), fumbulukuka (-fumbulukuse) v.i. (conv. in form) be poured out/emptied out; come out (of the contents of a container); come apart; issue forth (as smoke from a fire).

fumbisa (-fumbisizza) v.tr. caus. 1 Sc 2 make cook, cause to cook; cook with/using. Afumbya masannya- laze/nku. She cooks with electricity/firewood.

okugenda. g. back, okuddayo. g. down, okukka, okukkirira, okusere ngeta. g. in, okuyingira. g. into (space), okugyamu. g. round, okwetooloola. g. up, dkiilinnya, bkwambuka. g. with, okuyita na . . ., okutaba gana. g. off (gun), okwekuba, okuvuga. g. down (inflammation), okukka kkana, okutoowolokoka. g. to and fro, okuddiŋŋana. g. on one leg, okusejjera, okukongojja. g. out, okufuluma (fire) okuzikira.

okuwalira; h. fire, okufenya.

a- (ka/bu) small piece of firewood. cf. oluku. See also tyaba.

etc. (See kala.) okukalira mu muntu, to stand up to a person, take a firm attitude towards a person (e.g., one who has overcharged you or imposed on you). Enseko zankalira ku matama. The smile disappeared from my face (on hearing something unpleasant), lit. the laughter dried on the cheeks. Yamusindirira n'akalirawo. He fired at him and he died instantly/on the spot.

a- adv. sullenly; glumly; in a nasty mood; dimly, glimmeringly (of light or fire), okutunula kalyolyongo ng'embwa eyota ekikoomi, to sit sullenly like a dog basking in front of a fire. Ekiiaala kyali kyaka akalyolyongo. The light was burning feebly.

a- (ka/bu) fire-tailed finch.

a- (ka/bu) small bundle of firewood. cf. olusekese.

an insect which makes a cocoon like a tiny bundle of firewood and lives inside it.

carries torches and scares his companions; the name of the game itself, lit. scratches (takulira) fire (muliro).

a- (ka/bu) small sheaf, small bundle (of firewood), cf. omuwakata.

e- (ki/bi) rack/net on which bananas are stored while ripening. It is usually built above the fireplace. Olwa leero ekibanyi lwe kigwa n'amenvu. Today is the day! cf. akabanyi, olubanyi.

e- (ki/bi) bonfire; burning of trash or grass, ekikoomi ky'omukka, a cloud of smoke, cf. enkoomi.

e- (ki/bi) large piece of dead wood; old piece of firewood, cf. oluku.

e- (ki/bi) fagot, bundle of firewood, ekinywa ky'emmuli, bundle of reeds.

e- (ki/bi) piece; fragment, eki- papajjo ky'oluku, apiece of firewood.

e- (ki/bi) large fire, ebiriro eby'oku- tulisa, fireworks, cf. omuliro.

e- (ki/bi) torch; bunch of grass or piece of firewood/paper, etc., which is set on fire and carried about.

e- (ki/bi) rare first growth after a bush fire.

e- (ki/bi) a banana leaf that is carefully smoked over the fire and used as a container for locally made medicine; plume of banana leaves for ornamenting beer gourds of important people, cf. ol li worn ho.

e- (ki/bi) burning torch kept through the night (esp. in a chief's compound) for easy provision of fire in emergencies or at the beginning of the day.

e- (ki/bi) spark from a fire (esp. a grass fire); piece of burnt paper flying in the air. cf. omuyonga, nnakayonga.

to make a fire; to blow on a fire to keep it going. Ennyonyi baagikumyemu omuliro n'esimbula. They started the airplane and it took off.

e- (ki/bi) fireplace, hearth, ekyoto ky'eggaali, railroad engine, okulinnya mu kyoto. to refuse angrily, ‘put one's foot down.' okusula ku kyoto, to sit up all night with a sick person. Ennyonyi erina ebyoto bina. The airplane has four motors. ?cf. yota.

nnanze) v.tr. climb; creep; spread (of creeping plants, fire, etc.); wander, travel all around; flourish.

ndasizza) v.tr. shoot (an arrow); hit (with an arrow); fire (a shot, a gun); flick, flick away (with the finger); kick with the back legs (of a locust), okulasa eki- faananyi, to take a photograph, okulasa emboozi, to converse, okulasa entula, to press ntula fruit to make the seeds come out. okulasa akasolya, to bend the reeds of a roof to the frame (in building a house).

etc.; shoot/fire with/using. cf. kalasamayanzi, ekiraso, omulasi.

n., omusana, obutangaavu; a l. for fire, ekitawuliro.

n., omugugu, omutumba, omutwalo; (of fish) olutala, olukanda, olutakku; (of firewood) olusekese.

o- (lu/n) scaffolding; elevated shelf in the kitchen for storing firewood, bananas, etc.; counter; bar (of a tavern), cf. ekibanyi.

o- plur. embuto (lu/n) stomach; abdomen; womb, okuba olubu to, to be pregnant. okufuna olubuto, to become pregnant, omukazi ow'ofubuto, a pregnant woman, okukuba olubuto, to be delighted at the prospect of eating (esp. of children), lit. to beat the stomach. Olubuto lundi ku mugongo. I am very hungry/famished, lit. my stomach is on my back. Olubuto lundi mu mannyo. I am completely full, lit. my stomach is in my teeth. Olubuto kyoto, akisennyera enku y'akoowa. (prov.) The stomach is a fireplace, he who gets wood for it gets tired. Whatever else happens, one must eat. Oyo omusajja lubuto kyoto. That man is a very heavy eater, cf. ebbuto, akabutobuto, ekibuto, amabutobuto.

all together (from the Eng. military command all fire!). Abaana ba kubonereza lufaaya. The children are to be punished without exception.

o- (lu/h) kind of small tree growing near water. It may be used as firewood.

o- (lu/n) piece of firewood; in the plur. firewood, okukuba oluku mu mutwe, to succeed in, get what one is after. Omusomo yagukuba oluku mu mutwe. He passed the course with flying colors. Omusango yagukuba oluku mu mutwe. He won the lawsuit. cf. obukuukuku, akaku, 2ekiku, olukukku, enkukku.

o- (lu/n) picuc uf firewood, cf. oluku.

o- (lu/n) long bundle of firewood; long bundle, olusekese lw'enku, long bundle of firewood, okufuuka olusekese, to lose weight, become all skin and bones. cf. sekesa, omusekese.

o- plur. empiira (lu/n) grass fire; forest fire; grassy area which has been burned out. cf. ^ggya.

a- plur. (li/ma) overgrown elephant grass which has fallen to the ground; half-burned reeds after a grass fire.

okusubwa, okukuba busu. m. one another, okubulaŋŋana, okubaŋŋana. m. fire, okukongoba, okukatala. m. a day, okwosa. mis-shapen, kikulekule.

e- (stem -bundu) (n/n) gun, rifle, okukuba emmundu, to fire a gun. cf. aka- bundu, eki bundu.

e- (n/n) star; planet; firefly; asterisk; slang beloved, cf. munyeenya.

e- plur. (n/n) disastrous fire, conflagration; forest fire; large fire deliberately started for a constructive purpose (such as clearing a section of land), cf. oluyiira.

lit. one who cooks (fumba) with a large bundle (egganda) of firewood.

o- (mu/ba) one who warms oneself by the fire; one who basks, cf. ^yota.

e- (n/n) string made of barkcloth used as a small torch to light fires, cf. olufuuzi.

e- (n/n) rafter, beam; long pieces of firewood to form the base on which other firewood is placed; banana leaves used as a covering or lining (see olwaliiro). ...laba, enjaliiro ekyali ku liiso lyo....and behold, a beam which is in thine own eye. (Matth. 7; 4). cf. ^yala, valiira.

e- (n/n) bonfire; smoldering fire. cf. ekikoomi.

e- (n/n) medium to large pieces of firewood, cf. obukuukuku, oluku.

i.e., one who finishes quickly and hustles others, an efficient but intolerable person.

an accident, one who goes to a party to which he is not invited, lit. I- (we)-have-come-to-see.

e- (n/n) cockroach. Nnyenje tefa mukka. (prov.) The cockroach does not die from smoke (caused by the fire).