embizzi.
kaamukuukulu; green p., entawuiizi.
a mputtu, kakanyavu.
erangi.
nnakkwale, omumbuti.
mutilate the forms of the language in a way roughly similar to that employed in speaking pig Latin.
enkolo.
e- (li/ma) stomach of a non-ruminating animal (esp. a pig); amagomo, folds of fat on the sides, stomach and around the neck.
ggogologgogolo, kintabuli, magalangaja.
ekyuma, ekkalwe; (ore) amatale; (cast) ebbumba; (pig) omusinga; i. for clothes, ppaasi.
a ‘pig' (very insulting).
e- (ki/bi) thick layer of skin below the hair (of pigs and similar animals).
e- (ki/bi) large white earthworm. Alya ng'ekisokomi. He eats like a pig.
o- plur. amatu (ku/ma) ear. okumalira amatu wansi, to be sound asleep, be dead to the world, okukuba amatu or okukubaakuba amatu, to become convalescent, kugwa mabeere mu matu, to have a disease of the ear (believed to be caused by the spilling of mother's milk into the ear); to be obsti- nate/stubborn/pigheaded (esp. of children). okutega amatu, to listen attentively. Amatu agataddemu ebisubi. He is deliberately inattentive/refuses to listen, lit. has placed grass in his ears.
o- no plur. (lu/n) a jargon similar in principle to pig Latin (used mostly by children and young adolescents), cf. dikya, ekidikya.
nnakkwale, kajeerejeere, lusa jjalala, nnakampiginyi, nnakalanga.
e- (n/n) small reddish-colored pig; fig. intrepid/bold person.
e- (n/n) pig, hog. embizzi ey'omu nsiko, wild pig.
e- (n/n) emmese emmende, pigmy field mouse, cf. olubende.
e- (n/n) kind of bird the size ) of a pigeon which produces a droning sound.
e- (n/n) pigeon.
e- (n/n) stump of a banana tree; epiglottis. cf. ekikolo.
very large, nnamugundu w' embizzi, a huge Pig-
e- (n/n) [Lunyoro~\ morning heat, about 6:15 a.m.; time just after sunrise, ntanyi, e- (n/n) crime/gross violation of traditional customs, ntanyoomwa, e- (n/n) loincloth, ntanzi, e- (n/n) green pigeon, cf. entawuuzi.
(n/n) green pigeon, cf. entanzi.
o- (mu/mi) back; tail of a pig; large number of chiggers; nits, louse eggs. cf. eggina, akagina.
less commonly nnakampina (la) very short person; dwarf.
o- (mu/mi) pig iron. Tukyakuba r misinga. We are just starting.
o- (mu/ba) dwarf; pigmy.