e- no plur. (li/ma) ground; land; earth; soil, okukuba ettaka, to survey; to apply mud in house building, omukubi w'ettaka, surveyor, eby'omu ttaka, minerals, mineral wealth, eby'ettaka, land affairs, cf. o butaka, ekitakataka, omu taka.

o- (bu/-) freehold estates of the clans; ancestral home; place where one was born, home, kugwa butaka, to be fruitless, have no result. Enteesaganya zigudde butaka. The negotiations have fallen through. Ssente zaffe zigudde butaka. Our money has been wasted. cf. ettaka, omutaka.

etc. Emmotoka bw'etambulako katono emipiira ebiri ne gibwamira ettaka. When the car had advanced a short distance two of the tires got stuck in the ground or had punctures/became flat.

ettaka, ekko, empitambi, obukokoliko, ettosi, ebikookobereze; sit in the d., okwetubika.

(soil), ettaka; (land) ensi; go to earth, okusowottoka.

a ttaka.

okusima muttaka, okuligguula, okuwookoola.

ettaka, empitambi, ekko, ekko kobereze, obukokkoliko; (moral) obugwagwa, ekiko.

e- plur. amagye (li/ma) army, amagye ag'oku ttaka, ground forces, land forces, amagye ag'omu bbanga, air force, amagye ag'oku nnyanja, sea forces, navy. Eggye lya Maria, relig. the Legion of Mary.

fettaka; on the g., wansi;

e- (ki/bi) tunnel, underground road.

e- (ki/bi) kind of insect which has the coloring of soil (ettaka, q.v.)-, rare term for any earthenware pot.

e- also ekitakataka from ettaka, earth, with the -a of rel. brown, earth- colored.

flow down, run down (usually, but not always of liquids); fig. pass (of time), okukulukuta kw'ettaka, erosion of the soil.

e- (ki/bi) [5a'., Pers.~\ print, type; printing press; printing establishment; road sign; poster; patch, ekyapa ky'ettaka, land title, ebyapa by'emmotoka, number plates of a car. kuwandiika mu kyapa, to print / as opposed to writing with normal handwriting). kukuba byapa, to patch up clothing; to repair a tire; to survey land. Lipoota eyo teyakubibwa mu kyapa. This report was not printed/published, cf. akaapa.

and dialectal lumonge) (la) sweet potatoes, omunwe gwa lumonde, one/a single sweet potato. Zinsanze ezaasanga lumonde mu ttaka. I am extremely depressed/dejected/frustrated, cf. akamonde, nnammonde.

n., e ttaka; brick m., beeti.

eby'ebbumba, ekisittaka.

n., e ttaka.

v.tr., okwonoona, okusiiga ettaka; get soiled, okwonooneka, okukongeera, okutoobaana.

etc.; dig up (earth, rootsK Ekiteeso kya- temerwako ettaka. The proposal was buried/ defeated, okutemera mu myaka..., to be ... years of age. Atemera mu myaka ana egy'obukulu. He is forty years of age.

wansi, wansi muttaka.

mpaze) v.tr. pull, drag along, okuwala enswaswa ku lwazi, to be very difficult; to attempt something very difficult, lit. to drag a water lizard over a rock. Omulwadde twasanze biwala ttaka. We found the patient in very serious condition, lit. with the feet (bi- implies bigere) dragging the ground. Mutabani we amaanyi gamuwala. His son is very strong, cf. walula.

njasamye) v.i. open the mouth; be open, open (of the mouth); fig. open, open up (something which can be compared to the mouth). Yeegombanga ettaka lyasame limumire. He used to wish that the earth would open and swallow him up. Ky otonnalya tosooka kwasama. (prov.) lit. What you have not yet eaten, do not first open your mouth (in anticipation). Don't count your chickens before they are hatched. okwasama inf.

kukuuta kalevu ku ttaka, to be obsequious, implore abjectly, lit. rub one's chin on the ground, kukuuta bigere, to go very fast.

eddaame, ekiraamo, omulaami, omulaamire.

o- (mu/mi) jug; pipe; barrel (of a gun), omudumu ogw'omn ttaka, underground pipe.

wash away, okukuluggusibwa kw'ettaka, erosion of the soil. cf. kulukuta.

o- (mu/ba) head of a clan (ekika) or of any of the sub-divisions of a clan (essiga, omutuba, olunyiriri). The bataka formerly possessed large areas of land, kuba mutaka (mu kifo), to be an old-timer/ a long-time resident (in a place). Paapa mutaka mu Butuluki. The Pope has already arrived in Turkey, cf. ttaka, takawala.

empitambi, e ttaka.

kwe- temerako ttaka, to do a great harm/disservice to oneself, lit. dig one's own earth (= grave).

go to sleep on/in, etc. okwebakira eringi, to sleep under a lot (of earth, ttaka is implied), i.e., to be dead.