n. (cowrie), ensimbi; (snail) essonko; (egg) ekisosonkole; (tortoise) ekiwaawo.

v., okususa.

omugugu, ekisaaganda, eki tuutuuli; (shells) omutwalo; (fish) olutala; (firewood), ekinywa, omuganda, olusekese; (salt) olubaya; (cloth) omutumba.

eggi ; (of locust) obusowe. e.shell, ekisosonkole. e.yolk, enjuba y'eggi. boiled eggs, amagi ag'empogola.

peel off (of skin, paint, etc.); lose scales (e.g., of a fish, snake); become unstuck; fig. come out of one's shell.

e- (ki/bi) skin; peel; rind; husk, ebinyeebwa eby'ebikuta, peanuts/groundnuts in the shell, cf. olukuta.

e- (ki/bi) shell, ebisosonkole by'amagi, eggshells, cf. -esosonkola, -esusunkula.

e- (ki/bi) hollow stem; empty shell/container. Tewali linnya Gganda eriri awo nga kiwawangulo oba ekisusunku ekyereere. There is no Kiganda name which is without significance or history, lit. an empty container or shell.

e- (ki/bi) a string containing one hundred cowrie shells used for money; one hundred; century, ekyasa eky'ab if it the twentieth century.

o- (lu/n) list; roll; line; string; skewer, olukalala lw'ebirowoozo, a series of thoughts, olukalala lw'ensimbi, a strand of cowrie shells (used as money), olukalala lw'amannya, a list of names.

o- (lu/n) slip, cutting, ensimbo z'emituba, slips of the mutuba tree. cf. simba. the introduction of cowrie shells nsinda were used as currency.

e- (n/n) cowrie shell with the top off.

e- (n/n) money, ensimbi ejinanda, oowtie shell, eby'ensimbi, finance, financial matters. Minista w'eby'ensimbi, minister of finance, okulya ensimbi, to embezzle funds, take money illegally, cf. omusimbi.

e- (li/ma) shell, hard covering of a tortoise/snail, etc. amasonko ag'enfudu, tortoise shells, cf. enkoonamasonko.

enfudu; t. shell, ekiwaawo.

to state briefly, make a long story short, put it in a nutshell. cf. -yangu.

o- (mu/ba) peeler, one who peels; one who husks; one who shells, cf. susa.

colloq. bawl out, excoriate.

mu bimpi, in short, in a nutshell, ab'emyaka emimpi, young people, cf. bimpimpi, kumpi, omumpi, wampi, -yimpi, yimpawal a.

of a snake); grow, grow up; come out from cover. Omwezi gwali gwakatandika okwesusunkula mu bire ebyali bigukwese. The moon had just begun to come out from among the clouds which were concealing it. cf. sosonkola, ekisosonkole.