a- (ka/bu) dim. of oluba, jaw. ku- suulamu kaba, to die. kukuba mu kintu kaba, to die fighting for something.

a- (ka/bu) kind of mushroom which grows on termite heaps, cf. embaala.

a- also kalaalankoma (ka/bu) kind of insect resembling a wasp.

a- (ka/bu) syphilitic rash.

a- (ka/bu) tumult, uproar, disturbance, danger, trouble.

a- (ka/bu) difficulty, trouble; jam, ‘hot water.'

a- no plur. (ka/bu) orneriness, ill- natured disposition; bumptiousness, quality of being loud and bumptious. Omunafu ayinza kababba. (prov.) An idle person excels in boastful talk. It is easier to talk about something than to do it. Alina aka- babba or Wa kababa. He is a loud-mouthed person.

emimwa egya kababi, very red lips. cf. babuka.

a- (ka/bu) social reception; small party, akabaga ak'eby'okunywa, cocktail party, cf. embaga.

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

a- (ka/bu) hiccough.

a- (ka/bu) cheekbone.

a- (ka/bu) small spot, speck. cf. ebbala.

a- (ka/bu) striped grass-rat; foul smell, body odor.

a- (ka/bu) kind of medium-sized tree, Ficus capensis. cf. ?^bal a.

a- (ka/bu) small lungfish (emmamba).

or zikabandole (n/n) double-decker bus, lit. let them see me (-lole is from, rora, Lunyoro for see). Also bandol e.

a- (ka/bu) madness, folly, (la) fool.

a- (ka/bu) a kind of small edible rat, lesser cane rat. cf. emmangala.

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

a- (ka/bu) dim. of ekibanyi, q.v.

a- no plur. (ka/bu) obstinacy, stubbornness; craziness.

a- no plur. (ka/bu) danger, trouble.

kabassanya (la) cause of dissension, cause of dispute, lit. that which causes them to kill each other, cf. tta.

corrupt. cf. -kaba, obukaba.

omuzaaliranwo, enzaalwa nnakabala.

okukkiriza, okuganya; (to throne) okulya obwakabaka.

amagezi, obukabakaba.

kabakaba, jagujagu, kugu.

amagezi, obukabakaba.

kabakaba, a magezi.

obukabakaba, amagezi.

tegeevu, a magezi, kabakaba.

q.v.

e- (li/ma) spot; stain; color; mark, brand; birthmark; type, kind, engo y'ama- bala, a spotted leopard, kuggya muntu mu bbala, to alter/damage the appearance of a person (of disease, extreme poverty, etc.) cf. ebibalabala, akabalabala, ekibala, 4mbala.

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

e ggumba; b. of contention, akabattanya.

o- (bu/-) immorality; sinfulness; depravity, endwadde ez'obukaba, venereal diseases. cf. -kaba.

the first kabaka of Buganda, passed on his way to Buganda.

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

adj., amitawaana, nyiikivu; be b., okutawaana, okuse jjera, okutawuka, okwetawula mumirimu, okukabassana.

o- (bu/-) kingdom; kingship; kabakaship. cf. kabaka.

n., ettama; vide obusukuttu, ensolobotto; (impudence) ekyejo, eki tigi, e ttitimbuli; c. bone, akane nero, akabakko; suck the c., okwerya entama.

amagezi, obugezi, obuka bakaba, obukalabakalaba.

adj., kabakaba, a magezi.

n., amagezi, obukabakaba.

ceremonial staff handed by the Kabaka to the Kati- kkiro (Prime Minister) as a symbol of his office. cf. lamula.

obukuuma, obuzibira, okutakabana; (in court) okuwolereza.

eddalu, akabango.

kabaka.

obwakabaka.

ekisaakaate, ekikaali, akasiira, akabanda, olukomera, olugo, ekigo, bbooma.

n., omusiru, kabandu, omutette, ssekibette; as int., kidoma!

title of the chief of the Kabaka's canoes, admiral; title of a high- ranking chief of the Mmamba (Lungfish) Clan.

v., okulima, okukabala.

kaba, a nsonyi.

ensonyi, obukaba.

enzi, a bwenzi; become i., okukabawala.

okuwolereza, okutakabanira, okusabira.

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

be forced. See kakaabiriza and -ekakaba which are more frequently used.

a- (ka/bu) kind of insect resembling a wasp which has a very sharp sting, cf. kabaalankoma.

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.

e- (ki/bi) rack/net on which bananas are stored while ripening. It is usually built above the fireplace. Olwa leero ekibanyi lwe kigwa n'amenvu. Today is the day! cf. akabanyi, olubanyi.

formerly the chief of Buluuli County.

Kabaka.

obwakabaka.

conceal, okukisa omukono, to die, lit. to hide one's hand (usually employed with reference to a Kabaka). Bw'akolola engabi yeekisa mu kisaka. When he coughs the bushbuck hides in the bush (i.e., he has a very loud cough). Bw'aseka empisi yeekisa ku ki- kande. When he laughs the hyena hides in a deserted place (i.e., he has a loud and boisterous laugh).

e- (ki/bi) reed fence; fence (in general); chief's inclosure/compound; inclosure made of reeds for washing or for use as an outhouse. Types of fencing include: kigombe, crosswise in diamond shapes; kya kasiira, upright and close together; kya nnakabanda, grouped in columns. (Sn., LeV.)

to settle a dispute. Ekimala empaka kusirika. The way to settle a dispute is to keep silent or On points of dispute it is best to wait and see kumala bwoya ku n turn be, to keep (someone) running ragged, annoy (someone) by keeping him on the go all the time, lit. finish off the hair on the calves of the leg. kumala mmya, to put (someone) in his place, take down a peg. kumala muntu maanyi, to take the wind out of someone's sails, kukamala, to cause trouble (ka = akabi or akabaate). Okamaze. Now you have gone and done it.