grey (bird), ezzeeze.

a bitanga.

ekitundu, ekifi, ekitole; (of cloth) ekiwero; (of gourd) ekikaayi; (piecework) ekkatala.

v. (together), okuyunga, okugatta.

do, okubebbabebba.

a bitanga.

okufumita, okuwummula, okukondogga, okusabaggula, okutundula, okufumuggula.

okutya Katonda, eddiini.

one of a variety of long pieces of cloth ( 3-4 yards) worn by Baganda women under the busuuti.

v., (carry) okwetikka; (children) okuzaala; (puppies) okubwagula; (fruit) okubala; (endure) okugumii kiriza; b. down (in labour), okw ekema, okuweerera ebisa.

crumble; break into pieces.

cf. bigaabigana.

buguta, akeebugo.

o- adv. whole, in entirety; in bulk form. Embuzi gifumbe bukolokolo. Cook the goat whole (i.e., do not cut it into pieces before cooking).

o- plur. (ka/bu) bits and pieces of dried leaves floating in drinking, water/ tea/mubisi, etc.; dregs or sediment in any beverage.

o- (bu/-) religiousness; spirituality, eby'obusomi, spiritual affairs, omwoyo ogw'obusomi, piousness, piety, cf. soma.

e- (n/n) a variety of kikooyi, i.e., a long piece of cloth worn under the busuuti by Baganda women.

e- (n/n) Dai a buzzard, uopiey.

e- usually plur. amalusu (li/ma) spit, saliva, okumira ku ddusu, to experience a feeling of-relief (after a period of tension); to take a break/breather, okufiirwa amalusu, to waste one's time in talking to someone who will not listen, lit. to waste one's spit, ekibuuzo ekitu- maze amalusu mu kamwa, a question which has preoccupied us very much, lit. which has exhausted the spit in our mouths, cf. akalusu, olulusu.

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.

e- (li/ma) small lump of earth, broken-up piece of hard soil.

spear; stab, pierce; prick.

etc. v.i. begin to sprout/grow (of hair, down, etc.).

take to pieces; analyze; disengage; untangle.

e- (li/ma) a brilliant pieceof advice; an excellent idea. The gramm. plur. ama- gezi (q.v.) differs in meaning from, the sing.

e- big piece of news, major item of information. (Sate: the gram. plur. amawu- Iire lacks the augm. force of eggulire.) cf. wulira.

e- (n/n) [Sto.J pier< dock.

be under a strain; be troubled/preoccupied; be imposed on; be depressed; be wearied. Nnakkiriza n'omwoyo ogukabiriddwa. I agreed reluctantly/with a troubled heart.

a- (ka/bu) small piece of jute cloth; type of thick fabric made of sisal and resembling fiber glass, used for tying cotton.

a- (ka/bu) sisal fiber; piece of sisal fiber, cf. obugoogwa, ekigoogwa.

a- (ka/bu) small piece of firewood. cf. oluku. See also tyaba.

a- ( ka/bu) piece of jute material; small jute bag; fig. stomach. Kakutiya amuli bubi or Kakutiya amuluma. He is very hungry, cf. ekkutiya.

a- also akalibuzo (ka/bu) small piece of calabash used to smooth soft pottery.

a- (ka/bu) a piece of bluing tied inside of a small cloth.

a- (ka/bu) debris, litter (consisting of very small pieces), cf. londa, londalonda.

plunder, despoil; demolish, destroy, ruin; pull apart; tear to pieces with the teeth.

a- (ka/bu) small piece, fragment, okutuuza akapapajjo, to sit on the edge (e.g., of a chair) or on the carrier of a bicycle, cf. ekipapajjo.

a- (ka/bu) small piece.

a- also akasimuuni (ka/bu) [Sif.] a 50'Cent piece, obusimooni obungi, a great deal of money. Musajja wa busi- mooni. He is a wealthy man. cf. simooni.

a- also akawayiro (ka/bu) scrap; slice; piece, akawayi k'omugaati, a slice of bread, akawayi ak'olupapula, a piece of paper.

e- (ki/bi) piece of carpentry work; piece of wooden furniture, cf. bajja.

e- (ki/bi) piece of barkcloth; bark- cloth used as a bed covering; sackcloth, cloth worn as a sign of mourning. cf. ^bukuta.

e- (ki/bi) piece of pottery, pottery product, something formed in clay. cf. bumba.

e- (ki/bi) large shapeless mass; something as long as it is wide. Ntege yagejja kati alinga kiduduli. Ntege has become so fat that he looks like a piece of putty, cf. nnamududuli.

e- (ki/bi) rough piece of barkcloth from the nseerere tree. cf. ddundu.

e- (ki/bi) piece/slice of meat; piece of flesh, ekifi ky'ennyama, a piece of meat.

e- (ki/bi) piece of barkcloth (lubugo) used for tying things.

e- (ki/bi) piece of a broken pot, potsherd. cf. oluggyo.

e- (ki/bi) sisal plant; piece of sisal (before being processed); area where sisal grows, cf. obugoogwa, akagoogwa.

e- (ki/bi) piece of gourd used as a scoop.

e- (ki/bi) overgrown piece of land, land that is uncultivable or difficult to cultivate.

e- (ki/bi) something useless, piece of junk; empty bundle from which simsim/sesame seeds have been removed.

e- (ki/bi) piece of cloth, about three or four yards, wom by Baganda women under the busuuti, q.v.

e- (ki/bi) large piece of dead wood; old piece of firewood, cf. oluku.

e- (ki/bi) a large band/piece of cloth tied around the waist as a sign of mourning; in the plur. loins, okusiba (or okwesiba) ekimyu, to gird the loins, take a resolute stand, become very determined.

e- (ki/bi) piece; fragment, eki- papajjo ky'oluku, apiece of firewood.

e- (ki/bi) patch, piece of material used to mend or cover a weak spot, okukuba ekiraka, to patch up (e.g., a pair of trousers); to kick a soccer ball and strike (someone); to repair (a tire), okwekubamu ekiraka, to do something to compensate for one's bad behavior, make amends.

e- (ki/bi) piece of mud, mud; mud on the foot/shoe. cf. sootola.

e- (ki/bi) piece of plantain stem used as a sponge; beer drunk after a burial. cf. essuumwa.

e- (ki/bi) torch; bunch of grass or piece of firewood/paper, etc., which is set on fire and carried about.

e- (ki/bi) log; dead branch detached from a tree; old piece of wood. cf. lekiti, ^omuti.

e- (ki/bi) lump; mass; piece; portion, ekitole ky'emmere, a morsel of food, ekitole ky'omusaayi, a blood clot, ekitole kya ssabbuuni, a bar of soap, okulondera mu kitole, indirect election.

e- (ki/bi) banana tree, Musa sapien- tum; plantain tree, Musa paradisiaca. ow'omu bitooke, a rustic, greenhorn, okukyala n'osimba ekilooke, to overstay a visit, lit. visit and you plant a banana tree, bitooke bye bigwa, the plantain trees fall, a phrase used to intensify a preceding neg. verb and give it a positive meaning. Talya bitooke bye bigwa. He is a tremendous eater. Tadduka bitooke bye bigwa. He is a great runner, cf. ettooke.

e- (ki/bi) large open calabash; piece of calabash used by potters to smooth clay; fig. foolish/stupid person. cf. oluwaawo, empaawo.

e- (ki/bi) part; piece; portion; slice. cf. oluwayi.

e- (ki/bi) piece of cloth; rag; duster; patch; bandage. Ate linda ggwe, bino bi- kyali biwero. But just wait, this is only the beginning (of what I have to tell you). kuba biwero buwero, to be nothing, be far inferior to the person or thing with which comparison is being made, lit. be mere rags.

e- (ki/bi) lump, mass; piece.

e- (ki/bi) large piece of meat.

e- the section of a town or city occupied by Europeans/Westerners, with the -a of rel. of the European manner or style, ennyimba ez'ekizungu, European songs; Western songs, amannyo ag'ekizungu, false teeth, cf. -zungu, Omuzungu.

e- (ki/bi) spark from a fire (esp. a grass fire); piece of burnt paper flying in the air. cf. omuyonga, nnakayonga.