okuteeka. l. aside, okutereka. l. eggs, okubiika. l. on top of, okubambika. l. hold of, okukwata. l. a table, okutandiika emmeeza, l. waste, okuzikiriza. l. mats, etc., okwala. l. under one's head, okwezizika.

to sound a drum, okulaya enduulu, to sound an alarm.

omugigi, omuko.

be prevented; be sworn.

okulayiza.

okukakasa, okwogera, okukaliriza, okulayira.

v., okwanika; (display) okwolesa.

okukkakkanya.

malayika.

malayika omukulu, ssaabamalayika.

flay; butcher (an animal); cut up; dismember; dissect; operate on (a patient), okubaaga amatooke, to peel bananas so ineptly that part of the meat is left in the skins.

etc.

walk with the feet turned outwards; fig. fail to conform, be out of step; diverge on political issues; be unfaithful, be guilty of marital infidelity, cf. embaliga.

mmandadde) v.i. take a long time, spend a long time; delay, tarry; spread out (in space); be spread out flat. cf. olubandaasi.

e- no. plur. (li/ma) clay; potter's clay. cf. bumba.

e- plur. (ki/bi) soft/mushy/soggy substance (of food, soil, clay, etc.).

mbiise) v.tr. lay (an egg), cf. -biisi.

e- plur. (ki/bi) soft/mushy/ soggy substance (of food, soil, clay, etc.).

q.v.); turn/roll over and over; push back, repel; hurl, throw.

play, okubinuka.

mmonze) v.tr. cause to whirl around, spin, okubonga enje, to spin nje (a game flayed with the seeds of mpafu fruit).

o- (bu/-) mud, mortar or clay used for building.

mmumbye) / form/mold (out of clay); make (pottery); sculpt.

o- neg. inf. of-e sagga, to fan oneself, as adv. without delay, without hesitation; rapidly, quickly.

playing, kalata.

malayika.

v. (debt), okubanja; lay c. to, okukaayanira.

ebbumba, olukuusi.

omusiru; play the c., okw eginga, okwekonga.

be, okusuulayo ogwa Nnagamba.

v.i., okulwa, okwerabiriza; be delayed, okulabirirwa.

v.tr., okulwisa, obulindiriza, obulabiriza, obwezimbiriza.

n., ekivvulu.

okwolesa, okulabisa; d. oneself, okwetengeka.

to place the palms together; to loaf around, do nothing. Tolikula oliwumba mmindi. You will never grow tip, lit. you will grow up molding clay pipes.

okuibaaga.

v.i., play the f., okweginga, okw erigomba; f. about, okwewodoola; be fooled, okuguumaala.

okugaanira ddala; okulayira eby'obulimba.

etc. Yamuganzikidde emiggo. He beat him with blows (of a stick). cf. ennanzikizo.

ennanga, entongooli, endongo; play the h., okukuba ennanga.

ebigambo, embuulira; lay. i., okudikyadikya.

e- plur. amayinja (li/ma) rock; stone; colloq. phonograph record, ejjinja ery'omu- wendo, precious stone, jewel, okuyimbisa amayinja, to play phonograph records, kussaako jjinja, to start a conversation. cf. akayinja.

a- (ka/bu) thin layer; thin covering; membrane, cf. olububi.

in which if a player is found without a stick, he is beaten until he obtains one. (Sn.) cf. omuggo.

a- (ka/bu) deceitful act, dirty trick. Okusibaakakwe, to play a dirty trick, cf. olukwe.

a- (ka/bu) small strip; small layer; string of a musical instrument; shoelace; fringe; shred, cf. olulere.

wait around a long time; linger; delay; spend a long time; languish.

drama; performance. cf. ^temba.

adj. excellent, first-rate, omuyimbi kayingo, a very talented singer, omuzinyi kayingo, a great dancer, omusambi w'omupiira kayingo, an outstanding football player, cf. yinga.

e- adv. rare right away, without delay.

e- (ki/bi) piece of pottery, pottery product, something formed in clay. cf. bumba.

e- (ki/bi) guitar, banjo; stringed instrument, abakubi b'ebidongo, players of musical instruments; players in a band, okusuna ekidongo, to play a guitar; to play a guitar very well. cf. omudongo, endongo.

e- (ki/bi) thick layer of skin below the hair (of pigs and similar animals).

e- (ki/bi) clay pit.

e-: okusibira okukookolo, to play a trick on. cf. akakookolo.

e- (ki/bi) oath, vow. cf. layira.

e- (ki/bi) large plaited basket. Entongooli y'emu ku bivuga bye bayita ebizibu okukuba, naye abaana baffe abo bayisa mukka mu kisero. The entongooli is one of the instruments which is described as difficult to play, but our children play it without any trouble at all, lit. they pass air through the basket.

e- (ki/bi) sacrifice, sacrificial slaying, cf. tamba.

e- (ki/bi) pullet which has begun to lay.

e- (ki/bi) parade; demonstration; rally; display.

e- (ki/bi) large open calabash; piece of calabash used by potters to smooth clay; fig. foolish/stupid person. cf. oluwaawo, empaawo.

q.v.

e- (ki/bi) playing field for sports; playground; gymnasium, cf. zannya.

elongate; stretch out; lay at full length.

e- (ki/bi) basin in which a baby is washed. It was originally madeaf clay hat the word is now also applied to metal basins.

e- (ki/bi) [Stf.] iron; metal; factory; machinery; machine; tool; device, ekyuma ekikuba ebifaananyi, camera, ekyuma eki- yimbisa amavinja, record player, ebyuma ebirima, farm machinery, ploughs, tractors, ekyuma kya ppamba, cotton ginnery, ebyuma ebikuba ebitabo, printing presses. Ngudde ebyuma or Ebyuma binsaze. colloq. I am completely out of money. I am broke. cf. 2akuuma, oluuma.

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.

be late; be delayed/held up.

hold up; distract, divert the attention of. v.i. hesitate, delay. Ebyo byonna bye byabalabirizanga. All these things kept distracting them.

procrastinate; put off a promise; keep breaking a promise.