v.i., okwekulungula; v.tr. (top), okubonga; (cloth) okulanga.

enkizi.

omuti ogulanga.

omugongo; (thorn) eriggwa.

e- (li/ma) kind of plant with edible leaves resembling spinach or doodo (q.v.).

mmonze) v.tr. cause to whirl around, spin, okubonga enje, to spin nje (a game flayed with the seeds of mpafu fruit).

e- (li/ma) bristles on the back, hair along the spine (of an animal); mane. cf. ejjinirizi, omugina.

mukodo.

e- (li/ma) bristles on the back, hair along the spine (of an animal); mane. cf. eggina.

etc. Kwatirira omulwadde aleme kugwa. Keep holding on to the patient so that he does not fall.

e- (n/n) kind of edible plant, resembling spinach but with smaller leaves. It cooks very rapidly, hence the following idiomatic usage: Embooge teyabuguma nga tutuuse. We arrived in no time at all, lit. the mbooge had not even become warm.

e- (n/n) long stick with a hook on the end used for grasping things which are out of arm's reach. Kiri ewala, empenduzo ekireeta. (prov.) lit. That which is far, an empenduzo brings it in. To catch a fish one must have the right bait. cf. wendula.

e- (n/n) seed of the empafu fruit used as a spinning top. okubonga enje, to spin nje.

e- (n/n) spine, spinal cord, backbone.

e- (n/n) hockey ball; spinning top; in the plur. a children's game.

e- (n/n) anything used for grasping; fig. gift to influence another/to win another's favor, cf. kwakkula.

e- (n/n) way of grasping/handling/ managing/ruling attitude, cf. kwata.

boil (of cooking food); bubble up, gush up (of water); make a rasping noise, roar (of an engine); rumble (of oncoming rain); wheeze; mumble, drone on (of voices); rave (of a drunkard); purr Enjoka zintokota. My stomach is grumbling. I am hungry. Kiritokota si kisaanikire mu Kampala. There is going to be a great event/magnificent happening in Kampala, lit. the pot (ki- implies ekisakata) will boil up not (being) covered.

no plur. (la) spinach.

v.tr. turnover; cause to spin; mix up.

o- (mu/mi) stem/stalk of a plantain tree; type of necklace made from the flowering stem of the plantain; collar; one afflicted with congenital paralysis (of the spine); yoke (of oxen); pair, couple, omugogo gw'engatto, a pair of shoes, okulwanirira ettooke nga likyali ku mugogo, to fight over a bunch of plantains which is still on the stalk; i.e., to count ones chickens before they are hatched, cf. ggogolo, eki go go, olugogo.

v.i. go round and round. Omutwe gunneetooloola. My head is spin- ing. I feel giddy.

cf. -eyombekera.

eriggwa (li/ma) thorn; spike; spine.

o- (mu/mi) back muscle, erector spinae.

spin. cf. akabonge, olubongo.

-ekuyeeya (-ekuyeeye) v.i. refl. wriggle about (as of termites who have lost their wings); spin around; twist about; fig. be slow in doing something, dally about, shilly-shally.

walk in the manner of a very obese person. cf. kulunga.