e- (n/n) banana used for making beer. Mbidde ky'ekutuma togaana. (prov.) lit. Beer — what it sends you to do — you do not refuse. Beer determines the acts of the drunkard, cf. ebbidde.

etc.; rush at in a rude, harsh manner.

interfere in; take for oneself, appropriate; reserve. Leka kubambira bitakukwatako. Don't get involved in matters which do not concern you.

e-: kukuba bbidde, colloq. to drink beer to excess, cf. embidde.

e- plur. (ki/bi) dried plantains when cooked, esp. beer bananas (mbidde) and hard bananas (gonja).

e- always plur. (ki/bi) bowlegs, with the -a of rel. bowlegged. Wa bitege. He is bowlegged. Gye twakyadde baatufumbiddeyo enkoko, ekyemisana ne kigenda bitege. They cooked chicken for us where we went to visit, and it turned out to be a wonderful meal.

etc.; swell up, bulge out (of the stomach, chest).

o- (bu/-) kind of tall grass used for thatching and for mashing mbidde.

etc.

etc. okufumbira omuntu omutwe, to outsmart/ outwit somebody.

etc.

nzijumbidde) v.tr. take a great interest in; be diligent in; be zealous about, cf. -jjumbizi, obujjumbizi.

roam about freely; trespass.

etc. Baagezaako okumukumbira. They tried to court/woo her. cf. omukumbi; kulukumba.

etc.

etc.; prescribe for. Yamulambira eddagala. He prescribed medicine for him.

o- (mu/mi) beer made from the juice of a special type of banana (such as mbidde, gonja or kisubi) and fermented with sorghum; beer (in general); liquor, intoxicating drink. cf. obwenge, ebyenge, Ssegamwenge, otwenge.

a kind of banana), cf. vunda.

etc.

vide mbidde, nnakimpi ginya.

anticipate with great enthusiasm. cf. sagambiza.

etc.

rise to a great height; be swollen, swell up (e.g., the stomach, a body of water); fig. become angry.

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etc. Emikono ngiwumbidde mu bu- lago. I have put my arms around my neck.

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(la) kind of mbidde (beer-making plantain).

offer resistance; refuse to come.

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.

(la) kind of mbidde plantain used for beer making.

v.i. & tr. appl. be indifferent/careless (about). cf. omugalambi.

become heated, empaka n'ekalambira, and the argument became hot and heavy, kukalambira na muntu, to quarrel with a person. Obudde bukalambidde. The situation has become serious.

e- (n/n) kind of mbidde beer banana

etc. kusambira waggulu, to be joyously excited.

etc.

-esimbira (-esimbidde) v.tr. appl. refl. plant for oneself.