ekitundu.
ekitundu, ennyingo, ekiba.
flay; butcher (an animal); cut up; dismember; dissect; operate on (a patient), okubaaga amatooke, to peel bananas so ineptly that part of the meat is left in the skins.
okusala wakati, okuyita wakati, okwasaamu.
e- plur. amalagala (li/ma) leaf (but not of a plantain); medicine; drug; chemical, in the plur. foliage, eddagala ly'engatto, shoe polish, eddagala eritta ebiwuka, insecticide, eddagala ly'amannyo, toothpaste, eddagala ly'enviiri, hair tonic, eddagala eryerusa, Jjlectuluiig cieain. tsdda- gaia erigonza olubuto or eddagala ly'oku- ddukana, laxative, eddagala^ ly'enjala, nail polish, cf. akalagala, kiragala, olulagaia.
erinnya; (sect) eki tundu.
etc.; spray (e.g., insects), kufuuyira mbuzi mulere, to waste one's time/breath, lit. blow a pipe for a goat, kufuuyira malenge, to drink a lot without having one's thirst assuaged, kufuuyira mmindi, to smoke an empty pipe while reciting incantations for the purpose of putting a hex on someone; to wish someone bad luck.
e- (li/ma) type of insect resembling a grasshopper which lives on the young shoots of the plantain. Also called nnabangogoma.
akawuka; vide akasisi, ekitaakule, ssekirembwe, ekisokondwe, jjegeju, kasennyanku, kawuuzi, ekikutuzi, empuluwujju, enfuuyirizi, nkuuwe, endyabalangira, entonnyeze, endya menvu, enzirugaze, enziiziiri, ssemukkuto.
okusalagana.
a- also kalaalankoma (ka/bu) kind of insect resembling a wasp.
a- (ka/bu) kind of insect resembling a wasp which has a very sharp sting, cf. kabaalankoma.
a- (ka/bu) kind of small insect found in corn cobs.
a- (ka/bu) kind of very small brownish insect which lives underground.
an insect which makes a cocoon like a tiny bundle of firewood and lives inside it.
a- also akasiisi (ka/bu) kind of very small jumping insect found on coffee trees, on the ground and in houses.
a- (ka/bu) small insect; bug, small bug; germ; microbe; colloq. gonorrhea. cf. ekiwuka.
a- (ka/bu) kind of insect-eating bat; bat (in general).
grain, etc. okulya kawuukuumi, colloq. to become pregnant. cf. wuukuuma.
a- (ka/bu) a kind of insect which is found on sweet potatoes, (la, sing, only) a disease afflicting sweet potatoes.
a- (ka/bu) intersecting; passing of individuals or groups moving in opposite directions, as an adv. in the opposite direction/opposite way. Kaabadde kayisanyo ka malusu na ddookooli. People (or vehicles, moving objects, etc.) were moving in opposite directions. There was a great commotion/total pandemonium, lit. there was an intersecting of saliva and the adam's apple, cf. 2yita.
a- (ka/bu) small elephant; corn weevil, kind of very small insect with a proboscis resembling that of an elephant, cf. enjovu.
a- (ka/bu) small bee; swarm of bees; small insect which resembles a bee. cf. enjuki.
serve as a representative for fan administrative unit in a country), ebitundu bye bakiikirira, the sections which they represent.
e- (ki/bi) sort; category; group; class; sect.
e- (ki/bi) pit; mine; insect hole, ekirombe ky'ensanafu, termite hole, ekirombe ky'enjuki, bees' nest, ekirombe ky'amatofaali, kiln, place where bricks are made, ekirombe ky'amafuta, oil well. cf. ennombe.
e- (ki/bi) kind of insect which has the coloring of soil (ettaka, q.v.)-, rare term for any earthenware pot.
e- (ki/bi) kind of small insect.
e- (ki/bi) lit. it-will-not-grow-up (from kula), kind of insect which bores into dry wood. Kitaakule kizimba mu lumuli. (prov.) The kitaakule builds in a reed (and will soon perish when the reeds are burnt).
e- plur. amateme an insect resembling a caterpillar which attacks young shoots, esp. those of the cotton plant.
e- (ki/bi) part; portion; section; half; district, region; role, part, amazima ag'ekitundu, partial truth, a half truth, ekitundu eky'okuna, one fourth. Okkirizi- bwa okusasula mu bitundutundu. You are allowed to pay in installments, cf. entundu.
e- (ki/bi) insect; bug. Alimu ekiwuka. He acts as if he is touched in the head. cf. akawuka.
e- the section of a town or city occupied by Europeans/Westerners, with the -a of rel. of the European manner or style, ennyimba ez'ekizungu, European songs; Western songs, amannyo ag'ekizungu, false teeth, cf. -zungu, Omuzungu.
e- (ki/bi) plump little child; fat, slovenly youngster; trailer (on a car or truck), ebyana by'ennyaanya, tomato seeds, ebyana by'ebiwuka, eggs of insects. Ebijaguzo bijja kubaako n'ekyana. There will be tremendous celebrations, cf. omwana.
e- plur. (n/n) disastrous fire, conflagration; forest fire; large fire deliberately started for a constructive purpose (such as clearing a section of land), cf. oluyiira.
e- (n/n) kind of rare (or perhaps completely mythological) insect; fig. rumor, gossip; complaint. Simuwulirangako na mpuluwujju. I have heard absolutely nothing/not even a rumor about him. Tamulinako mpuluwujju. He has no complaint about him.
e- (n/n) dry rot in wood; dust-like substance produced by worms or boring insects; powdery coating on some fruits and leaves; sawdust, cf. ^wumba, -wumbu.
maggot, insect (the subject of a familiar tale); an obstinate person, one who will not listen to good advice.
e- (n/n) kind of banana; kind of insect, lit. eats the princes, cf. lya, omulangira.
e- (n/n) kind of insect, ant lion; loss of hair caused by ringworm, cf. fuuwa.
e- (n/n) kind of insect which is very fond of sugar, cf. kennemba, eki- kennembi, olukennembi.
e- (n/n) insect which attacks corn/ maize.
plur. of ki/bi cl.) kind of insect which does great damage to sweet potatoes, sugarcane, etc.
considered a bad omen.
of a machine); segment; section (of a book, document).
e- (n/n) joint; seam; center, central point, pivotal point; junction, intersection, point of convergence; border, entabiro y'amakubo, crossroads, cf. ^taba.
e- (n/n) kind of insect which secretes a peculiar fluid. cf. tonnya, tonnye- za.
e- (n/n) jet-black water insect which flits to and fro over the water; fig. very dark person.
e- (n/n) kind of black insect which drips moisture off trees; mistletoe, Viscum album, cf. ddugala, ddugaza.
ekibiina, omukumbo; (sect) ekitundu.
e- (li/ma) kind of insect which is thought to enter the nose and cause very unpleasant effects.
etc. okutyabira muntu kalimu obuwuka, lit. to collect for a person (akaku, small piece of firewood, implied) in which there are small insects, i.e., to cause trouble for someone, okwetyabira akalimu obuwuka, to bring trouble down upon ones'elf. cf. omutyabi.
e- (li/ma) kind of insect resembling a bee which eats holes in wood. cf. vuuvuuma.
enjala kiwumbyanga- labi, a terrible famine, lit. a famine which causes the drums to become eaten away by insects. cf. -wumbu, empumbu.
mpunze) v.tr. net, catch (flying insects, particularly ssami, with a net).
etc. Ggalawo oluggi toiuyingiriza ebiwuka. Close the door so that you don't let insects in on us. cf. ohuyingirwn, ennyingizn.
(la) kind of insect resembling a cricket which emits a burning secretion.
give salvation to. Abalokole, members of a religious sect, lit. the saved onefe. cf. obulokofu, obulokozi, otnulokole, omulokozi.
no plur. the section of a town or city occupied by Batoro.
(la) insect which attacks fig trees. The forms kajegeju (plur. bujegeju/ also occur.
a- plur. (li/ma) crossroads, intersection.
o- (mu/ba) relig. one who is saved; with caps, member of an envangeli- cal sect who believes in public testimonials and the experience of being saved. cf. lokola.
(la) kind of insect which eats the heartwood of trees and of sugarcane.
to tell someone^ something which is secret, to let someone in oh something. Nkusunireko. Let me tell you a sectet.
o- (mu/mi) swarm (of insects); line (of people).
v.i. become worm-eaten; be bored by insects.
v.i. fly/flitter from place to place (as insects moving from bush to bush).
also mpapiiro with the -a of rel. scarce; hard to get. Mn kitundu kino amazzi ga mpambiiro. In this section water is scarce.
(la) kind of tiny insect found on stagnant water in banana gardens.
(la) kind of small insect found in millet.