muwendo, vide ekkula, amakuti.

e- plur. amayinja (li/ma) rock; stone; colloq. phonograph record, ejjinja ery'omu- wendo, precious stone, jewel, okuyimbisa amayinja, to play phonograph records, kussaako jjinja, to start a conversation. cf. akayinja.

e- (li/ma) shortage; lack; scarcity. with the -a of rel. rare, scarce. Amayinja g'omuwendo ga kkekwa. Precious stones are scarce.

e- (1 i/ma) something very precious/ valuable/rare. For meanings of the plural see ^amakula.

a- plur. (li/ma) precious stone; precious thing.

n., ekirabo; (precious thing) ekkula.

o- (mu/mi) number; price; value; sum. amayinja ag'omuwendo, precious stones.

shocking; precious, rare. Emmotoka yajjira ku misinde gya kaasammeeme. The car came at a shocking rate of speed.