e- (n/n) way of acting/doing; method, practice; way of working; policy; system; brand, make, ennvonyi y'enkola y'Eki- russia, an airplane of Russian make, okuteeka (or okussa) mu nkola, to put into effect, put into operation, cf. kola.
e- (n/n) way of working together/ cooperating; cooperation, cf. kola, kolagana.
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.
ennyingo; crack the joints, okunonkola.
e- (ki/bi) error, flaw, wrong (of a more permanent nature than that expres sed by kisobyo). Enkola ey'okusosola mu bantu eriko ebisobu bingi. The practice of discrimination against people has many evil aspects, cf. sobya.
e- (ki/bi) shell, ebisosonkole by'amagi, eggshells, cf. -esosonkola, -esusunkula.
e- with the -a of rel. childish, eby'ekito, childish things, childish actions. Nnali nkola bya kito. I was acting childishly. cf. -to.
cooperate. cf. -kole, -kolerere, -kozi, ekikolwa, ekkolero, omukoza, omukozesa, omukozi, enkola, enkolagana, lenkolwa.
e- (n/n) way of ruling, way of governing; rule, government, enfuga ey'ekibiina ekimu, one-party rule, eby'enfuga, governmental matters, enkola yaffe ey'eby'enfuga, our system of government, cf. fuga.
to crack the joints in the fingers.
remove bit by bit; delve into. cf. -esu- sunkula, sokonkola.
to do one's Utmost (e$p. with an evil objective). Yankola ogwa walugali. He really played a dirty trick on me. cf. olugali.
to walk very stealthily. Yagezaako okubbirira amaaso alabe kve nkola. He tried to steal a look to see what I was doing.
v.tr. provoke; irritate.
(-simunkudde) also simonkola v.tr. dig up. cf. sima.
(high tone) particle used: 1) as a preposition meaning like. Alya nga nsolo. He eats like an animal. 2) before a relative form of the verb. Yalabika ng'afumba. She seemed to be cooking, lit. like one who cooks. This is identical in form with 1), differing only in English rendition. 3) in the sense of about, approximately, abantu nga makumi abiri, about twenty people. 4) in conjunction with bwe, corresponding to the English conjunctions how or as. Kola nga (nze) bwe nkola. Do as (lit. like how) I do. 5) os an initial element in an exclamatory clause. Nga bayimba bulungi! How well they sing! (E.O.A.)
of a snake); grow, grow up; come out from cover. Omwezi gwali gwakatandika okwesusunkula mu bire ebyali bigukwese. The moon had just begun to come out from among the clouds which were concealing it. cf. sosonkola, ekisosonkole.