e- (n/n) type of fruit resembling an eggplant; testicles, synonym enjagi, q.v. Yatunyumiza entuula obugenyi. He told us a lot of nonsense, cf. omutula.
crumble; break into pieces.
v., okufuntula, okuggunda; b. the ears, okukuba oluyi.
pummel one another, fight one another, punch one another.
a- (ka/bu) stalk of ntula, njagi, q.v.; small cob of corn/maize (stripped of the grains), cf. ekikongoliro, kongola.
a- (ka/bu) kind of very bitter wild fruit of the ntula type.
ndasizza) v.tr. shoot (an arrow); hit (with an arrow); fire (a shot, a gun); flick, flick away (with the finger); kick with the back legs (of a locust), okulasa eki- faananyi, to take a photograph, okulasa emboozi, to converse, okulasa entula, to press ntula fruit to make the seeds come out. okulasa akasolya, to bend the reeds of a roof to the frame (in building a house).
e- (n/n) kind of larva which attacks ntula or njagi fruit.
e- (n/n) = entula. fruit of the muyagi, egg fruit.
pick off (fruit, coffee, etc.); fig. kill, ‘pick off' (with guns, arrows). kunoga bantu nga ntula, to pick off people like flies, lit. ntula fruit, kunoga bigwo, to hurl to the ground. Yasu- suukiriramu katono nga lunoga. He gave a slight shiver and died, lit. (olumbe, death) picks off.
e- (n/n) kind of fruit like a green berry (synonym for njagi and ntula, q.v.). Ekigere kye kisotta entaligita n'ozirya. Her foot crushes the ntaligita and you (still) eat them, i.e., you like her very much or you think her very beautiful, cf. ligita.
more frequently nyuntula (-nyuntudde) v.tr. (variants = nyuuta, nyuutula) squeeze, squeeze out; press; press tightly.
nyuutula vars. of nyunta, nyuntula, q.v.
v., okukuba, okufuntula.
v., okufuntula.
adj., woomerevu; be s., okunyuunyuntula, okuwoomerera, okutuŋŋununa.
okufuntula, okututula.
(-memettudde) also mementula v.tr. crush; crunch; grind with the teeth.
o- (mu/mi) = omuyagi, the tree which bears ntula fruit (q-v.).
v.i. be savory/ tasty/delicious/luscious (esp. of fruits); fig. be pleasing/interesting/highly attractive. cf. -nyunyuntuvu.
tasty, delicious; pleasing, attractive, cf. nyunyuntula.