adv. (also), era; (excessive) vide okuyinga, okuyitirira.

become soiled; act foolishly; talk nonsense, talk in an annoying way.

move up and down.

foolishness.

erinnyo, eggego, essongezo.

omuswaki.

a kibungu.

ensenyu.

cf. tolooma, tolotooma.

become relaxed; grow slack; become refreshed; recuperate; go down (of a swelling); relieve oneself, go to the bathroom.

etc. cf. koowolokoka, teewulukuka.

etc.; take with/by means of. cf. omwetoozitoozi, entoozo.

okutoowaaza, okujeeza, okukopiwaza.

okukkiriza, okutoola.

okutwala, okutoola, okuwamba, okunayira.

go, okwetooloola.

flay; butcher (an animal); cut up; dismember; dissect; operate on (a patient), okubaaga amatooke, to peel bananas so ineptly that part of the meat is left in the skins.

e- with the -a of rel. rare, scarce. as an adv. occasionally, not too often, rarely, cf. ^bala, balirira.

okukuba, okubaalinga, okuluuta, okusakata, okuwuttula. b. barkcloth, okukomaga, okusaaka; okutenga, okuttula. b. in hunting, okwandaaza. = to surpass, okusinga, okukira. =be too muchfor, okulema.

be cooked thoroughly (the traditional way of preparing matookej.

omulumyo.

n. (tool), omusukaano.

hair); be bent/inclined; be on a slant; stoop, slouch; be poured. Olw'obuwanvu atambula abunduka. Because of his height he walks with a slouch. Ebintu ebiggya mu kiseera ekyo byabundu- kiranga kumu mu Buganda. At that time (all sorts of) new things were coming into Buganda at once.

be, okuzitoowererwa;

o- (bu/-) overcharging, asking too high a price, cf. ^seera.

o- adv. like a plantain, kuggya butooke, to calm down, become as meek as a lamb (of persons), lit. become cooked like a plantain, cf. ettooke.

o- (bu/-) stupidity, foolishness, idiocy, cf. -toole, ekitooletoole, omutooletoole.

o- adv. straight and erect (e.g., of a person standing). cf. ekitoogo, olutoogo.

o- (bu/-) roundness; circumference. cf. -etooloola, -etooloovu.

o- (bu/-) humility, humbleness; meekness, cf. -to, toowala.

okukekema, okwasiikana, okutoolokoka.

eggalwa ly'ebitooke.

v., okwetooloola.

ekulunglrivu, etooloovu.

okwemulugunya, okw ekaanya, okuyomba, okwolooma, okutootatoota, okutoma.

e- plur. amalagala (li/ma) leaf (but not of a plantain); medicine; drug; chemical, in the plur. foliage, eddagala ly'engatto, shoe polish, eddagala eritta ebiwuka, insecticide, eddagala ly'amannyo, toothpaste, eddagala ly'enviiri, hair tonic, eddagala eryerusa, Jjlectuluiig cieain. tsdda- gaia erigonza olubuto or eddagala ly'oku- ddukana, laxative, eddagala^ ly'enjala, nail polish, cf. akalagala, kiragala, olulagaia.

e- plur. amaliba (li /ma) skin; hide; cover (of a book or magazine). Lugaba yabuggyako eddiba. [t dawned. Dawn came, lit. God took the skin/covering off of (day, daytime, implied by -bu- = obudde). okufuna ekigulira Magala eddiba, to make money, get some money, get something profitable. Bwe batusiba mu ddiba erimu tuliyuza. We just do not get along. We are mutually incompatible, lit. if they tie us in one skin we will tear it open (an almost hopeless feat), cf. ^akaliba, ekiriba.

e- (li/ma) cooked plantains, matooke which have been cooked to a turn, omufumbi w'eddigobe, wife.

okutoowaza, okukwasa enso nyi, okukopiwaza, okujeeza.

okutoolako, okutwalako, okusalako.

okukendeeza, okwawulako, okutoolako; be diminished, okuweebuuka, okukendeera, okuveera, okufeeba, okuggwerera, okusee benga, okutoniwa, okusereba.

ggulu; become d., , okw onooneka, okukongeera, okubembeera, okukuusiira, okukusiwala, okusootoola.

v., okuwakana, okutoota toota, okukaakyana, okuguguutana, okuluubiragana, okuwanaanya.

ka mmunguluze, kantoo looze.

n. (tool), ekiwummula, ekekeyu.

okwetoolooza, okuzingiza, okwebulungulula.

be, okwetooloozebwa, okuzingizibwa.

okwetooloola.

v., okwetooloola.

adv. and; also, too; besides, era ne, and too. nate era, moreover. Era nno! Quite right!

carelessness, inevitability (in the sense of being obliged to do what one does not want to do) and even sheer exasperation. Tumaze ga- gendayo. We sent there just for the sake of going. Mumale gaddamu, temulowooza. Just give an answer, don't think about it first. Mala gakola. Just go ahead and do it. Don't spend too much time on it. Among the younger generation there is a tendency to drop the verbal stem which normally follows ga-. The meaning is implied from context, e.g., Twamala ga-. We simply went there (or simply did something else, dep ending on previous context).

entegetege ne zimu- famba, and he became timid/he stood shaking in his boots, lit. his tendons became weak.

olubaya, engudi.

boofu; go f., okufootooka, okubootaboota, okuleenya, okunyootoka.

nnambye) v.tr. say; say to, tell, kwe kugamba nti..., that is to say, i.e... abantu abalala gamba nga nze, other people such as myself. Mbadde jrinamba nti... I thought/supposed that. Ani agamba? Is there any question at all about that? That is too obvious.

e- (li/ma) molar tooth.

nzigye) v.tr. take; take away/ off/out, etc. (The enclitics -ko, -mu, -wo are frequently suffixed to ggya, performing a role analogous to that of the adverbs following take, i.e., away, off, etc.). Ggyawo ekitanda. fake the bed away.. Ggyako ekikopo. Take the cup off (e.g., of the table), okuggyako, except, excepting, okuggya ku mabeere, to wean, okuggya omwoyo ku kintu, to neglect/forget something. okuggya akagere, to start walking, try one's first steps, okuggya obutiko, to pick mushrooms, okuggyawo omusango, to dismiss a case (at law). Kyanzigya enviiri ku mutwe okulaba nga... It made the hair stand up on my head to see that... Ebigambo bye yayogera byamuggya n'amaziga mu ki- wanga. The things which he said made her cry, lit. took tears from her skull. Temuggya okwo, mugende mu maaso. Don't stop there, go on. Keep up the good work.

kantoolooze, kammunguluze, kaboyi.

okugenda. g. back, okuddayo. g. down, okukka, okukkirira, okusere ngeta. g. in, okuyingira. g. into (space), okugyamu. g. round, okwetooloola. g. up, dkiilinnya, bkwambuka. g. with, okuyita na . . ., okutaba gana. g. off (gun), okwekuba, okuvuga. g. down (inflammation), okukka kkana, okutoowolokoka. g. to and fro, okuddiŋŋana. g. on one leg, okusejjera, okukongojja. g. out, okufuluma (fire) okuzikira.

okusa; (teeth) okunena, okuluma ensubi; (tools) okuwagala.

be, okuzitowa, okuzitoowe rera; be h. with eating, okugalaata, okugayagana.

wombeefu, kkakkamu; be h., okwewombeeka, okwetoowaza, okutoowaza; appear h., okweryanya.

okuswaza, okutoowaza, okujeeza, okuwombeesa.

okuswala, okutoowaza.

a- (ka/bu) small village. Tosekera ku kaalo katono. lit. You don't laugh in a small village, i.e., Your laughter is very loud. You laugh too much. cf. ekyalo.

lit. the one who cooks them, i.e., plantains (-ga- implies matooke).

a- (ka/bu) small tooth, cf. linnyo (erinnyo).

dizziness, vertigo. Kantoolooze ankutte. 1 feel dizzy, cf. tooloola.

a-: okusiba akanyaaga, to talk too much, engage in annoying/incessant chatter, oku siba akanyaaga ku muntu, to pester/nag/ behave in a domineering manner towards someone.

a- (ka/bu) akatooke akanyaala, a small, immature banana, akaana akanyaala, small, frail child, cf. omunyaala.