ssukaali.

ekikajjo, ekirumbirumbi; one stick of sugarcane, empango.

oluga, eggulugungu; sugar cane, ekikajjo.

e- (1 i/m a) spicule, hairy projection on elephant grass (reeds) or sugarcane; hair on a caterpillar, okuseka n'eggimbi ku mwoyo, to laugh bitterly; to laugh maliciously.

a- (ka/bu) crust; end part (of bread, sugarcane, etc., which is usually not eaten); residue.

a- (ka/bu) fine particle(s)/ flake(s); crumb; dust, ssukaali wa kasennyente, very fine sugar.

e- (ki/bi) sugarcane.

e- (ki/bi) kind of very large ant which is fond of sugar.

e- (ki/bi) young sugarcane/ elephant grass.

o- plur. emmengo (lu/n) lower millstone; grindstone; kind of large scale for weighing sacks of coffee, sugar, etc. okuteeka ... ku lubengo ne, to place ... on the scale with, i.e., to compare ... with. cf. benga, Mmengo.

o- (lu/n) dust; powder; dirt, with the -a of rel. powdery, in powdered form, ssukaali ow'olufufugge, powdered/very fine sugar, olu- fufugge lw'amagumba, bones which have decayed and turned to dust. cf. effufugge.

a- plur. a mixture of wheat flour, yeast and sugar fried into small balls. A single specimen is erindaazi or ekindaazi.

e- (n/n) post; pole, empango y'eki- kajjo, stalk of sugarcane; stick of sugarcane.

e- (n/n) kind of insect which is very fond of sugar, cf. kennemba, eki- kennembi, olukennembi.

plur. of ki/bi cl.) kind of insect which does great damage to sweet potatoes, sugarcane, etc.

draw out (water, beer, sugar, etc.); bail out (e.g., a canoe), kuseaa kigwo, to hurl down, throw down, give a serious fall.

tea without sugar or milk, lit. dry tea.

such as sugar, clothing, etc.). v.tr. become/damp/wet with. 01 ugoye lunnyuukiriddeko omusaayi. The garment has become soaked with blood. cf. -nyuukirivu.

At. 3 sugar.

(la) kind of insect which eats the heartwood of trees and of sugarcane.

has broken off a very young/immature stalk of sugarcane.

v.i. pass. Ewa jjajja teviibwa nga totutte bikajjo. It is impossible to leave grandmother's without taking sugarcane.

hard; arid (of ground); clear, distinct (of a voice). ensimbi enkalu, (hard) cash, kaawa omukalu, coffee without cream or sugar, omwana omukalu, an outgoing, confiding child, ebintu ebikalu, concrete things, real property, ebikalu ebi- wanvu, long trousers (ekikalu can also be used to signify a woman's dress). Olunge- reza lwabwe si lukalu. Their English is not very good. Baasi oluusi zibadde zigenda nkalu. Sometimes the buses ran empty. Nnamusimba eriiso kkalu. I looked at him sternly, cf. kala, -kalukalu.