amanguago.

o- with the -a of rel. instant, immediate. as a noun cash. Sirinaawo nsimbi za buliwo. I have no cash (= immediately available money).

e- (n/n or li/ma) sub-county, administrative division immediately below the ssaza (county), ow'eggombolola, subcounty chief, cf. gombolola.

the period immediately before dark. cf. labiriza, omuzaana.

twilight (on the Equator the period immediately preceding and following six P.M.). cf. linda, omuzaana; kalabiri- zabazaana.

a- (ka/bu) the place immediately behind the door in a Kiganda hut. cf. ekisegguusi.

as an adv. as black as pitch, with the -a of rel. jet black; pitch dark, agale aga kazigizigi, huge, pitch black clouds. Wabweru kazigizigi yali akutte okufa. It had become completely dark outside, cf. zigizigi.

cf. Kigongo.

olulimi luno, this langauge. as an adv. now, at this time. Iu tali luno, quickly, hurriedly; at once, immediately.

a- adv. quickly; soon; at once; early, ensonga ez'amangu, urgent matters, amangu nga bwe kisoboka, as soon as possible, amangu ddala nga, just as soon as. mangu ago, immediately, at once. cf. -yangu, amangwago.

e- (n/h) place on the face immediately in front of the ear.

possessor of (followed immediately by the governed noun without the -a of rel.). buli nnyini mmotoka, every automobile owner. Nnyini Ggulu, the Owner of Heaven, God. Nnyinibulamu, the Master of Life, God. nnyinimu, owner of the house, master of the house. Nnyinimu! or Bannyi- nimu! Is anybody at home? (Asked by someone outside who really doesn't know.) cf. obwannannyini, nnannyini,2

ye- and yo- differ from other verbs in that their infinitives cannot be predicted from the stem. Some verbs retain the initial y-; the remainder drop it and the ku- of the infinitive is replaced by kw-, e.g., yamba, kuyamba; yagala, kwagala; yenga, kuyenga; yera, kwera; yomba, kuyomba; yokya, kwokya. For verbs of the above type the infinitive is listed immediately after the simple form.

o- (mu/mi) layer immediately under the bark of a barkcloth tree.

o- plur. emiruka (mu/mi) parish, sub-district, administrative unit immediately below the ggombolola. okulyamu omuluka, to become outstanding/distinguished, earn a name for oneself.

abstain from, -ezira + infinitive, all that is needed, immediately upon. Leero yezira kunywa ku mwenge, n alyoka atandika okuyomba. All that he needs is to take a little drink and he starts arguing. Abasajja kyezira kuwulira ku nduulu nga badduukirira. All that is needed is for the men to hear the alarm and they rush to the rescue.

e.g., yera, sweep (imperative); okwera, to sweep (infinitive). Verbs of this type are listed under y- rather than e-. Reflexive verbs with the initial e- are listed immediately under their non-reflexive counterparts: esamba, kick oneself, is contained in the entry for samba, kick. Reflexive verbs which do not have non-reflexive counterparts are alphabetized on the basis of their second letter: -ebaka, sleep, is listed under b.