a- plur. of ejjinja, q.v.

o- adv. like food. Ekyuma ekyo kiyitirivu mu kusa amayinja, kigalya bumere. This machine is very effective in crushing stones, it smashes them to bits, lit. eats them like food. cf. emmere.

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.

e- (li/ma) shortage; lack; scarcity. with the -a of rel. rare, scarce. Amayinja g'omuwendo ga kkekwa. Precious stones are scarce.

adj. mighty, powerful, lit. splits (-yasa) rocks (-mayinja). emmundu lwasamayinja, a big gun.

omuzimbi, ffundi w'amayinja.

onzimba, amayinja.

amayinja amaalire.

adj., a mayinja.

v., okukuba amayinja; vide enkwangu.

njigise) v.tr. prop up, support. Baatuula ku bubaawo obwayigikibwanga amayinja. They sat on small benches which were propped up by stones.

yimbisa (-yimbisizza) v.tr. caus. 1 & 2 make sing; sing with/ using, okuyimbisa amayinja, to play phonograph records. cf. oluyimba, nmuyimha, omuyimbirizi, cnnyimha.

ne ntambula zungululuzungululu mu mayinja, and I kept weaving my way through the rocks, cf. zunga.

main, enfuukafuuka ssinziggu, important developments/changes, amayinja amanene gasinziggu, huge/enormous rocks, ensonga ssinziggu, main/chief matters.

Ste.] ice. eky uma ekya bbalaafu, icebox, refrigerator, amayinja ga bbalaafu, pieces of ice, chunks of ice.

amayinja abiri, two stones, ensi abiri, twenty countries, amayinja amakumi abiri, twenty stones, cf. -biri.

o- (mu/mi) number; price; value; sum. amayinja ag'omuwendo, precious stones.

rock-s. In cases of this sort the stem begins with y- as do other derivatives: -yinja, kayinja, guyinja, etc.