(also ssaa- and sse-) non-class noun prefix. Many nouns with this prefix signify males of high station. The plural is usally bassa-.

non-class noun prefix. See ssa-.

malayika omukulu, ssaabamalayika.

Ssaabalabirizi.

Ssaabadiikoni.

hit. kubabika luyi, to slap, kubabika miggo, to beat with sticks, kubabika ssasi, to shoot.

enkwanzi, akatiiti, olusinda, embira; (R.C.) ssappuli; (Moh.) masubbaawa.

sanyufu, a ssanyu.

o- (bu/-) kind of mushrooms which grow on withered plantain leaves (ssanja).

ssaffaali.

sanyufu, k ssanyu.

n., e ssanyu.

e ssanyu.

okusamwa ssamwa, okulaa laasa, okumyamyansa; be divulged, oku ggya. v

ereere, sa; vide ekisa ssalala.

olugendo, ssaffaali.

adj., gevvu; (animals) sava, a ssava; vide omugo, nyeefu, agaa gavu, bikokye, bigoto; be very f., okufeeta, okugonnomoka, okw agaagala; grow f., okugejja, okunyeeta, okutinduuka; (animals) okusaatawala, okusavuwala.

kitange, kitaawo, kitaawe, kita ffe, kitammwe, kitaabwe. f. of twins, ssaalongo. my father, int., Taata! my f.inlaw, mukoddomi, sse zaala, ssewamuko. grandfather, jjajja.

okumala, okusonjola, okumaliriza, okutuukiriza, okukuba ssaanya, okumalamu, okulamya, okukunja, okusulikira, okuwemm enta.

e ssabbiiti bbiri.

a ssanyu, sanyufu.

e- (n/n or li/ma) sub-county, administrative division immediately below the ssaza (county), ow'eggombolola, subcounty chief, cf. gombolola.

His, Ssaabasajja.

buli ssaawa.

o- (iu/'nj swamp, marshy area covered with ssaalu (mace-reeds). cf. akasaalu, ekisaalu, essaalu.

sanyufu, a ssanyu.

a ssanyu, sanyufu.

e- (ki/bi) act, action, deed, kikolwa kya ssapule, decade of the rosary. Ebikolwa by'Abatume, the Acts of the Apostles, cf. kola.

'e- (ki/bi) bait; weapon, ekintu ekissi, lethal thing; lethal weapon, cf. tta, ssa.

e- (ki/bi) lump; mass; piece; portion, ekitole ky'emmere, a morsel of food, ekitole ky'omusaayi, a blood clot, ekitole kya ssabbuuni, a bar of soap, okulondera mu kitole, indirect election.

e- (ki/bi) blockage; congestion; suffocation; constipation, ekiziyiro mu buta- ssa, asphyxia, interruption of breathing, kufa kiziyiro, to be overcome by the lack of fresh air; to die from lack of air. cf. ziyira.

obulabirizi, kalabalaba, akalabo, ^ekirabo, ekyokulabirako, -labalaba, omulabe, omulabi, oraulabirizi, endaba, endabika, endabirira, endabirwamu, ndabiso, nnalulaba, nnantalabikalabika, ssaabalabirizi.

o- (lu/n) row; line; list; category, class. Akoowoola bantu bonna okuyisaako olubu lw'ebigere e Nsambya mulabe aba- kyala bye bakoze. She asks that you all go to/pay a visit to (lit. pass a series of steps to) Nsambya and see what the women have done, olubu lwa ssapule, relig., the (prayers of the) rosary.

o- (lu/n) wild date palm, Phoenix reclinata. Ssande ey'Enkindu, Palm Sunday. For the use of the leaves see oiusansa. cf. ekikindu.

o- (lu/n) net made of kiteete (a kind of grass) for catching ssami (edible gnats, lakeflies); a patch of kiteete grass, cf. ekiteete, etteete.

o- (lu/n) basket net for catching lakeflie? (ssami).

o- adv. afterwards; later; (before a following inf.) after, oluvannyuma lw'oku- funa amawulire gano, after receiving this news, with the -a of rel. last, final, mu ssaawa ez'oluvannyuma, in the final hours. Mukasa y'abeera wa luvannyuma mu mugigi. Mukasa is at the tail end of the class. cf. -vannyuma, va, nnyuma.

ekitiibwa; His M., Ssaabasajja.

a ssanyu, sanyufu, a nseko; be m., okusanyuka, akajaganya, okujanjaala.

nnyimuse) v.i. be lively/ active; respond/react positively; ooze, flow (particularly of banana juice). Okutuuka mu nju yasanga ssabbuuni amaze okummu- kira mu lubugo. When he arrived in the house he found that the soap was producing suds in the barkcloth, i.e., that things were really happening.

e- (n/n) gourd; cup. kubuuza Ssaa- longo ndeku, to ask the obvious, cf. akaleku.

interloper, lit. I fell into them (-bi- implies ebigambo). nnabigwamu ng'ow'e Ssambwe, an intruder like the one of Ssambwe (who was very well known for this characteristic).

ekirabo, ekitone, ekiwee bwayo, ekyewongo, ekigali, ekirembeko, ssaddaaka, amawemuukirano.

ssaabalabirizi.

ssapuli, yirizi; vide beads,

colloq. be drunk. cf. ebisaabwa, ssaabwe

Ssabbiiti.

n., ssaddaaka, ekiweebwayo, ekyokuwonga, ekiwendo, ekyonziira; place of s., ekitambiro, ettambiro.

v., okuwaayo ssaddaaka, okuwonga, okutambira.

Ssaatade, Olw'omukaaga.

ssabbuuni.

a ssabbuuni.

e- (li/ma) position; place, compartment; stage, level; shelf; drawer, essa ery'obuntu, the human situation, the state of humanity, c/. -^ssa.

nzisizza) v.i. & tr. caus. of kka, q.v. make to go down;'put, place; set up, establish; put forth, bear (fruit, of the plantainj; breathe, okussa ekimu, to agree, come to an agreement; to receive Holy Communion. Bassa kimu nga nkuyege. They get along very well, lit. like termites, okussa ekikkowe, to sigh, okussa omukka, to sigh, draw a breath, okusaako omwoyo, to pay attention, okussa omukono ku nda- gaano, to sign an agreement, okussaamu ekitiibwa, to honor, okussaako, to count in, include, okwo ssaako, and add to that, and besides that, okussaako essira, to stress, emphasize, okussaawo abiri, to look at, just look at (abiri implies maaso, eyes), butassa mukono, without resting, without stopping, kussaawo kikyo (eki- gambo), contribute to a discussion, put in one's own ‘two cents.' kussaawo kakalu, to post bail/a bond. Toliimu kassa. You are really stupid. Yagambye nti amaze oku- ssaawo gavumenti ey'ekiseera. He said that he had set up a provisional government. Nnaalongo teyassaamu kantu nga batambula. The wife did not hesitate and they went off. akalenzi kaba kabissa kati ne..., just as the little boy finished telling these things...

q.v.

labiriza, omulabirizi.

lit. chief shepherd, cf. sumba, omusumba.

hero. cf. -zira.

e- (li/ma) collarbone.

e- (li/ma) mallet used for the first beating of barkcloth. cf. saaka.

e- (n/n) prayer, essaala ya Mukama waffe, the Lord's prayer, cf. ^saala.

e- (li/ma) marsh grass, reed with irritating spicules, mace-reed. cf. ekisaalu, olusaalu.

e- (li/ma) banana leaves used for covering plantains while cooking; trash. cf. naanitd/ka.

e- (n/n or li/ma) \_Eng.~] shirt.

e- (n/n) [Sw.,Ar.3 hour; time of day; watch; clock. Ssaawa mmeka? What time is it? okukyuka ng'essaawa, to be fickle, be as changeable as a chameleon, essaawa ey'oku mukono, wristwatch.

e- (li/ma) herding place outside of a cattle kraal.

e- (n/n) target, mark, okukuba ssabbaawa, to shoot at a target, fire at a target, engage in target practice.

e- (n/n) Sabbath; week.

e- (li/ma) shrine of a lubaale. cf. saba.

e- (n/n) [Sw.,Ar.3 sacrifice, sacrificial offering, sacrificial animal; religious offering, cf. saddaaka-