ensanafu, enkolooto, nnabe, wakka, ensolosozi, entalumbwa, akasagisagi, empawu, ekimomo, ekinyomo, ekirembwe, olukennembi, omunyama, munyeera; white ant, vide termite,

omunyago.

n., omusibe, omunyage.

ekyennyanja. names of f., emmale, ejjamba, aka lende, ekisinja, embegedde, embovu, omukene, omunyala, nnandere, endulumba, engagala, engege, enningu, enkakaalukanyi, enkejje, enkokoto, enkuyu, enkyulukyulu, ensoga, ensonzi, ensuma, ssemutundu. f. net, ekiragala. f. trap, ekigu, omugomo. f. hook, eddobo. f. line, omugonjo.

etc. kugobera munya mu ssubi, lit. to drive a lizard into the grass/thatched part of a house, i.e., to tell a person to do something which he is very glad to do/which he would want to do anyway.

a- (ka/bu) akatooke akanyaala, a small, immature banana, akaana akanyaala, small, frail child, cf. omunyaala.

soot, small particles of dust that float in the air. cf. munyale.

e- (ki/bi) kind of large lizard often found near or in houses, cf. omunya.

e- (ki/bi) uncouth person; slob; boor. cf. omunyaga.

omunya, ekinya, ekkonkomi, akalumabalunda, esungulubebbe; water l., enswaswa.

n., omunyago, olwayo.

o-: okulya olukyamunya, to eat slowly and deliberately.

etc. cf. -mumunyavu.

steal; snatch, seize; plunder, cf. omunyakuzi; kakula, kwakkula.

v., omunyago, omwandu, endobblo.

omunyazi.

omusibe; (of war) omuwambe, omunyage.

omubbi, omunyazi.

a nziro; vide omunyale.

n., omunyago; (of hunt) omuyiggo.

be, okumumunyala, okutundubala.

o- (mu/mi) lizard, kusindikira munya mu ssubi, to tell a person to do something he wants to do anyway, lit. to push a lizard into the grass, cf. ekinya.

o- (mu/mi) first bananas of a young plant; kind of small fish resembling a sprat, cf. -nyaala, akanyaala.

o- also omunyaganyaga (mu/ba) uncouth person; boor. cf. ekinyaganyaga.

o- (mu/ba) captive, prisoner of war; victim of plunder; one who has been robbed, cf. nyaga.

v., okwemulugunya, okw emunyamunya.

o- (mu/mi) spoil, booty, plunder; stolen goods, loot. cf. nyaga.

o- (mu/ba) one who snatches; thief. omunyakuzi w'ensawo, pickpocket. cf. nyakula.

o- (la) soot. Nnasanga ekiyumba munyale. I found the house empty/de- serted. cf. kanyale.

(la) kind of ant.

o- (mu/mi) kind of large tree with light-brown wood, Uganda Mahogany, Khaya anthotheca.

o- (mu/ba) headman. Lunyanko- le, omunyampara, Swahili, mnyapara. The word, is rare in Luganda and replaced by nnampala, q.v.

o- (mu/ba) banyan, one of a caste of Hindu merchants and traders. The ba- in banyan fn Hindi word cf Sanskrit uilgin) was presumably interpreted as the Bantu pluralizing affix ba-, thus producing the anomalous back formation Munyani. This does not occur in Swahili which has banyani.

o- (mu/ba) plunderer, robber, pirate, raider, cf. nyaga.

okwogera ekyama, okw emunyamunya, okumuumuunya.

incite, induce, ku- sindika kyasi, to fire a shot, kusindika busaale, to shoot arrows, kusindika munya mu ssubi, lit. to push a lizard into the grass; also kusindika mwana wa jjajja we; lit. to send a child to his grandparent's. both expressions mean to tell someone to do something which he would be happy to do anyway.

v.i. be silent/ taciturn; be at a loss for something to say; fail to express oneself when one is expected to; be dumbfounded; be incommunicative while maintaining a sheepish or foolish expression.

steal; seize by force; carry off. Ekijja omanyi, kinyaga bitono. (prov.) lit. That which comes (and) you know ((it is coming), it steals few things. Forewarned is forearmed. kukoowa nga banyaga, to give up or despair when one is on the point of success, lit. become tired when (others) are enjoying the spoils, cf. -nyage, omunyage, omunyago, omunyazi.

be, okumumunyala.

come forth (often in a fig. sense); show oneself. kwesowola bunya, to pop out, partially show oneself (like a lizard, cf. munya, lizard, from which is derived the adv. bunya). Abamanyi ennyo Oluganda beeso- woleyo okutunnyonnyola amakulu g'ebi- gambo ebyo. Let those who know Luganda well come forth and explain to us the meaning of these words.

taciturn; uncommunicative. cf. mumunyala.

tiny; young (esp. of bananas), cf. akanyaala, omunyaala.