n., omwaka, amasumi, ebiro, enfunda; wet s., ttoggo, ddumbi; dry s., ekyeya.

v., okulunga, okunoza; be seasoned well, okunoga.

e- (li/ma) hole where lungfish hide during the dry season.

(ka/bu) July dry season when the land is fallow, less hot season before the rainy season, cf. sambula.

e- (ki/bi) flavor, flavoring; seasoning; delicacy, cf. lunga.

e- (li/ma) high grasses which block the road in the rainy season.

e- (ki/bi) dry season; drought.

e- (ki/ba) season of plenty, time of abundance (of food); overabundance; blessing. cf. yengera.

e- (ki/bi) drought; dry season; summer.

o- (lu/n) time for buying; buying season, cf. gula.

nnunze) v.tr. season, flavor, add flavor to; salt, okulunga taba mu mmindi, to fill a pipe with tobacco, okulunga kintu mu mmindi, to lose out on, fail to get., Bw'otoolime nnyo pikipiki gy'osuubira oku- gula ojja kugirunga mu mmindi. If you are not diligent with your cultivating you can forget about the motorcycle you were hoping to buy.

a- plur. (li/ma) buying season. cf. gula.

a- (li/ma) planting season, cf. siga.

a- plur. (li/ma) season/time for digging up potatoes (or other foods which grow near the surface of the ground), cf. soggola.

o- plur. (mu/mi) year; season (for sowing, harvesting, etc.). omwaka ogw'ama- kungula, the harvesting season, omwaka giili, last year, lit. that yeai. ulukunnaana olwa buli mwaka, annual meeting.

o- (mu/mi) moon; month, omwezi omuto, the new moon, okulwala omwezi, to be in a menstruation period, omwezi omukazi (- ttoggo, q.v.), the rainy season between February and June, lit. the feminine month, omwezi omusajja (= ddumbi, q.v.), the rainy season between August and November. The Luganda names of the months are: Gatonnya, January; Mukutulansanja, February;. Mukulukusabitungolungo, March; Mugulansigo, April; Muzigo, May; Ssebaaseka, June; Kasambula, July; Mwaka musajja, Muwakanya, August; Mutunda, September; Kafuumuulampawu, October; Museenene, November; Ntenvu, December.

e-: enkuba engulansigo, the first rain after the dry season, so called because it is the time for buying (gula) seeds (nsigo) for planting.

o- (n/n) fruits out of season, lit. it goes beyond (kira) the year/season (mwaka).

(the month of) March, cf. kulusa, entungo.

c- (u/n) day of clear weather during the rainy season.

e- (n/n) holes in which nsonzi (mudfish) gather during the dry season and from which they may be extracted by hand.

add (an ingredient to food or drink to flavor it, such as salt to meat, sorg/ium to beer, etc.). okusiwa nsaano ku mazzi, lit. add flour to water, i.e., to waste one's breath; to be little/insignificant. okusiwa ekiyobyo, to waste one's effort/breath, okusiwa amazzi, to

be seasoned, etc.

etc.

ensiwo.

a nkiramwaka.

ttoggo.

(la) hot/dry season; hot/dry weather.

cf. bengeya.

(n/n) [Su>.] the great rainy season ( approx. April-May).

v.i. be seasoned/flavored; give flavor. Omunnyu gunoze. There is enough salt. Omwenge gumunoze. The beer has affected him.

v.tr. caus. season; season with/using; fig. satisfy; convince. Yamunnyonnyola n'amunoza. He gave him an explanation that convinced him.

v.i. & tr. recip. be perfectly seasoned; more frequently in a fig. sense be convinced; be satisfied; understand (what is told); be permeated with. Yali omusajja eyanogaana eddiini. He was a man who was filled with religion. Eddoboozi lyawulikika nga lya muntu otulo gwe twali tunogaanye. His voice sounded' like that of a person who was overcome with sleep.

convince, etc. cf. -novu, ekinogezi, ennoga.

o- (mu/mi) rainless interval during the rainy season. Obudde bwali bwa mu- kal we. It was not raining. There was a period when there was no rain.

(\a) spontaneous fire starting in a river bed in the dry season.

pass (time). kukulunga kirevu wansi, to rub one's beard on the ground, i.e., to be obsequious/ highly deferential, okukulunga amalusu ng'enkuyege ey'ekyanda, to roll saliva like termites in the dry season, i.e., to waste one's time/breath.

v.i. bleat (of a male goat or sheep during the rutting season).

v.i. appl. 2 keep coming down/descending; slope downwards. Omwaka gukkiridde. The rainy season has begun.

empologoma enkazi, lioness, omukono omukazi, the left hand, omwezi omukazi (= ttoggo, q.v.), the rainy season between February and June. cf. kaziwala, omukazi.

ente ensajja, bull, omukono omusajja, the right hand, ekigere ekisajja or eggere essajja, the big toe. engalo ensajja, the thumb, enjoka ensajja, gonorrhea. omwezi omusajja (= ddumbi, q.v.), the rainy season between August and November. cf. sajjakula, sajjawala, obusajja, olu- sajja, olusajjalala, olusajjasajja, amasajja, omusajja, nnasajja.