amadaala.

e- (li/ma) step; rank; grade, degree. plur. amadaala ladder; stairs, stairway, steps, ow'eddaala, someone who has acquired a high status/position, cf. aka- daala, ekidaala.

e- (n/n) [S«>.] upper story; upstairs. mu ggoloofa, upstairs, ennyumba eya ggoloofa, a house of more than one story.

with the -a of rel. having two stories, enju eya kalina empya, a new two-story house. Agenze mu kalina abiri, He has gone upstairs.

up; in the air, in the sky; upstairs; loudly, in a loud voice, obuyigirize obwa waggulu, higher education. amatundiro aga waggulu, stores of a better class, ab'awaggulu, people who are high in the social scale, okumanya okwa waggulu, superior knowledge. Ekiyita waggulu, otegera wansi empungu terya bire. (prov.) lit. What travels on high, you trap (when it is) down, the eagle does not eat clouds (but must come down to eat). What goes up must come down. cf. eggulu, kungulu, engulu.

wansinsi, a little lower, wansi wa as a prep, phrase below, beneath, under, wansi w'olutindo, under the bridge, kukwata wansi ne waggulu, to become furious, ‘hit the ceiling.' cf. ensi.

yalemerer- wa n'agwa nga yeevuunise. Just as he was at the top of the stairs he was unable to go on and collapsed/fell over.