enseenene, ejjanzi, eŋŋe nzigenzi, obwacaaka, nnabangogoma.
o- adv. like a grasshopper. Omubbi awenjebwa buseenene. The thief is being hunted everywhere, lit. like a grasshopper, cf. enseenene.
o- (bu/-) tiny/very small grasshoppers.
e- (li/ma) type of insect resembling a grasshopper which lives on the young shoots of the plantain. Also called nnabangogoma.
e- plur. amayanzi (li/ma) large grasshopper, kusambira mabega nga jjanzi, to kick backwards; to be overconfident/sure of oneself; to be elated, cf. akayanzi.
a- no plur. period from about nine to ten in the morning, when the sun begins to get warm, lit., the grasshoppers (mayanzi) become active (lasa).
a- (ka/bu) small grasshopper, cf. ejjanzi.
e- also kiryamugusa. usually plur. (ki/bi) kind of grasshopper (nseenene, q.v.).
nninze) v.tr. spy out; look for, go in search of (nseenene, grasshoppers).
o- (lu/n) spit/skewer of nseenene (grasshoppers), cf. 2sj|(a,
o- (mu/ba) wheedler, coaxer. Omweyogereze takusuuza kayanzi ko. (prov.) The coaxer does not make you throw your little grasshopper away. A person cannot be talked out of what he holds dear. cf. yogera.
e- (n/n) basket/container woven from buyanja grass used for storing grasshoppers, beans, peas, etc.
e- (n/n) kind of grasshopper; grasshopper (in general). Ekika ky'Enseenene, the Grasshopper Clan, omutwe gw'ensee- nene, a head like that of a grasshopper, a pointed head. cf. obuseenene, omuseenene.
e- (li/ma) kind of large gray grasshopper, lit. it kicks (samba) the door (oluggi).
mpenze) v.tr. search for, look for; search in; inspect carefully. Omubbi awenjebwa buseenene. The thief is being hunted everywhere, lit. like a grasshopper.
(la) grasshopper with reddish patches on the back and wings.
o- (mu/mi) period from November to December when the nseenene (type of grasshoppers) appear.
(n/n) kind of bright red grasshopper (nseenene).
green grasshopper.
pale red grasshopper.
e- (n/n) kind of green grasshopper. omusolo gw' ennenzigenzi, tribute extracted from travelers for right of passage. cf. genda.
o- (mu/mi) swarming (of termites); period/time when termites or grasshoppers swarm in great abundance, cf. eggana, olugana.
(la) kind of insect resembling a grasshopper which lives on the young shoots of the plantain. It is the second totem of the Grasshopper Clan. See eggolo.