empiso, ekkato.

o- adv. like a needle, kuwenja buyiso, to search diligently for, search high and low for. kukutuka buyiso, to be terminated/broken off (of a frie ndship). cf. empiso.

n., eriiso, eddozo; (pupil of e.) emmunye; (of needle) empami,

e- plur. amayiso (li/ma) large needle, cf. empiso.

a- (ka/bu) small needle, cf. empiso.

e- (li/ma) large needle; injection, inoculation, okukuba ekkato, to inoculate. cf. olukato.

bustle around, bustle about; move restlessly; be needlessly busy; be anxious/preoccupied.

etc.; train (creeping plants); tack (needlework), okulandiza ennukuta, to write slanting/spidery letters, okulandiza ebigambo, to spread rumors; to betray confidences.

o- (lu/n) awl, sharp puncturing instrument; pointed instrument resembling a needle used in weaving baskets; injection, inoculation, okutuula ku nkato, to be in a very difficult situation, cf. ekkato.

a- adv. okufukamira amatiitiiri, to kneel on one's haunches, okutuula amatiitiiri, to sit on one's haunches; to be uneasy/anxious, be on pins and needles. Twasuze matiitiiri. We spent an anxious night.

e- (n/n) needle; injection, eddagala ly'empiso, medicine which is administered by injection, kukuba mpiso, to inject with with a needle; fig. to bribe, cf. obuyiso, eggwiso, akayiso.

e- (n/n) rare needle, cf. kinda.

e- (n/n) nose, ennyindo y'empiso, the eye of a needle. Nnyindo ky'ezira, omumwa tegulya. (prov.) What the nose rejects the mouth will not eat. kuseka nnyindo ya- nkolera, to laugh boisterously/uproariously, kubeera ku nnyindo, to be very near. Ebintu bye yabisibira ku nnyindo. He packed his things and left in a hurry, cf. akayindo, kinnyindwa.

strike at; pierce; make stabbing movements at. oku- sokya omutuba, to strip a barkcloth tree. okusokya ekiso, to knife, okusokya omuntu, to nag, needle

to be on pins and needles, be full of anxiety/worry

e- (n/n) eye of a needle; handle of a cup.

v. i. walk painfully (as if on needles); waddle like a duck.

‘needle.'