omunya, ekinya, ekkonkomi, akalumabalunda, esungulubebbe; water l., enswaswa.

e- (li/ma) kind of large poisonous lizard, omuntu ow'effubutusi, an abrupt/rude/short-tempered/unpleasantly aggressive person, cf. fubutuka.

etc. kugobera munya mu ssubi, lit. to drive a lizard into the grass/thatched part of a house, i.e., to tell a person to do something which he is very glad to do/which he would want to do anyway.

a- (ka/bu) small tail (e.g., that of a lizard), cf. omukira.

a- (ka/bu) small lizard, dim. of ekkonkome, q.v.

a- (ka/bu) lit. it bites (luma) the herdsmen (balunda), a kind of poisonous, lizard-like reptile.

a- (ka/bu) kind of small brown bird which preys on lizards; period very early in the morning.

a- (ka/bu) tail of a snake or lizard; plantain leaf used for covering a pot of ma- tooke which is cooking, kuggyako kawuuwo, to begin serving a meal; to begin a discussion; to kick off fin soccer), cf. wuuwa.

e- (ki/bi) kind of large lizard often found near or in houses, cf. omunya.

e- also ekkonkomi (li/ma) kind of large multicolored lizard. It was believed that the spirit of the lubaale Lubanga resided in this lizard.

ndoose) v.i., also lookalooka (-looseloose) v.i. redup. pulsate in the throat (as a frog, lizard, chicken); be out of hrpath nant ffacn

enswaswa.

a large walking lizard of the genus Varanus. The skin is used for covering drums, making shoes, etc. okuwalula enswaswa ku lwazi, to drag a monitor lizard along a rock, i.e., to attempt the impossible, kwefuula nswaswa eteeya- nula, to be lazy/indifferent, lit. act like a lizard which does not come out of the sun.

ebya ssungulubeebe, unfounded/untrue/ baseless statements.

mpaze) v.tr. pull, drag along, okuwala enswaswa ku lwazi, to be very difficult; to attempt something very difficult, lit. to drag a water lizard over a rock. Omulwadde twasanze biwala ttaka. We found the patient in very serious condition, lit. with the feet (bi- implies bigere) dragging the ground. Mutabani we amaanyi gamuwala. His son is very strong, cf. walula.

o- (mu/mi) lizard, kusindikira munya mu ssubi, to tell a person to do something he wants to do anyway, lit. to push a lizard into the grass, cf. ekinya.

incite, induce, ku- sindika kyasi, to fire a shot, kusindika busaale, to shoot arrows, kusindika munya mu ssubi, lit. to push a lizard into the grass; also kusindika mwana wa jjajja we; lit. to send a child to his grandparent's. both expressions mean to tell someone to do something which he would be happy to do anyway.

come forth (often in a fig. sense); show oneself. kwesowola bunya, to pop out, partially show oneself (like a lizard, cf. munya, lizard, from which is derived the adv. bunya). Abamanyi ennyo Oluganda beeso- woleyo okutunnyonnyola amakulu g'ebi- gambo ebyo. Let those who know Luganda well come forth and explain to us the meaning of these words.