edda, munnakuezaayita.

e- plur. (ki/bi) fixed fees formerly charged to the plaintiff and accused before a court case could be held; court costs.

formerly the name of the Parliamentary Building of the Government of Buganda; obs. kabaka's court of justice.

o- (bu/-) top of the head; with caps., formerly the official residence of the Katikkiro (Prime Minister) of Buganda.

o- (bu/.) formerly a seven-day period of rest after the appearance of the new moon, current usage in the phrase olunaku olw'obwerende, a free day; a day off; a day of rest.

e- no plur. (li/ma) red ocher used as a coloring substance. It was formerly smeared by warriors on their canoes and on their bodies.

formerly the name of the northern gate of the Kabaka's palace (lubiri).

the king of of Buganda. The term is also applied to

a- (ka/bu) fiber-producing plant, Hibiscus diversifolius; crisis, difficulty, trouble. Awo akanyamberege we kajjira. That is when the trouble started, akanyamberege akaazaala ekkula, lit. a woman of low estate who brought forth a jewel (formerly used of a commoner whose son became a Kabaka, and later used in a more general sense), cf. ennyamberege.

a- (ka/bu) a kind of bean which resembles a lima bean but is much smaller, butter bean. Abantu ba kuno baamutwala teyeesibidde na kayindi. The people here sent him packing or (in a political context) they threw him out of office, lit. took him, he did not tie up beans for himself. (Formerly travelers used to take beans of this sort with them on long trips. The person referred to in the example left so quickly that he could not make the usual preparation.)

formerly the chief of Buluuli County.

e- (ki/bi) trachea, windpipe, okukuba ekimiro, to yodel, sing by tapping the throat in a manner formerly practiced by goatherds, cf. mira, omumiro.

e- (formerly ekkufuli) (n/n) [Sto., Ar.] lock; padlock.

make the sound characteristic of a cock; fail to grow (of a banana tree). N'ezikookolima, gaali magi, (prov.) The(chickens) which are crowing were (formerly) eggs. From little acorns great oaks grow.

a- plur. (li/ma) the datura plant. The poisonous drug extracted from the fruit was formerly used in trials by ordeal. Also, because of its intoxicating effect on guinea fowls, it is used as bait to trap these birds. cf. omuduudu.

formerly a title of the Kabaka.

a- (li/ma) formerly food presented to the Kabaka; wonderful thing, now used mostly as an attribute of another noun wonderful, magnificent, ebintu bingi eby'amakula, many wonderful things, mu- kazi makula, a gorgeous woman, cf. ekkula.

e- (n/n) short skirt or apron made of skins formerly worn by warriors.

make a turnabout, revert to something that one had formerly abandoned, cf. kyuka, kyukira.

formerly the title of the sweeper of the Kabaka's courtyard. c f. lyera.

e- (n/n) [Lunyankole~\ rare lion (formerly used as a title for the king by the Banyankole).

e- (n/n) with the -a of rel. short (formerly only of barkcloth clothing but note of other types of clothes), obuteeteeyi obw'entundu, short skirts, mini-skirts. cf. ekitundu.

formerly give over, send (a boy or girl to serve as a page with the Kabaka or a major chief); to dedicate (a child to a lubaale).

chief herdsman.

charcoal. Formerly a title of the kabaka. It is used in the expression Ssemanda, agamenya em- bazzi n'okugiyunga, charcoal, that which (can) break an ax and weld it together, i.e., the all-powerful.

also kijjamalenge (la) baby bom with feet first. (Formerly it was thought that such a child would grow up to he a criminal. It was often strangled and buried at the crossroads. Hence the word sometimes has the meaning of unknown corpse.) cf. olulenge.

o- (mu/ba) formerly the title of the chief who supervised older men who guarded the area in the rear of the palace and cared for the plantain gardens of the Kabaka's womenfolk.

q.v.

pr.n. formerly title of the chief gate-keeper in the palace of the Kabaka.

o- (mu/ba) official, officeholder: formerly chief appointed directly by the Kabaka. cf. tongola, ekitongole.

amasengere ga Katonda, the tribunal of God.

unpaved road; (any) road. cf. yasa, olwala.

o- (mu/ba) master; employer, boss; with cap. the Lord (God); formerly the title of the hereditary rulers of Bunyoro and Toro.

olubengo.

o- (mu/ini) kind of small tree, Thylachium africanum. The leaves produce a poison which was formerly used in trials by ordeal, cf. amaduudu.

pr.n. formerly the title of the head of the servants of a chief not living in his compound (the second chief in importance). cf. omuddu.

pr.n. formerly the title of the head of the servants living in the Kabaka's or in a chief s compound.

formerly the official residence of the Kabaka.

o- (mu/ba) formerly one responsible for the clothing of the Kabaka, valet. cf. sumika.

pr.n. formerly the title of the hereditary ruler of Busoga.

o- (mu/ba) general, commander, one who has been assigned to head a military expedition; with cap. formerly the tide of the hereditary ruler of Ankole. cf. gaba.

o- (mu/ba) formerly page, boy residing in the palace and serving the Kabaka.

o- (mu/ba) head of a clan (ekika) or of any of the sub-divisions of a clan (essiga, omutuba, olunyiriri). The bataka formerly possessed large areas of land, kuba mutaka (mu kifo), to be an old-timer/ a long-time resident (in a place). Paapa mutaka mu Butuluki. The Pope has already arrived in Turkey, cf. ttaka, takawala.

who was the ‘Katikkiro of the Dead,' and governed Busiro [County].” (J. Roscoe)

sumptuous food.