e- with the -a of rel. childish, eby'ekito, childish things, childish actions. Nnali nkola bya kito. I was acting childishly. cf. -to.

e- (ki/bi) mixture, variegated pattern. cf. tobeka.

e- (ki/bi) lump; mass; piece; portion, ekitole ky'emmere, a morsel of food, ekitole ky'omusaayi, a blood clot, ekitole kya ssabbuuni, a bar of soap, okulondera mu kitole, indirect election.

e- (ki/bi) knob/bulge on the end of a stick or club. cf. akatottolima, ettolima.

e-: okunyiga ekitoliro, to overwhelm (an opponent in wrestling); to exploit, treat ruthlessly/despotically.

e- (ki/bi) created thing, created being, creature, cf. tonda, omutonde.

e- (ki/bi) gift, present; talent, natural ability, cf. ^tona.

e- (ki/bi) arch, office of position of mutongole (q.v.); bibl. unit of soldiers, omwami w'ekitongole Omulumi, Roman centurion (Matth. VIII, 5); current usage government department; department, office. cf. tongola.

e- also ekitontogolo (ki/bi) kind of tree of the genus Ficus, cf. omutonto, entonto.

e- (ki/bi) good thick sauce.

e- (ki/bi) roll of fat around the neck; collar, ekitoogi ky'essaati, the collar of a shirt.

e- (ki/bi) stalk of papyrus, cf. bwantoogo, olutoogo.

e- (ki/bi) banana tree, Musa sapien- tum; plantain tree, Musa paradisiaca. ow'omu bitooke, a rustic, greenhorn, okukyala n'osimba ekilooke, to overstay a visit, lit. visit and you plant a banana tree, bitooke bye bigwa, the plantain trees fall, a phrase used to intensify a preceding neg. verb and give it a positive meaning. Talya bitooke bye bigwa. He is a tremendous eater. Tadduka bitooke bye bigwa. He is a great runner, cf. ettooke.

e- (ki/bi) stupid/foolish person, boob, idiot, cf. -toole, obutooletoole, omu- tooletoole.

e- usually plur. (ki/bi) mud, slush; mud-on the feet. cf. omutoomi, ettoomi.

ekirabo, ekitone.

o- (bu/-) stupidity, foolishness, idiocy, cf. -toole, ekitooletoole, omutooletoole.

o- adv. straight and erect (e.g., of a person standing). cf. ekitoogo, olutoogo.

ekibiina, ekitongole, omulundi, kampuni.

ekitonde.

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

vide omuteeteema, nnakito kolo, nnamulanda.

amasavu, omuzigo, amafuta; roll of f., ekitogi.

ekirabo, ekitone, ekiweebwayo; g. of food to king, olukungo.

cf. ekitolima, ettolima.

ekitolima, ensunduba.

be surpassed by; be directed/led by. Ekitongole kino kikulirwa Mwami Kalyango. This department is under the direction of Mr. Kalyango.

etc.; get for, provide; give greetings for another. Omundabira. Give him my regards. kulabira mu maddu, to be overjoyed to see (something, somebody). okulabira ku..., judging from, compared with. Kino kitono nnyo okulabira ku nkuba etonnya wano mu K. This is very little compared with the rain that falls here in K. kulabira awo (a high-frequency phrase which is difficult to reduce to any simple English equivalent): to get or see something by surprise or unintentionally; to do something without having made plans. Simanyi oba nga nnaagenda, leero nnaalabira awo. I do not know if I am going, I shall have to see/I really have no definite plans. Nnaalabira awo nga bandeetedde ku kamere. I was surprised when they brought me a little food. Baalabiraawo nga bazannya. They happened to be playing. Ndabira awo ekitabo kyange. You see that book of mine over there, give it to me. awo nga nkulabira or awo we nnalabira (stylized ending for a fable or tale). So the tale endeth.

ekitongole ekiramuzi, judicial department, cf. lamula.

ekitole, ekiwumi; l. sum, omuzindo.

o- (lu/n) wide area of papyrus; papyrus patch, cf. bwantoogo, ekitoogo.

e- (n/n) young shoot; young banana/ plantain shoot, endu y'ekitooke, young plantain shoot.

olusuku nnakitokolo, a very large plantain garden.

e- also entontogolo (n/n) fruit of trees of the genus Ficus, (juweddeko entontogolo, ennyonyi ziyita ku ttale. (prov.) tVhen (the tree) has been stripped of all its fruit, the birds pass on to (other) areas. Wealthy people receive many visitors; the poor, none. cf. ekitonto, omutonto.

Okitobba.

ekirabo, ekitone, ekiwee bwayo, ekyewongo, ekigali, ekirembeko, ssaddaaka, amawemuukirano.

ofiisi; (post) obwami, obukulu, ekitongole.

ekitoogo, ekigaaga; (spikes) empunga; (roots) olukongolo; (rope) olutoogo.

ekibi ekitono.

ekitundu, ekifi, ekitole; (of cloth) ekiwero; (of gourd) ekikaayi; (piecework) ekkatala.

ettooke; (tree) ekitooke; (sweet p.) gonja, manjaaya; vide nnamunnyu, ebigomba, empogola, mutere, omuwumbo, enguju, emmere.

n., ekirabo, ekitone; vide. envujjo.

ekitongole.

omusiru, ekitooletoole, ekitwaggu.

ekigaaga, ekitole.

be put/ placed, etc. Wateekeddwawo ekitongole ekipya. A new department has been set up/ established, as an aux. verb followed by an inf. must, be obliged. Nteekwa okugenda. I must go. Oteekwa buteekwa okugenda. You very definitely have to go.

mingle. Mu miti mutobeekerezeemu obumuli. Let flowers be interspersed among the trees. cf. -tobeke, ekitobeko, entobeko.

-^omutonyi.

obutonde, obutonzi, Kalonda, ekitonde, omutonde, omutonzi.

n., ekibiina, ekitongole.

e- (li/ma) large knob/bulge on the end of a stick or club. cf. ekitolima.

e- (li/ma) bunch of plantains; in the plur. amatooke bunches of plantains; plantains. cf. obutooke, ekitooke.

e- (li/ma) mud; big piece of mud. cf. ekitoomi.

ekizibaawo ekitono.

ettooke, eryenvu, embidde, enkago, kabula, endizabawuulu, endyabalangira. immature b., akanyaala. wild b., ekitembe. twin b., nnabansasaana. b. plantation, olusuku. b. tree, ekitooke. b. leaf, olulagala.

ekitongole.

o- (mu/ba) official, officeholder: formerly chief appointed directly by the Kabaka. cf. tongola, ekitongole.

o- (mu/mi) kind of tree, Ficus asperifolia. cf. ekitonto, entonto.

o- (mu/mi) thick mud, a great deal of mud. cf. ekitoomi.

a foreign government). cf. -tongole, obutongole, ekitongole, omutongole.

(ki/bi) kind of banana tree producing a grayish-blue fruit.

no plur. the section of a town or city occupied by Batoro.

o- (mu/mi) mound, heap, mass (esp. of matooke and other food); large quantity of food placed in a banana leaf for cooking. Kino kyandibadde kuva ku muwumbo n'odda ku kitole. This would be preferring a crumb to the loaf. cf. ^wumba.

q.v. Amenye ekikajjo ekito be ttottololo.

empty-headed, cf. obu- tooletoole, ekitooletoole, omutooletoole.

Ekibiina ekikessi, The Criminal Investigation Department of the Police Force (C.I.D.). cf. ketta.