e- (ki/bi) wall; partition; room; cell, ebisenge by'enjuki, honeycomb, cells built by bees in their nest. cf. akasenge.

ekisenge, enju.

mbadde) v.i. be. In certain tenses ba is replaced by -li, Both may be used as primary verbs or as auxiliaries in compound tenses. bwe tuba mu ssomero, when we are in school. Yabadde anzise. He nearly killed me. Tuli mu kisenge. We are in the room. Twali tuli mu kisenge. We were in the room, ba and -li may be followed by na (-na in the case of -li) to express possession. Tulina ensimbi. We have money. Twabadde n'ensimbi. We had money.

bembulukuka (-bembulukuse) v.i. conv. 1 & 2 come off (of a scab, scales); peel (of skin); become unstuck, get detached. Langi yonna yabembulukuka ku kisenge. All the paint came off of the wall.

o- (bu/-) evenness, levelness, obutereevu bw'ennyanja, sea level, as adv. straight, directly, ne bagenda butereevu mu kisenge gye yali, and they went straight into the room where he was. ababaka abalonde obutereevu, representatives who are elected directly (by the people).

ekisenge, akasiisira.

ekisenge, ekisassalala.

ekisenge, enju.

ekisenge, essa.

okwawukana, okwawula; (in arithmetic) okutikkula, okugaba; (partition) ekisenge; (part) ekitundu, ekitongole.

a- (ka/bu) small room; small wall, amannyo ag'akasenge, teeth which are close together without intervening gaps. cf. ekisenge.

n., ekisenge ekituulwamu.

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.

ekisenge, eggigi, akayaaye.

ekisenge; (space) ebbanga, omuwaatwa; find r., okugyamu, okweyabya; make r. for, okusegulira, okweyegulula.

n., ekisenge, akangodera, ekitimba, eggigi.

ekisengejja, ekitaliri.

ekisenge, olusebenju; (city) obugwe.

bwe nningizza mu kisenge, when I glanced/peeped into the room.

kweyokya kisenge, to rush into the room.

-evumbika (-evumbise) v.i. & tr. refl. enter suddenly; rush/plunge into; disappear into; hide oneself. Yeevumbika mu kisenge or Yeevumbika ekisenge. He rushed into/ disappeared into the room.

dash into (followed either by a direct object or mu + noun). Yeefubitika ekisenge or Yeefubitika mu kisenge. He dashed into the room. cf. fubutuka.

depend upon. Yeesigama ku kisenge. He is leaning against the wall.