e- (n/n) lake; large body of water. Ennyanja Enfu, the Dead Sea. Ennyanja y'e Buyindi, the Indian Ocean, cf. yanja, obuyanja, oguyanja.l akayanja, ekyennya- nja, omulunnyanja. ^muyanja,^omuyanja.

etc.), ebbali w'omugga, olubalama lw'ennyanja, (safe deposit) bbanka, bbengi.

o- adv. kumira bugobo, to .bolt down, swallow with one gulp. Tamira bugobo buli ky'asoma. He isn't taken in by everything he reads, ennyanja kamirabugobo, the fathomless sea.

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).

o- (bu/-) kind of grass growing near lakes, also the plur. of akayanja, small lake. cf. yanja, lakayanja, ennyanja.

e- (bu/-) deep water; open water, mu buziba bw'ennyanja, in the middle of the lake.

o- (bu/-) great open space, awe some expanse; middle (of the sea, the heavens), obwengula bw'ennyanja, the open sea, the high seas. Ani eyasooka okugenda mu bwengula bw'ebbanga? Who was the first one to travel in space?

olubalama lw'ennyanja; empwa nyi.

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.

e- plur. amagye (li/ma) army, amagye ag'oku ttaka, ground forces, land forces, amagye ag'omu bbanga, air force, amagye ag'oku nnyanja, sea forces, navy. Eggye lya Maria, relig. the Legion of Mary.

o- (gu/ga) large lake; ocean, cf. ennyanja.

adj. huge, gigantic, ekyennyanja kabwege, a huge fish.

a- (ka/bu) small lake. cf. yanja, obuyanja, ennyanja.

e- the initial element of many nouns (or noun phrases). It is composed of the -a of rel. and the pron. concord. It implies a preceding kintu, thing; matter, ekiro, night; ekyekiro, supper, ennyanja, lake; ekyennyanja, fish, okulabira, to look at; ekyokulabirako, example. The plural ebya is used in a similar manner.

e- see ekyennyanja.

e- without the I.V.'s kyannyanja plur. ebyennyanja (byannyanja) (ki/bi) fish, lit. (thing)of the sea. cf. ennyanja.

ennyanja.

ndiraanye) v.i. be adjacent to/next to; adjoin; neighbor. Okuliraana ennyanja si kuliira. (prov.) To be next to a lake is not to eat (relishes). Shoemakers are the worst shod.

o- (Iu/n) edge, border; shore embuubuuto z'ennyanja, the shores of the lake

o- (lu/n) package; load; bunch, pile, entala z'ebyennyanja, loads of fish.

a nnyanja.

omulunnyanja.

a nnyanja; (huts) eggogonya.

cf. yanja, ennyanja.

a nnyanja.

extensive. nnabbamba w'ennyanja, the boundless depths, nnabbamba w'agabira, huge extensive forests.

ennyanja.

n., omulunnyanja.

ennyanja.

omulunnyanja.

olubalama lw'ennyanja.

v., okweyama obweyamo oba okweyama obweyamo, okulayira. voyage, n., olugendo lw'okunnyanja.

v., okuyita kunnyanja.

midway, prep, wakati wa, between, with the -a of rel. middle, of the middle, enlebe ey'awakati, the middle chair. Gavumenti eya wakati, the central government. Ennyanja eya Wakati, the Mediterranean Sea. cf. amakkati, amassekati.

nnyanjadde) v.tr. spread, spread out; spread over; overwhelm; expose, v.i, spread out, cover (an area). okwanjala amagulu, to spread the legs, okwanjala engalo, to be emply-hnnded, lose something, be missing something. Ekiswa kyanjadde. The termites are hovering preparatory to flight, also fig. The appointed time is drawing nigh. okwanjala inf.

offer for sale. Ebyennyanja baabibunzanga mu byalo. They used to hawk fish in the villages. cf. omubunzi.

who promised us the fish? cf. mpozzi.

o- (mu/ba) sailor, seaman. cf. ennyanja.

o- with the -a of rel. partially dried. Ekyennyanja kya muwotokwa. The fish is partially dried, cf. wotoka.

o- (mu/ba) The members of the Heart Clan (Ekika ky'Omutima) are sometimes called Abayanja. It is thought that they came originally from the Ssese Islands. cf. ennyanja.

of a bill in the assembly). cf. -yanje, obuyanja, oguyanja, Jakayanja, 1 muyanja, 2 omuyauja, ennyanja; yanjala.