a- plur. (li/ma) middle, middle part, mu makkati ga, in the middle of. cf. amassekati, wakati.

mumakkati, obwengula.

up to the waist, as far as the waist. Nfukiramu caayi okukomya mu makkati. Pour out some tea for me up to the middle of the glass. Yankomya ku ssomero. He accompanied me to school, gye -komya + inf... gye -komya + inf., the more...the more. Gye tukomya okuyiga ennyo gye tu- komya n'okufuna obubonero obulungi. The more we concentrate on our studies the better our grades will be. \bamu gye baakomyanga okutendereza omwami naye gye yakomya n'okwenyumiriza. The more some people praised the chief, the prouder he became.

a- plur. (li/ma) (the) very center. Afrika ey'amassekali, Central Africa, as an adv. right in the middle, cf. amakkati, wakati.

n., makkati, masekkati; (sea) obwengula; in the m. of, wakati mu, kireebereebe.

midway, prep, wakati wa, between, with the -a of rel. middle, of the middle, enlebe ey'awakati, the middle chair. Gavumenti eya wakati, the central government. Ennyanja eya Wakati, the Mediterranean Sea. cf. amakkati, amassekati.