olukoma, empagi, omusituliro; (rafter) omulabba, enjaliiro.

v., okukuŋŋaanya, okukukumba, okukunga; (tribute) okusolooza; (market dues) okuwooza; (all sorts) okuyombolereza; (poles) okusonda; (earth, etc.) okuyoola.

a- (ka/bu) tadpole.

e- (ki/bi) post, pole; large peg. ekikondo kya mailo, milepost, cf. aka- kondo, enkondo.

e- (ki/bi) dried plantain fiber used in making rope, in tying up bundles of food during the cooking process, in tying poles in building, etc. okusala ebyayi, to relieve oneself, cf. olwayi.

o- (lu/n) pole used to support a hunting net. kuyita ku lungwanyu, to have a narrow escape.

o- (lu/n) kind of small tree with sharp thorns. The poles formed from this tree are used in building, cf. omukanaga, enkanaga.

o- (lu/n) palm pole; trunk of a wild date palm (lukindu) when felled; sometimes used for the palm tree itself.

o- (lu/n) kind of hardwood tree with large yellow flowers, Markhamia platycalyx. The wood is durable and is used for making hut poles and furniture.

o- (lu/n) long shaft with a knife at the end used for pruning plantains; pole used in pole-vaulting, okubuusa olusolobyo, to pole-vault, cf. solobya.

e- (n/n) pillar, post; pole. Omuwala obulungi bumukubya ku mpagi. The girl is very beautiful, lit. beauty makes her strike at the pillar, kusiba kintu ku mpagi, to endure/put up with something, cf. ^waga, eggwagi.

e- (n/n) post; pole, empango y'eki- kajjo, stalk of sugarcane; stick of sugarcane.

o- (mu/mi) arch, a punting pole used for propelling a canoe. See siirula.

e- (n/n) kind of tree, Ficus bra- chypoda, from which are obtained poles for hut building. The fruit is entonto(golo), q.v.

omwoko.

omugongo, olukulukumbi; r. pole, omulabba.

propel (a canoe) by punting (with a pole, mwoko, q.v.).

akakulwe.

mpanze) v.tr. fit in, install, insert (e.g., a handle, a pole in the ground, bullets in a gun), ekitala ekiwange, a sword in its scabbard, a sheathed sword. Amadirisa tegannawangibwamu. The windows had not yet been installed.

set upright (poles, etc.).

etc. Mpoleza amazzi ago. Cool that water for me.

o- (mu/mi) ridge pole of a house; rafter; beam. cf. akalabba.

o- (mu/mi) tree; wood, piece of wood; fig. child, young ‘sprout.' ekijiiko eky'omu- ti, a wooden spoon, omuti gw'essimu, telephone pole, emiti egya zaabu, gold bars, emiti gy'ettaala, light poles (in the streets), emiti okuwanikibwa ettawulo, towel racks. Emiti emito gye giggumiza ekibira. (prov.I The young people are the hope of the future, lit. young trees strengthen the forest, cf. akati, lekiti, oluti, olu- titti.

c (mu/mi) [S«/. j must (of a ship); flagpole.

o- (mu/mi) pole used for raising j the frame of a house, cf. situla.

o- (mu/mi) pole used for carrying animals killed by hunters.

o- (mu/mi) pole that goes from the roof of a house down to the floor.

o- ^mu/mi) tower; steeple; minaret; flagpole.

o- (mu/mi) goad; spike (e.g., at the end of a pole, used for killing mmale fish).

the middle poles/posts supporting the roof of a house.

okwesimba mu maaso g'omulamuzi, to appear/present oneself before the judge, okwesimba nnaka- kongo, to stand on one's head; to refuse completely; to be adamant/unyielding, okwesimba mu muntu , to stand up against a person. okwesimba mu bigambo, to interfere/ meddle in affairs, kwesimba nga muti gwa ssimu, to stand motionless/straight/erect (lit. like a telephone pole).