e- (n/n) malice, maliciousness, spite, ill will, churlishness.

e- (n/n) kind of fish resembling a small perch, Tilapia esculenta. cf. obugege.

e-: akambe ak'engera, a knife the handle of which has been broken or removed, kuzir.ys r.gcra, to pester, annoy, persecute.

e- (n/n) hardened saliva, dry saliva; slobber, cf. 2gera, geregeza; engagize.

e- (n/n) way of alloting; estimate, assessment, cf. 1 gereka.

e- (n/n) ow'engereka, a person with overlapping teeth, cf. 2 gereka.

e- (n/h) sort, kind; manner; way.

e- (n/n) white coating on the tongue.

e- (n/n) colobus monkey. Ekika ky'Engeye, the Colobus Monkey Clan (one of the most ancient clans of B Uganda).

e- (n/n) current (of a body of water). cf. 2 gera.

geregere, gerengerere, kabiini.

okwanguya, okwanguyiriza, okukubiriza, okwongera embiro.

okwongera, okuzzaako, okugatta; okuyimba, okubala.

ate, nate; do a., okweyongera (with infin.), say again, ddamu.

omwenge.

malayika.

obusungu, ekiruyi; vide e bbogo.

ekisenge, enju.

malayika omukulu, ssaabamalayika.

okulongoosa, okuteekateeka, okutandika, okubembeka.

okwongera.

ssenga, nge, wo, we, etc.

okuwalana (eggwanga), okuwoolera eggwanga.

omuwalanyi.

mbadde) v.i. be. In certain tenses ba is replaced by -li, Both may be used as primary verbs or as auxiliaries in compound tenses. bwe tuba mu ssomero, when we are in school. Yabadde anzise. He nearly killed me. Tuli mu kisenge. We are in the room. Twali tuli mu kisenge. We were in the room, ba and -li may be followed by na (-na in the case of -li) to express possession. Tulina ensimbi. We have money. Twabadde n'ensimbi. We had money.

crack, crackle; give off sparks, flare up; burst, explode; blow up; throb, tinglejfo/ the fingers, etc.); be very hot (of sunshine); come out, debouch (of a small road or path); fig. break out (of war, sickness, etc.). Olutalo lubaluse buto nate mu Bulaaya. War has broken out again in Europe.

commence superficially. cf. ebbanga, obwebange, ekibangirizi.

e- (li/ma) celebration, big party; festival; ceremony; show, performance, okunywa omwenge mabinu, to drink large quantities of beer.

e- (li/ma) ebbuyungu ly' omwenge short gourd partially filled with beer.

omwenge, amalwa; vide enkenku, ekibombo, omuyiiro, enkaatu, entwere, essuumwa.

bembulukuka (-bembulukuse) v.i. conv. 1 & 2 come off (of a scab, scales); peel (of skin); become unstuck, get detached. Langi yonna yabembulukuka ku kisenge. All the paint came off of the wall.

bum fiercely.

etc.

a frie nd)j dissociate oneself; be lost to. Ebibye bimubenguse. He no longer has anything.

dkwekuuma, okwekengera.

e- sing, rare (ki/bi) leprosy. cf. -genge, gengewala, omugenge.

e-: okulaba ebitulenge, to see poorly, look at an object without being able to distinguish it clearly, okutunula ebitulenge, to look without seeing.

e- always plur. (ki/bi) tears in the eyes.

q.v. cf. kabongeera.

n. (of gun barrel), omulenge.

n. (sort), engeri.

okusogola omwenge.

omugo; (full) to the b., bute ngerera.

a Kingereza.

muganda, ow'oluganda; (of a sister) mwannyina; (younger b.) omwana wattu; b.inlaw, omuko, mukoddomi, mulamu, musangi.

o- adv. like a ngege fish, kwekyusa bugege, to toss and turn (in bed); to fidget (in one's seat), cf. engege.

o- (bu/-) [Sw.] wrath, anger, fury.

o- (bu/-) harshness, severity; fierceness, fury, anger; cruelty, cf. -kambwe.

o- adv. like a stump (ekikonge). kutuula bukonge, to stay put, sit like a ‘bump on a log.'

formerly the name of the Parliamentary Building of the Government of Buganda; obs. kabaka's court of justice.

o- (bu/-) danger; trouble, misfortune.

omuntu owa bulijjo, the common man, the man on the street, enkola eya bulijjo, the usual practice, the normal policy, mu ngeri eteri ya bulijjo, in an unusual way. cf. buli, jjo.

o- (bu/-) trouble; danger.

spread over; go/ reach all over; get one's share, get enough; participate; be enough to go around (of food). Abaana bonna babunye. All of the children have gotten enough/their share. Amawulire geeyongedde okubuna wonna mu ggwanga. The news continued to spread all over the country, kubuna kkubo, to stagger along the road (like a drunken man). obudde ne bubuna emiwabo, and it was dawning, lit. was scattering in all directions. Eky'abangi kibuna engalo. (prov.) lit. Something used by many people has finger marks. What is used by many is soon spoiled.

mmungeese) v.i. be homeless; wander about aimlessly, be a vagabond.

0- pr.n. (concords of n/n class) England, cf. -ngereza.

o- (bu/-) large hole, pit, abyss, ku mugo gw'obunnya, on the brink of disaster, kuggya mu bunnya, to save or help (someone who is in danger), to ‘get out of the hole.' cf. ekinnya.

o- (bu/-) annoyance, irritation, anger, cf. nyiiga.

o- adv. like bats, in a batlike manner, kulengejja bunyira, to hang like bats. cf. ekinyira.

v., okwaka, okwokya, okuteta; (be scorched) okusirilra; (anger) okubuubuuka; (mouth) okubaa laala; (nose) okusonsomola.

o- (bu/-) congential enlargement of the cheeks, amatama ag'obusu- kuttu, enlarged cheeks.

o- (bu/-) anger, ire, wrath. cf. -sungu, sunguwala.

to stand at attention; to stand motionless/ rigid without moving, kwetikka butengerera, to balance on the head, kujjula butengerera, to be full to the brim. cf. tengerera.

o- (bu/-) evenness, levelness, obutereevu bw'ennyanja, sea level, as adv. straight, directly, ne bagenda butereevu mu kisenge gye yali, and they went straight into the room where he was. ababaka abalonde obutereevu, representatives who are elected directly (by the people).

blaze; burn with anger; spring up, grow quickly; walk quickly.

o- also obuwangaaliro (bu/-) durability, capability of lasting a long time; permanence; long life, longevity. cf. wangaala.

o- (bu/-) itch; mange; scabies.

o- (bu/-) tracks, traces; footsteps; direction, okugoba obuwufu, to follow the steps of; to track (of a hunter), okuzza obuwufu, to go back, return, okukyusa obuwufu, to change one's course, alter one's direction. Ka tubagwe mu buwufu. Let's trail them. cf. oluwufu.

o- with the -a of rel. personal, private, ebintu bye eby'obwebange, his personal/private possessions, cf. banga.

o- (bu/-) delicate/dangerous situation.