e- (n/n) goat, okusiba amatu g'embuzi ku muntu, to make a scapegoat of a person, lit. pin the ears of the goat on someone.

lit. male (-ddume from -lume) goat (bbuzi or embuzi).

e- plur. (ki/bi) spots, patches (on a goat). Embuzi ya bitanga. The goat is spotted.

o- (bu/-) speckles. Embuzi ya bujjagijjagi. The goat is speckled.

o- adv. whole, in entirety; in bulk form. Embuzi gifumbe bukolokolo. Cook the goat whole (i.e., do not cut it into pieces before cooking).

o- (bu/-) tourism, eby'obulambu zi, iden. cf. lambula.

etc.; spray (e.g., insects), kufuuyira mbuzi mulere, to waste one's time/breath, lit. blow a pipe for a goat, kufuuyira malenge, to drink a lot without having one's thirst assuaged, kufuuyira mmindi, to smoke an empty pipe while reciting incantations for the purpose of putting a hex on someone; to wish someone bad luck.

embuzi; (wild) embulabuzi.

omukebezi, omulambuzi.

etc.

akaana k'embuzi.

e- pej. augm. of liiso, eye. Kiiso kya mbuzi kirekera omussi ne kitunuulira omu- baazi. (prov.) The eye of the goat turns away from the one who is killing it and looks at the one who will skin it. Perhaps this means that we do not always realize who our real enemies are.

e- (ki/bi) patch; spot, embuzi y'ebiwuuga, a spotted goat.

etc. kukutuza mbuzi (or ndiga), to be very ugly, lit. cause a goat (or sheep) to break loose. cf. -kutufu, ekikutuko, (be) kkutu, olutaku- tuka.

take on a tour, show around. cf. obulambuzi, omulambuzi.

o- from engo, leopard, oiugo olumanyi embuzi emponge, lit. the leopard who knows the sacrificial goat, i.e. someone who knows his way around. Ye munnaffe yali lugo olumanyi embuzi emponge mu bitundu bino. Our companion knew his way around in these parts.

o- (lu/n) lit. it is pleasing to goats, a kind of weed, common in newly- dug earth, which is eaten by goats, cf. wooma, woomera, embuzi.

a- plur. (li/ma) shame, disgrace (particularly that associated with illegitimate birth), embuzi y'amawemuuki- rano, a goat offered by the seducer to the parents of the girl in expiation for his offense. cf. -wemu, wemuka.

e- (n/n) wild goat. cf. bula, embuzi.

e- also embuzi ekogga (n/n) prison, jail, lit. the goat (mbuzi) gets thin (ekogga).

kumira bugobo, to gulp down, bolt; to believe anything one is told, be gullible, kumira maziga, to hold back the tears; to stop crying, kumira ppinu, lit, to swallow a pin, i.e., to be resolute/ determined/brave in the face of impending danger, kumira mangota ng'embuzi, to gulp down noisily, kumira nkambi, to sip. kumira mwoyo, to be brave in the face of pain/danger, keep a ‘stiff upper lip.' kumira mmwan- yi, lit. to swallow coffee berries, i.e., to make a blood brotherhood pact (with someone). kumira ku ddusu, to experience a feeling of relief (e.g., after a crisis). Bye r.ksgambyc Limire. Keep what 1 have told you to yourself.

e- (n/n) kind of tree which produces a deadly poison, Spondianthus ugandensis; poison (produced by the tree). It is also called muttambuzi, lit. it kills the goats.

o- plur. abaana (mu/ba) child. When referring to the young of animals mwana is sometimes, but not always, shifted to the mu/mi class, omwana gw'endiga, lamb, but omwana w'embuzi, goat, kid. mwana wattu, friend, my friend/pal (often used as a term of address), cf. akaana, ekyana, olwana, lyana, nnabaana.

okusimbuliza omutima, to transplant a heart, okusimbuliza embuzi, to move a tethered goat to browse in another spot.

etc.; uproot with/by means of. cf. -esimbu, obwesimbu, obusimba, eki- simbe, ekisimbira, olusimbo, ensimba, ensimbo.

etc. Ekisulisa endiga omutwe tekigigaana na kumanya mbuzi gye ziraze. (prov.) What makes a sheep hang its head does not prevent it from knowing where the goats have gone. Appearances can be deceiving. cf. -esulifu, obwesulifu.

omutambuzi, omutambuze.

woomesa (-woome- sezza) v.tr. caus. 1 & 2 make pleasing; make interesting; do well, carry out well. cf. -woomu, -woomerevu, obuwoomi, obuwoomerevu, eki woomereze* oluwoo- merambuzi, empooma.

embuzi eya zigeye, along-haired goat.

mu mmere banteereddemu nnaganga wa ki? What have I eaten, what sort of hideous thing have they put in my food? Omukulu bw'atakwata mu kisibo, embuzi zifa nnaganga. (prov.) If the person in charge does not take over in the pen, the goats die of nnaganga, i.e., if the leader does not perform his tasks the whole organization deteriorates.

o- (mu/mi) female of certain animals, ente y'omugongo, cow. embuzi y'omugongo, (female) goat.

v.tr. find; find out; discover; invent; take (from under the ashes or embers). cf. omuvumbuzi; vumbika.

o- (mu/mi) kind of tree, lit, it kills the goats. See emmimbiri.

o- (mu/ba) flute player, (mu/mi) flute; pipe; horn, omulere omuzungu, trumpet, clarinet. Afuuyira embuzi omulere. He is blowing a horn for the goats (to dance), i.e., he is wasting his breath/talking to someone who is not interested. cf. akalere, endere.

o- (mu/ba) inventor; discoverer; explorer, cf. vumbula.

deliver; walk/go with/by means of. okutambuza ebigere, to go on foot, okutambuza eggaali, to go by bicycle, okutambuza amaaso, to let one's eyes wander, okutambuza essimbo, to walk with dignity, okutambuza ekibiina, to direct/ run an organization, okutambuza ekyuma, to operate a machine, okutambuza omutwe, to slip off of the bed while sleeping. Kati atambuza omwaka gwe ogwa 42. He is now in his 42nd year.

tatambulikika naye. A man like that goes the long way around, it is hard to walk with him. cf. obutambuze, amatambulire, omutambuze, omutambuzi, entambula.

o- rarely omutambuzi (mu/ba) walker; pedestrian; traveler; faithless husband; faithless wife. cf. tambula.

a fattened goat, amawulire amasava, juicy news, ekifo ekisava, a good position, a ‘fat' job. cf. savuwala, essava, essavu.

embuzi embowe, a goat held as security until payment of a debt. cf. bowa, embowe.

-ekambuza (-ekambuzizza) v.i. refl. bluster; speak angrily and rudely (esp. to a superior).

consecrated for offering (to a lubaale). embuzi emponge, sacrificial goat. cf. wonga.

embuzi endaawo, castrated goat, ente endaawo, bullock. cf. laawa.