v., okuvuuvuuma.

a bantu; h. nature, obuntubulamu.

a kisa.

wombeefu, kkakkamu; be h., okwewombeeka, okwetoowaza, okutoowaza; appear h., okweryanya.

omukuusa, munnanfuusi.

v., okubalaata, okuguumaaza.

okuswaza, okutoowaza, okujeeza, okuwombeesa.

okuswala, okutoowaza.

obuwombeefu, obukka kkamu, essimbo.

ekifunvu.

e bbango, entumba.

showing off, exhibitionistic act; something humorous, omuntu alina bampaane, one who does or says funny things.

e- (li/ma) hump on the back, ow'ebbango, hunchback, cf. akabango.

o- (bu/-) meekness, humility; submissiveness; quiet, calmness, composure; coolness (of weather), cf. -kkakkamu.

o- (bu/-) humanity; manhood, with the -a of rel. humane. Okuwanika omuntu ku kalabba si kya buntu. It is not humane to hang a man on the gallows, eby'obuntu, human nature, mu buntu, in person, personally. okuddamu ak'obuntu, to recover one's composure. Muntu buntu. He is a mere man. buntu is also the plural of kantu, small thing. From the root -ntu are also derived omuntu, ekintu, akantu, etc.

o- (bu/-) humility, deference. cf. wombeeka, -wombeefu.

o- (bu/-) humility, humbleness; meekness, cf. -to, toowala.

asoma okubatizibwa, omulonde.

okulima; (a hole) okusima; (d. iip) okusimula, okubigula; (exhume) okuziikula; (potatoes, etc.) okusoggola, okusola; (d. out) okuwuukuula, okuwookoola.

make a pounding/thumping sound. Ejinoma zidudula. The drums are pounding, v.tr. beat, pound. Yamududula ennume y'ekigwo. He gave him a mighty fall (in wrestling).

okuziikula, okusima.

engalo. little f., nnasswi. first f., olunwe, nvamumba. second f., kkwemmembekedde. thumb, ekinkumu.

e- (li/ma) thumb, ow'eggalo, expert thief, cf. engalo.

e- usually sing, (li/ma) meekness, humbleness; courtesy, politeness, 2 kindness; gentleness, ow'eggonjebwa, a polite/respectful person.

a- (ka/bu) small hump; projecting part. cf. ebbango.

a- (ka/bu) dim. of ekibbo, kind of basket, q.v. kuwa kabbo kya nseko, to say something funny/humorous (to someone).

clown, essaati ey'akapere, a checkered shirt.

e- (ki/bi) short-necked calabash. amazina ag'ekibundibundi, mock/ humorous dancing.

e- (ki/bi) kind of small moth which is very destructive to clothing,»-it also gets into beds and sucks the blood of human beings.

e- (ki/bi) thumb, ebinkumu by'engalo, fingerprints.

e-: eby'ekintukiramu, kind/humane actions, mu ngeri ya kintukiramu, in a kind way. cf. obuntubulamu, omuntumulamu.

etc.

lit. male fingernail. cf. ^ekyala, -sajja.

ndeze) v.tr. nurse (a child); bring up, rear. Omwana bw'omulera era bw'akula. (prov.) lit. As you bring up a child, so he grows. An adult is the product of his childhood training, okulera engalo, to twiddle one's thumbs, be lazy.

o- (lu/n) span, distance from the thumb to the middle finger, okuggyamu enta, to give up, lose hope.

o- (lu/n) comb of a cock, okubojja ku luwonzi, to humble, bring (someone) down a peg. okulinnya ku luwonzi, to defeat, overcome, win over.

e- (n/n) dry sorghum millet eaten when other food is scarce, empengere y'omusajja, a very strong man. Togayiranga mpengere mu kisenge. (prov.) Never pass judgment before you know the facts.

e- (n/n) green sorghum millet used as malt.

murmur; hum.

o- (mu/mi) beer made from the juice of a special type of banana (such as mbidde, gonja or kisubi) and fermented with sorghum; beer (in general); liquor, intoxicating drink. cf. obwenge, ebyenge, Ssegamwenge, otwenge.

e- (n/n) beer made with very little sorghum; excessively sweet beer. Ekiwoo- mereze ekitatadde kye kizaala enkenku. (prov.) Sweetness which does not cease produces nkenku. Excess may ruin something that is essentially good.

nnakyemalidde (la) thumb,

etc. Amatu gansaalirira. My ears are humming.

e- (li/ma) position; place, compartment; stage, level; shelf; drawer, essa ery'obuntu, the human situation, the state of humanity, c/. -^ssa.

etc. Tonsundirako lubuto. Get away from me, lit. don't shake your stomach in my direction. cf. -sunde, ^omusunzi, essundiro.

ekinkumu.

okufuntula, okututula.

v.tr. create. Sandilutonze. I would not have escaped. I would not have lived to tell the tale.

throb, pulsate (esp. of the heart). Omutima guntu- ndugga. My heart is throbbing.

buzz; rumble; mutter, murmur; grumble, cf. oluvuuvuumo, evvuuvuumira.

cf. obuwala, omuwala contr. -luusi.

exhume; dig up.

o- (mu/ba) well-bred person; humane person, omusajja omuntumulamu, a gentleman in every sense of the word. cf. obuntubulamu, kintukiramu.

grumble (of the waves, of a storm); whistle, rustle (of the wind); be confused, be at a total loss as to what to do. Abantu abaa- badde wali nga bawuuma buwuumi. (The number of) people who were there was enormous. Owuumye! You must be out of your mind if you think that I am going to do that!

fool, deceive; cajole, humor; flatter.

v.i. be or become fat (of animals; it is insulting when used with reference to human beings).

o- (mu/ba) one who is created, human creature, human being, cf. tonda.

make a hissing sound; clang.

(-tooye) more often toowala (-toowadde) v.i. be or become small; be or act humble/ insignificant; act like a child.

degrade.

motorcycle); shoot up (of young grass, plants ).

make a thumping sound.

o- (mu/ba) twin (used only in reference to human beingsj; umbilical cord (esp. of the Kabaka). cf. -longo.

(or wannyo): Awalungi tewaba wannyu. (prov.) lit. A beautiful place is not (the place of) your mother (wannyu - wa nnyoko). Be it ever so humble there is no place like home.

o- (mu/mi) body (human or animal); body (thickness, substance). Ekiteeteeyi ( kye yayambadde nga tekirina mubiri. The dress she wore was very light/had no body. cf. 2ebbiri, ekibiribiri.

c f. ensaata.

o- (mu/mi) the type of noise produced by the tramping of feet, the firing of a gun, the detonation of explosives; thumping; (the sound of) footsteps, emi- sinde is also used as an adverb with the meaning very fast, at great speed, okuta emisinde, okudduka emisinde, okusiikuula emisinde, okutyekula emisinde, all of which mean to move at a great speed. cf. leki sinde.

o- (mu/ba) woman; wife (less respectful than mukyala). omukazi ow'omu- kono, a woman who is always successful in growing plantains, vegetables, etc., a woman with a‘green thumb.' cf. -kazi, kaziwala, omukazi, amakazi.

stick out; jut up; rise up.

ring, sing (of noise in the ears). Amatu gampaawaala. My ears are humming.