e- (n/n) leopard. Ekika ky'Engo, the Leopard Clan. Bwe nnamusanga, nnali ?dde ku n~c crikc sm-.vsna. When I •met him he was in a furious state of mind, lit. 1 was like one who had fallen upon a leopard with a cub. Ekitta engo kigiyinga buzito. (prov.) That which kills the leopards is heavier than the leopard, cf. Wango.
e- (n/n) lazy/languid/earless person. cf. gojoba.
e- (n/n) gorilla; bogey, monstrous imaginary figure.
e- (n/n) cloth used to cover an infant, swaddling clothes; piece of barkcloth used for carrying an infant on the back. Mwana mugimu ava ku ngozi. (prov.) The potentialities of a person are present in early childhood.
e- (n/n) trouble, disturbance; difficulty, cf. gozoobana.
okunaaba, okulongoosa.
omusango.
okuggyako omusango, okusonyiwa; be acquitted, okusinga omusango, okwejjeerera.
okusala omusango.
okutawulula, okulongoosa.
put on, okwekambazza, okw ejalabya, okwemanta, okukaga, okusongoka.
omusango, ensonga.
adv., bulangasa, kikukku; go a., okugenda omu, okw'esowola, okw'ebwala, okwetongola, okwewunika; be left alone, okwekongola.
10 gulp, guip down, swaiiow with a gulp.
okulongoosa; a. one's ways, okwesanyiriza.
akakongovvule.
stay put. cf. kongoba.
okulongoosa, okuteekateeka, okutandika, okubembeka.
ekintu; (of creed) ennyingo; (of religion) okigambo ky'eddiini.
be, okukwatibwa ensonyi, okuwemuka, okuswala, okukongoba, okwebbmbabomba.
endobolo; (royal, on cattle) ekikungo, empooza.
n., ebyambalo, engoye.
ekigango.
start up, jump up; fig. arise, break out suddenly, ne wabaguka akeegugungo, and a disturbance suddenly broke out.
lit. men of the dung heap.
e- (li/ma) spot; stain; color; mark, brand; birthmark; type, kind, engo y'ama- bala, a spotted leopard, kuggya muntu mu bbala, to alter/damage the appearance of a person (of disease, extreme poverty, etc.) cf. ebibalabala, akabalabala, ekibala, 4mbala.
e- (li/ma) hump on the back, ow'ebbango, hunchback, cf. akabango.
e- (n/n or li/ma) price; expensive price, ebbeeyi eza wansi, low prices, engoye ez' ebbeeyi, expensive clothes.
amata aga bbongo, curdled milk.
e- (li/ma) fruit of the rubber vine.
okuyonja, okulongoosa.
mmenze) v.tr. fill to the brim; whet, sharpen (a knife, spear, etc.). cf. olubengo, Mmengo.
ejjengo, essingiisira.
e- plur. (ki/bi) meat of an animal which has been slain by wild beasts; the second totem (kabbiro) of the Leopard Clan (Ekika ky'Engo).
zira, gumu, kakanyavu, vumu, a mmizi; omusongole.
q.v. cf. kabongeera.
bonjola (-bonjodde) v.tr., rare slander.
mmongoose) v.i. be sleepy/drowsy; doze; fig. be caught napping, be asleep at the switch.
mmongoye) v.i., rare be dozing; be on the point of going to sleep; drop off to sleep, cf. kibongoya
n., obwongo.
o- (bu/-) mud, mortar or clay used for building.
engolo.
v., okujooga, okucoccacocca, okuyigganya, okutyanka, okukunnumba, okukongola.
o- adv. like a mudfish, kugoba bumale, to arrive. Nzuuno ngobye bumale. Here 1 am. I have arrived, cf. emmale.
o- (bu/-) gentle southeasterly breeze.
o- (bu/-) neg. inf. of-li, not to be. mu butali bugenderevu, unintentionally, mu butali butongole, unofficially.
o- (bu/-) state of being official, mu butongole, officially, cf. tongola.
o- (bu/-) sickly appearance. cf. yongobera, -yongobevu.
o- (bu/-) brain, brains, omuwala amulya obwongo, a girl who appeals to him/who is attractive to him, lit. who eats bis brains. Ki ekikulya obwongo? What's eating you? What's troubling you?
cripple.
omugabe, omukulu, omuto ngole, kapitaani.
I don't, si musango, si kigambo, sifaayo.
okwetikka; (on back) okuweeka; (on shoulders) okukongojja, okwambala; (in front of one) okutembeeta; c. off, okunyaga, okuwakankula; c. all before one, okwerula.
ensonga, omusango; vide olufuubanja, oluyeeke, nnamunkukuulu; (box) essanduuku, ebbweta.
ensonga; (at law) omusango.
n., ddongobulaaya, ekimma nje, ssbmenti.
longoofu.
obulongoofu.
v., okukoona, okubajja; (of teeth) okubongola; be chipped, okulibuka.
okugobongotana, okutomeragana.
longoofu, longoose, tukuvu, lungi.
v., okunaaza, okulongoosa, okutukuza. c. teeth, okusenya. c. nails, okwesokoola enjala. become clean, okutukula, okulongooka, okwamuka.
engoye, ebyambalo; put on clothes, okwambala; take off clothes, okwambula.
omunwe, ekikongoliro;
entengo.
kibongoya.
okuzza omusango; (entrust to) okukwasa, okusigira.
ekibiina, ekitongole, omulundi, kampuni.
n.t ekigambo, omusango, ensonga; vide ttembere.