lit. it jumps over (buuka) the trunk of a cut-down plantain (mugogo).
n., omugogo, ebbona, ekisaggo, kkala.
confusion, turmoil. cf. omugogolo.
e- (ki/bi) fresh plantain fiber, used as a sponge, cf. olugogo, omugogo.
o- (lu/n) fresh plantain fiber (as opposed to that which is dried, known as kyayi). cf. ekigogo, omugogo.
n., omugogo.
enduli; (of plantain) omugogo; (of mushroom) enkonda; (of flowers, etc.) ekiti; (of maize) ekisoolisooli.
v., okukasuka, okukanyuga. t. away, okusuula, okuyiwa. t, down, okubemula, okutandaggira, okulekula, okuligajjula; (in wrestling) okumegga. t. up (earth), okufukula. t. over shoulder (cloth), okusuulira. thrush, ebbuukamugogo; (disease of infants) engeru, enkuyu.
be, okwevulunkanya; vide omugogolo.
to take apart/strip the layers of the stem of a banana/plantain tree and lay them out in an orderly manner.
n., ekikoligo; (pair) omugogo.
o- (mu/mi) stem/stalk of a plantain tree; type of necklace made from the flowering stem of the plantain; collar; one afflicted with congenital paralysis (of the spine); yoke (of oxen); pair, couple, omugogo gw'engatto, a pair of shoes, okulwanirira ettooke nga likyali ku mugogo, to fight over a bunch of plantains which is still on the stalk; i.e., to count ones chickens before they are hatched, cf. ggogolo, eki go go, olugogo.
o- (mu/mi) confusion; untidiness', mess; distress; trouble, cf. gogologolo.
v.i. recip. fly off together; jump off together. Taludde abuukanye n'omusajja omulala. Before long (lit. she did not delay) she ran away with another man. cf. bbuukamaziba, bbuukamugogo, bbuukizi, omubuusi.