olugero.

a lugero.

tell (a story, parable, proverb, etc.).

fables, proverbs). cf. gereesa, lolugero.

e- (li/ma) (augm. of kigere, q-v.) large foot, okulinnya eggere mu_, stop, block, suppress; intervene in. For a proverb with eggere see sambya.

e- (li/ma) egg. amagi amasii ke, fried eggs, kukuba za ku magi, to be a coward, act in a cowardly way, lit. strike the hens (enkoko is implied by za) (who are sitting) on the eggs. Kiriba kya nsonyi bwe mulirya eggi. lit. It will be a shame if you eat the egg. This derives from the proverb okulya eggi okwesub.ya omuwula, to eat the egg and miss the meat. The implication is that if one allows an egg to develop into a chicken the gain will be greater. Bulijjo afuna magi mu kubala. He always gets zeros in arithmetic, cf. ekigi.

a-: Used in the proverb: Ow'akatuubo tabuulirwa bugenyi. A glutton should never be told of the dainty food awaiting him. cf. 1 tuuba.

e- (ki/bi) wing. See ekiwaawaatiro which is more common. See also the proverb under oluwawa.

o- (lu/n) story; fable; parable; proverb; saying, cf. 3gera.

e- (n/n) lit. thorn-eater. Used in the proverb: Endyamaggwa y'emanya bw'egakyusa. lit. The thorn-eater knows how to digest them. One man's meat is another man's poison.

keen-sighted. It is almost exclusively restricted to the following proverb: Embwa ya nnamaaso bw'etebba n'eyigga. When the keen-sighted dog is not stealing, it is hunting. Said of someone who can be either very good or very bad, depending on circumstances.

mpanudde) or wanuuza (-wanuuzizza) v.tr. narrate, recount, tell (proverbial lore, tradition, history).

nnasiwa mu kange (from, a proverb), used as a phrase- noun: individualist; independent, self- sufficient person; person who is only concerned about himself.

break in pieces, demolish; break through (grass). See the proverb under omugenyi.

seize (in wrestling); get the better of; surpass, prevail over; treat, behave towards, v.i. behave, act. kuyisa mu muntu lukwe, to incite to join in a plot/conspiracy, kuyisa mumwa mu muntu, to speak slanderously/critically/in a backbiting manner about someone, butabaako w'oyisa kigere, to be crowded/hemmed in, lit. have nowhere to pass your foot, okuyisa etteeka, to pass a law. okuyisa amaaso, to give a quick glanceAook. okuyisa omukka mu nnyindo (mu kamwa), to breathe through the nose (mouth), kuyisa amazzi mu kamwa, to rinse the mouth with water, kuyisa olugero, to cite an example/give an instance (by quoting a proverb, etc.). kuyisa kiwulu, to hold a parade, kuyisa ensana, to plait mats. Yampisaako ow'e Mbuya. He beat me. (ow- implies Kaggo, the ssaza chief of Kyaddondo; kaggo also means small stick). Ekikolwa ekyo ne tukiyisaako buyisa maaso. We simply overlooked/took no notice of this act.

O- (mu/ba) native of Buganda. Omuganda agamba nti... The Muganda says... (a stylized introduction to the telling of a proverb), cf. Obuganda, ^ekiganda, Oluganda.