lala, a kubiri. o. people, abandi.

a beene; mantambutambu. the o. day, jjuuzi,

bulala.

lala, a kubiri, a beene.

e- (li/ma) [Sw., Ar.] sheet of corrugated iron, tin or other metal used for the roofing or siding of a building.

nzibudde) v. tr. bring up (from water); restore to a former state; rescue, salvage; revive; name a child after (another person).

put (one thing on top of another); charge, load; add; reserve (by deposit on an item which will subsequently be purchased).

e- usually plur. (ki/bi) spoiled food; leftovers (not neces sarily spoiled). Yagenda wa jjajja kulya bigagu. He went to his grandmother's where he knew that he would be pampered, lit. eat bigagu. cf. gaga.

okunenya, okuloopa, okuvunaana; throw b. on another, okuwanjaga, okwekobereza.

omusaayi. blood brotherhood, omukago. blood brother, omunywanyi. blood pudding, kafecce.

bojjana (-bojjanye) v.i. recip. peck one another; quarrel with one another. cf. embojjanyi, nnamwebozzi; bojjogola.

have a mutual antagonism based on alleged differences of family, clan, etc.

v., okuwummula; ( = bother) okukooya, okweraliikiriza; be bored with, okuweerera, okutamwa.

v., okuteganya, okweraliikiriza, okubigita; be bothered, okutegana, okutagala.

omugole; father of b., ssewamuko, ssezaala; mother of b., nnyazaala.

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

oluganda.

for which see the grammars. The following usages are important for lexical purposes because the derivatives formed cannot all be included in the dictionary. 1) bu + la ~ negative infinitive, often equivalent to an English noun which is not an infinitive in form. okumanya, to know; obutamanya, not to know; ingnorance. 2) bu + stem of a noun from another class often produc es an adverb which must be rendered by a phrase in English, enkofu, guinea fowl; bukofu, like a guinea fowl, kukaabya bukofu, to make cry like a guinea fowl, i.e., to cause to suffer. 3) bu + reduplicated stem of a noun of another class indicates plurality with the added notions of indefiniteness, scattered state or even contemp t. essomero, school; obusomerosomero, small, scattered schools which are inferior in quality. 4) normal verb form + bu + verb stem + i. Abalala bagamba nti... others say that; Abalala bagamba bugambi nti... others just/ simply/only say that.

annoy, bother; rush, hurry; importune.

o- (bu/-) in-laws; relationship acquired by marriage; relationship of a man to his wife's brothers; disease or misfortune due to the violation of any of the prohibitions relating to in-laws; Parkinson's disease, eby'obuko, bride price. Tugenda ku buko. We are going to visit our in-laws. cf. ebiko, ^njuko.

o- (bu/-) relationship on the maternal side. Nfaanana bukojja. 1 resemble my mother's side of the family. cf. kojja.

member of a Catholic religious community.

o- adv. otherwise; very, extremely. cf. -lala.

o- adv. kujja bulembwe, to come on the heels of, follow closely; to come one after the other, come together.

o- (bu/-) bed (including the mattress and other components), cf. ekiriri, ndiri.

o- (bu/-) tenancy on another's land. c f. Isenga.

o- also obusosozi (bu/-) selectiveness, selectivity; discrimination (usually in the sense of hostility to another person or group), cf. sosola.

e- adv. across, on the other side of. ebusukka kkubo, across the road. cf. sukka.

o- (bu/-) whiskers (of a cat or other feline), cf. enswiriri.

o- (bu/-) habit or tendency to send others to get something/to delegate others to do something, cf. tuma, omutumi.

okukuutira, okulagira, okukubiriza; (accuse) okuwawaabira, okuwaabira, okulanga; (as bull) okutomera, okukaga; (one another) okutomeragana.

tease; bother, pester.

n'emabega tekyaddika, and it is no longer possible to go back. Yagamba nti ewa muganda we teddika. He said that to return to his brother's was out of the question. cf. obuddiro, obuddizo, obutaddira, obu- teddiza, obuzza, akaddannyuma, amadda, amaddira, omuddirirwa, omuddinnano, omuddinnanwa, muzzannanda, lomuzzi, enziramu.

etc.; do again, v.tr. take, take hold of, take up; come for, come and take, ne bataddira kulabagana nate, and they did not see each other again.

e- plur. amalookooli (li/ma) Adam's apple; goiter. Kaali kayisanyo malusu na ddookooli. They passed each other going in opposite directions.

okwambula; (another person) okwambuza.

v. (self), okwambala; (another) okwambaza; (d. up) okwerokobya; (finely) okuyonja; (wounds) okunyiga, okuvumba.

take place. Ebyafa mu nju endala saabimanya. I did not find out what happened in the other house. Agafaayo? What's new? What is happening at your place? What's happening over there? The reply is usually Ekyali. cf. ekyafaayo.

toil, exert oneself; bother, trouble oneself.

be like; look like; be similar; seem, appear. Obulwadde buno bulaanana kawaali. This disease resembles smallpox. Mwenna mu- faanana. You are all alike. Banno ba- faanana batya? What are your friends like? Afaanana ng'alya. He seems to be eating, obutafaanana nga bulijjo, unlike the usual situation, in an unusual manner. oku- faanana ne + noun = like, just like. okufaanana n'amawanga amalala, just like other nations.

v., okugwa, okwetujja ekigwo; (err) okukyama; (rain) okutonnya. f. from hand, okusumattuka. f. backwards, okugalanjula, okugwa bugazi. f. off stalk, okudyebuka. f. in, okwegulukuka. f. into debt, okugwa mubbanja. f. one on another, okwetlnda. f. to pieces, okumogoka. f. apart, okubumbulukuka. f. off head (of load), okutikkuka. f. open, okuwenjuka. fall, n., ekigwo; (roof) okwesulika.

be bereaved of; lose; miss, miss out on. oku- fiirwa obulamu, to lose one's life. Leka kufiirwa mukisa guno. Don't miss this opportunity. Abaana bangi bafiirwako bannyaabwe nga bakyali mabujje. Many people lose their mothers while they are still small children.

pummel one another, fight one another, punch one another.

etc.; give/hand over to/for, etc. Yatugabulira wa muganda we. He entertained us at his brother's place.

nnambye) v.tr. say; say to, tell, kwe kugamba nti..., that is to say, i.e... abantu abalala gamba nga nze, other people such as myself. Mbadde jrinamba nti... I thought/supposed that. Ani agamba? Is there any question at all about that? That is too obvious.

gasannana (-gasannanye) v.i. recip. profit one another. cf. omugaso.

e- (li/ma) bone, okusimba eggumba egganda, to walk. 01 uvannyuma lw'okuki- gaayagaaya baakizuula mpozzi nga kirimu eggumba. After thinking it over they realized that it might just be true, lit. after chewing it they found that perhaps it had a bone inside, okuggwa ku magumba, to lose weight, become all skin and bones, oku- tunguka ku magumba, to cook thoroughly (of meat). Ebigezo bino birimu eggumba. These examinations are quite difficult, lit. have some bone in them. Kirimu eggumba okugamba nti... It is difficult to maintain that. It is hard to say that. lit. There is a bone in saying that... Omwavu lw'alya ennyama amagumba asansa masanse. (prov.) When a poor man eats meat, he scatters the bones around (to impress others ).

jjajja.

okukwatako; g. one another, okukwatagana.

etc.; put in an uproar; bother, worry. cf. akagulumbo.

nzize) v.i. come; arrive; happen. as an aux. verb before the inf. of another verb denotes the near future. Abawanguzi bajja kuweebwa ebirabo. The winners will be given prizes, jjangu! (= jja mangu) imper. come! come quickly! gye bujja, in the future, omwezi ogujja, next month.

e- (li/ma) disease of the eye characterized by a continual flow of tears; conjunctivitis. Ensenke yeegasse n'ejjanga. Ensenke (another disease of the eye) joined with ejjanga. Things went from bad to worse. Matters reached their lowest ebb.

emisomo egy'okwejjukanya, refresher courses. cf. obujjukizi, ekijjukizo.

for which see the grammars. One usage which presents serious difficulties to the users of the dictionary must be mentioned here. ka- is the prefix for singular nouns of the ka/bu class. This class contains not only nouns proper to it, but in addition most other nouns can be converted to this class; in the latter case the resultant noun is a diminutive. In many cases sound changes obscure the relationship between the original noun and the diminutive: ente, cow; akate, small cow. ejjinja, rock; akayinja, stone, endabirwamu, mirror; akalabirwamu, small mirror.

kabassanya (la) cause of dissension, cause of dispute, lit. that which causes them to kill each other, cf. tta.

a- (ka/bu) small dog; puppy, kuba kabwa na ngo, to be hostile to one another, be like cats and dogs together, lit. to be dog and leopard, cf. lembwa.

a-: okukuba akagogo, to stand firmly on one foot and move the other one backwards touching the ground with the toes (a disrespectful and insulting gesture mostly- employed by girls).

do to extremes (in a bad sense). Ng'okamaze! You have really botched things up! In a more frequent usage kamala follows another verb and is translated by the English adverbs: extremely, very much, to a high degree. Omukyala yeraliikirira n'akamala.

do insistently, keep on (followed by the inf. of another verb). Nnakanda kulinda nga tajja. I kept waiting but he did not come. Nnakanda kwegayirira nga bwereere. I kept pleading but all in vain.

a- (ka/bu) fuss and bother; intense effort, cf. Ifunya, funyirira.

e- also kyaziyazi adv. crosswise. okntuula ekigazigazi, to sit sprawled out, sit in a very relaxed manner; to feel at ease in the company of others. Atuula kyaziyazi omugumba ky'atuula ku mbaga. She takes up a lot of space like a childless woman at a wedding party, cf. -gazi.

kijjagana (-kijjaganye) v.i. recip. hate each other, loathe one another, kijjakijjana also has a non-reciprocal use: aggravate, be obnoxious to, molest.

bother; persecute, cf. kijja.

e- (ki/bi) heap of grass and soil piled on the border of a garden to separate it from another garden, cf. ^kuba.

e- (ki/bi) exhausted potato patch (ready for clearing for another crop), cf. omunnanga.

e- (ki/bi) kind, type. Olukiiko lwa Bungereza n'endala ez'ekinywi ekyo, the Parliament of England and others of this type.

e- (ki/bi) rough bark (the first to be taken off of the barkcloth treej used for burials and other purposes which do not require a finer type of cloth).

e- (ki/bi) lit. that which is feared, honor, glory; prestige, dignity; respect; reverence; pomp. None of the preceding equivalents expresses the full meaning of kitiibwa which is perhaps the greatest ideal and the most sought after attribute of the Baganda. It has an importune e comparable to that of ‘face' in the Orient, kufa kitiibwa, to feel shame/be ashamed (because of the actions or speech of another). cf. tya.

e- (ki/bi) \Lunyankole~\ separate area in a kraal where calves are kept apart from their mothers.

come to an agreement.