ente ennume, sseddume.

e- (1 i/m a) [Sw., Port.] well-made box (not of the throw-away variety); chest; trunk; safe.

n., essanduuku, ebbweta.

v., okufuntula, okuggunda; b. the ears, okukuba oluyi.

o- (bu/-) intoxication, drunkenness. cf. tamiira.

o- adv. like beer. Kyamutamiiriza ddala bwenge. It intoxicated him just like beer. cf. omwenge.

ensonga, omusango; vide olufuubanja, oluyeeke, nnamunkukuulu; (box) essanduuku, ebbweta.

ow'amalubya, ow'ama tama, oluvenge.

ekifuba, emmanda; (box) essa nduuko.

nnamusuna.

e- (li/ma) ambatch tree, Herminiera elaphroxylon.

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.

ekibe.

ekitamiiza, vide kkangala.

okutamiiza; be intoxicated, okutamiira.

a- (ka/bu) small cage; ring (for boxingj; dock in a courtroom where the prisoner stands, cf. ekiguli.

a- (ka/bu) with the -a of rel. (something) hard/durable, akalibobbo k'essanduuko, a heavy, durable box.

kind of shrub the leaves of which taste of oxalic acid.

a- (ka/bu) small bundle, small packet. as an adv. close together. Ffenna twali tutudde kattu. We all sat jammed together. Tukolera wamu mu kattu. We work together/ as a unit /not necessarily in close physical proximity). cf. ettu.

cf. waala.

e- (ki/bi) [Su;. ] match; box of matches, cf. akabiriiti.

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

e- (ki/bi) fist, omukubi w'ebikonde, boxer, ebikonde, fists; boxing, okusekera mu kikonde, to laugh inwardly, suppress a laugh, cf. ekkonde.

e- (ki/bi) kind of very tall softwood tree whose bark yields a strong white cloth, Antiaris toxic aria,

e- (ki/bi) intoxicating drink, intoxicant, cf. tamiira.

e- (ki/bi) as an attrib. with or without the -a of rel. wild, undisciplined; obnoxious (of people), ekiwalattule ky'omwana, a brat. Omusajja ekiwalattule! What a wild, wicked man!

o- with the -a of rel. (something) very big/large, olubbobba lw'essanduuko, a very large box.

o- plur. ennyimbe (lu/n) disease, illness; death; scourge; ceremony of distributing the goods and installing the heir of the deceased, olumbe lw'omusajja, a revolting/disgusting/obnoxious man. cf. ekimbe, Walumbe.

o- (lu/n) arch, unit of measure of approximately one meter used by herdsman. cf. nzira.

a- plur. (li/ma) the datura plant. The poisonous drug extracted from the fruit was formerly used in trials by ordeal. Also, because of its intoxicating effect on guinea fowls, it is used as bait to trap these birds. cf. omuduudu.

o- less commonly amalubya plur. chatter, excessive talk, ow'amalubya, chatterbox, cf. lubyalubya.

African blackwood or African ebony, Dalbergia melanoxylon.

e- (n/n) argument; dispute; strife; contest; competition; game, ow'empaka, an argumentative/contentious person, lwa mpaka, by force, forcefully, empaka z'abalungi, beauty contest, empaka z'ebi- konde, boxing match, okuwalaza empaka, to debate, argue, cf. wakana.

o- (mu/mi) beer made from the juice of a special type of banana (such as mbidde, gonja or kisubi) and fermented with sorghum; beer (in general); liquor, intoxicating drink. cf. obwenge, ebyenge, Ssegamwenge, otwenge.

e- (n/n) chatterbox. Enjogezi- yogezi etuuka nnyinimu ku muze. (prov.) The chatterbox gets to the point (where he reveals) the bad habits of the owner of the house, cf. yogera.

e- (n/n) yellow-billed oxpecker; roller bird.

e- (n/n) scar; mark or marks left by a disease (such as chicken pox) or a wound.

cause to be or feel cold; dampen, spray (clothes before ironing), ekyuma ekinnyogoza, refrigerator, icebox. Ebi- gambo bye yannamba byannyinyogoza. The things he said to me hurt me very much/disturbed me greatly. cf. -nnyogovu, -nnyogoogerevu, obunnyo- govu, ekinnyogoga.

e- (n/n) domestic bovine, cow, bull, ox; in the plur. cattle, ente enduusi, cow. ente ennume, bull. Ekika ky'Ente, the Cow Clan. cf. obute, akate. akooye, easy chair, sofa. cf. akatebe, ekitebe, omutebe, ssentebe.

enkovu, enti.

kawaali, omuwempe; catch s., okuwaala, okukongojja.

e- or essanduuku (n/n or li/ma) [Sw.,Ar. 3 box; chest; suitcase; trunk; casket.

shake about, kusukumbula kyejo, to act in a spoiled manner, behave badly. cf. essukumbuli. night; sleep; remain, stay; live, dwell. Wasuze otyanno? Good morning, lit. How did you pass the night? kusula ku budde, to spend a sleepless night (esp. with one who is seriously ill). Yasuze mulwadde nnyo. He was very sick last night. Osula otya obulwadde? How are you now? (Said to someone who is very sick.) Tanywa si- gala asulayo bbiri. He smokes to great excess. Tanywa mwenge asulayo bbiri. He doesn't just drink, he gets intoxicated.

a bigambo bingi; vide chatterbox,

intoxicate.

enduli; (of elephant) omukono; (of corpse) ekiwuduwudu; (box) essanduuko.

mpadde) v.i. catch smallpox. cf. kawaali.

lit., you greeted me. The word is derived from the title of a popular song.

apparently a var. of wuba, -q.v. Snoxall gives the following m 6 an m ^ s : be insufficient for; slip the memory of; be too little for; fail.

o- (mu/mi) kind of tree of the Xanthoxylon genus, with grayish-brown wood.

(la) dewlap of a cow or ox. cf. ente.

q.v.

o- (mu/mi) stem/stalk of a plantain tree; type of necklace made from the flowering stem of the plantain; collar; one afflicted with congenital paralysis (of the spine); yoke (of oxen); pair, couple, omugogo gw'engatto, a pair of shoes, okulwanirira ettooke nga likyali ku mugogo, to fight over a bunch of plantains which is still on the stalk; i.e., to count ones chickens before they are hatched, cf. ggogolo, eki go go, olugogo.

o- (mu/mi) roller for launching a canoe/boat, etc. cf. golomola. approximately twenty feet in length, used in shallow water, with large hooks fastened on at regular intervals.

o- no plur. (mu/mi) strength, vigor, okuwuliramu omuzinzi, to feel invigorated/ satisfied (after eating); to feel elated (after drinking intoxicants).

o- (mu/mi) [Su>.] ebony tree, Dio spyros ebenum, Dalbergia melanoxylon.

rot; deteriorate, get out of control. Kawaali ataamye. Smallpox has broken out.

o- (mu/mi) ebony tree, Dalbergia melanoxylon.

v.tr. squeeze; tighten; pinch; compress. Twamusanze mu kirabo ng'amazzi gamumiimye. colloq. We found him intoxicated in a bar, lit. the water had squeezed him. cf. kamiimo.

(n/n) [Su>.] the great rainy season ( approx. April-May).

o- (mu/mi) ambatch tree, Herminiera elaphroxylon. It has very light wood and grows in or near swamps.

is also used as the first element of hundreds of verb-noun phrases in which it loses its primary meaning and serves merely to give verbal force to the following noun. A few illustrative examples are given here, but since a complete listing would be unwieldy, even if possible, the compounds are listed under their final or noun element. akalulu, vote; okukuba akalulu, to vote, ekikonde, fist; okukuba ebikonde, to box.

o- (mu/mi) kind of tree, Sideroxy- lon brevipes.

Ste.] ice. eky uma ekya bbalaafu, icebox, refrigerator, amayinja ga bbalaafu, pieces of ice, chunks of ice.

apprehend; arrest, capture; rape; /ig. comprehend, ‘catch on to.' v.i. touch; adhere; turn sour (of milk); freeze (of water); coagulate (of blood); be contagious/infectu- ous (of a disease); be intoxicating (of liquor), okukwata omuliro, to catch fire, okukwata wansi ne waggulu, to become furious, hit the ceiling; to become very dangerous/serious (of a situation), okuwata ku mumwa, to be amazed/astonistad. okukwata amateeka, to obey the laws; to memorize the Ten Commandments, emisomo egikwata ku by'obulimi, courses relating to/about/ concerning agriculture, ebintu ebitakukwata- ko, things which do not concern you. obu- lwadde obukwata obukoko obuto, a disease which strikes young chickens. Obulwadde buno bukwata. This disease is contagious. Yakwata lya mu Buyindi. He started off for India, lit. took (kkubo, road, is implied) to India. Obudde bwali bukutte. It had become dark. Omusango gwabakwata. They were found guilty. Ndese bakutte. I have left them eating. Jjangu tukwate. Come and join US in eating, kllkwata eyr. n'pyr, be very large/extensive. Yazimba enju ekwata eyo n'eyo. He built a large house/a house covering a large area. Yankwata mu liiso. He deprived me of something. He did me out of something. Omwami oyo ebyambalo bye bimukutte bulungi. The clothes of that gentleman are very becoming/fit him perfectly.

o- (mu/mi) with the -a of rel. horrible, hideous, obnoxious, omucumuliru gw'omukazi, a horrible woman.

0- (mu/ba) [£ng.J a member of the Eastern Orthodox Church.

(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.)

(la) chicken pox.

(la) meat obtained from the breast of a goat or ox.