amazzi, amasanda; (banana) omubisi.

o- plur. (ka/bu) small bits of banana in strained juice; bits of sediment/dregs in beer.

diluted drink (juice, beer, tea, etc.).

pus from a boil, wet clothes, etc.). okukamula amziga, to provoke/elicit tears.

a- from, essanda sap. Emmere egudde akasanda. The food is cooked, lit. has lost its juice or ‘sap.' (This phrase is particularly used with reference to sweet potatoes and bananas.)

o- plur. enjaliiro (lu/n) banana leaf in which bananas are wrapped before cooking; strips of banana stems laid in the area where bananas are crushed into juice. cf. 2yala, yaliira.

a- plur. (li/ina) time of brewing beer; period of pressing bananas for the purpose of making mubisi(banana juice). cf. sogola.

e- (n/n) dry com/maize; dried ear of corn; popcorn; the natural juice which comes out during the initial processes of preparing banana beer. Oli omwana mberenge bulala! That child is very bright/ intelligent.

nnyimuse) v.i. be lively/ active; respond/react positively; ooze, flow (particularly of banana juice). Okutuuka mu nju yasanga ssabbuuni amaze okummu- kira mu lubugo. When he arrived in the house he found that the soap was producing suds in the barkcloth, i.e., that things were really happening.

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.

juice, etc.). cf. ebbonda.

of a juice), cf. -saakaavu.

o- (mu/mi) sweet banana juice, omubisi gw'enjuki, honey of the bee. cf. akabisi.

(la) conservatism; individualism lit.. I will mix (sorghum with banana juice) in my own (vat in order to make beer). cf. siwa, -ange.