e- (li/ma) small package/packet. Kiri mu ttu, kimanyibwa nnyini kyo. (prov.) What is in the packet is known (only) by the owner of it. cf. akattu.
e- (li/ma) edible fruit of the mu- Lngu.ma tree, q.v.
make occur again; repeat. Attukizza oluyombo. He has reopened the quarrel.
nzitudde) v.tr. do again; repeat; revive, contract again (e.g., an illness).
nzitudde) v.tr. beat patterns into barkcloth with a finely grooved mallet. This is the last of a series of processes in making barkcloth. cf. enzitula, enzi- tuzo.
e- (li/ma) kind of insect which is thought to enter the nose and cause very unpleasant effects.
e- (li/ma) ow'ettulu, person blind in one eye.
e- (li/ma) class; group; category, okuba mu ttuluba erimu, to be in the same category; to be ‘in the same boat.'
nzitulukuse) v.i. trickle down; drip; pour down; fall down (of hair), okuttulukuka entuuyo, to sweat profusely. Yayambala n'attulukuka mu kyambalo kitaawe kye yamugulita. He was exceedingly well dressed in the clothes >ii C f2thST h CIC* boUgtlt for iniu.
drain out; strain (vegetables), okuttulula ekirevu ekirungi, to have along, flowing beard, omusajja attuludde mu myaka, an elderly man.
e- (li/ma) midnight, okutuusa mu matumbi g'obudde, until the late hours of of the night.
e- (li/ma) swelling up, surging up; anger, rage; disease of infants causing vomiting and foaming at the mouth, amazzi ag'ettumbiizi, surging of waters, ow'ettu- mbiizi, a hot-tempered person, cf. tumbiira.
e- (li/ma) shop, store, ettundiro ly'omwenge, a place where beer or liquor is sold, bar. cf. tunda, tundira.
e- (li/ma) waterproof canvas or similar material used for covering exposed outdoor objects.
e- (li/ma) reddish fruit of the ki- tungulu resembling an onion, cf. aka- tungulu.
nzitunse) v.i. smoke, fume; bum; get heated up; fig• ‘fume,' be angry; struggle, put forth great efforts. Abakozi battunka ne mukama waabwe. The employees are having a very difficult time with their boss.
nzitunse) v.i. perspire.
e- (li/ma) midday, noon.
e- no plur. (li/ma) selling; sale, bargain. ekintu eky'ettunzi, article for sale, ebirime eby'ettunzi, cash crops, cf. tunda.
with tremendous haste. Amameeme gantujja be ttu-ttu, ttu-ttu ttu-ttu. My heart (began) throbbing at a great rate.
e- (li/ma) tip of ssenke grass (very sharp, like a thorn), cf. ekitutu.
e- (li/ma) kind of bird, coucal, bottle bird.
e- (li/ma) embryo; foetus.
e- (li/ma) fame, renown; report. cf. tutumuka.
e- no plur. (li/ma) staying in one place, sedentariness. Yalaba ng'ettuu- lawamu limuzimbyeko akayumba. He felt that staying in one place was getting on his nerves, lit. building a little house on him.
e- no plur. (li/ma) swelling, bursting (esp. with rage), cf. tuyira.
entuttululu.
adj. very large, huge; very wide, ekitabo bbabbattu, a very large book, enguudo bbabbattu, very broad roads.
okukuba, okubaalinga, okuluuta, okusakata, okuwuttula. b. barkcloth, okukomaga, okusaaka; okutenga, okuttula. b. in hunting, okwandaaza. = to surpass, okusinga, okukira. =be too muchfor, okulema.
okukoowa, okufumbuka, okuggya, okufumbulukuka, okubuta, okuvuya, okulebettuka.
nene, kulu; vide bbabbattu; grow big, okugejja.
adj., zibe wa maaso; b. in one eye, a ttulu; b. man's buff, kantuntunu.
n., omutego; tie a bow, okusiba empuluttulizo.
v.i., vide be broken. b. free, okwesumattula, okubanduka, okutenduka. b. out (rash), okufuutuuka.
muganda, ow'oluganda; (of a sister) mwannyina; (younger b.) omwana wattu; b.inlaw, omuko, mukoddomi, mulamu, musangi.
o- (bu/-) congential enlargement of the cheeks, amatama ag'obusu- kuttu, enlarged cheeks.
okukuba, okubattula.
engeri, olubu, ettuluba.
old, int., baaba, wattu; poor c., ssempala.
n., ettama; vide obusukuttu, ensolobotto; (impudence) ekyejo, eki tigi, e ttitimbuli; c. bone, akane nero, akabakko; suck the c., okwerya entama.
a mputtu.
obutawulira, emputtu.
ettuttuma.
okumemettula, okumeketa, okubebena, okumegenya.
okuttulula, okufukulula.
emputtu, obutawulira.
emputtu, tengu; be d., okwewanika.
okugattululwa mubufumbo.
a mputtu, nywevu.
n., olusisi, omuttunta.
v.i., okugwa, okusumattuka, okusolokka, okunogoka (fruit).
v.tr., okusumattula, okuta, okuwaatula.
obutulututtu, eggirikiti, ekibiribiri, ekyovu.
consisting of the place formatives e- and wa. to, from or at the house/place of (similar to French chez). Nnenda ewa Mukasa. I am going to Mu- kasa's. Nva wa Mukasa gye banywa omwenge. I am coming from Mukasa's where they are drinking beer. With the possessive prefixes are derived the forms ewaffe (less commonly ewattu), at or to our place; ewammwe (rarely ewannyu), at or to your place, and ewaabwe, at or to their place. See also waaboffe, etc.
v., okugwa, okwetujja ekigwo; (err) okukyama; (rain) okutonnya. f. from hand, okusumattuka. f. backwards, okugalanjula, okugwa bugazi. f. off stalk, okudyebuka. f. in, okwegulukuka. f. into debt, okugwa mubbanja. f. one on another, okwetlnda. f. to pieces, okumogoka. f. apart, okubumbulukuka. f. off head (of load), okutikkuka. f. open, okuwenjuka. fall, n., ekigwo; (roof) okwesulika.
omusango, ensonga, ekyonoono; relapse by one's own f., okwettula; find f., okuyomba, okujuuka, okujuukirira.
n., amataba, omujjuzi, ebitaba, omutunga, ettumbiizi, mukoka.
get, okusattuka.
v., okusumulula, okuta, okufuula ow'e ddembe; f. oneself, okwesiimattula.
take to pieces; analyze; disengage; untangle.
be taken apart/separated; get divorced (of a marriage). cf. -gatte, -egassi, obugassi, obwegassi, omugassi, engassi; gattika.
ettundubaali.
jeemu, a mputtu.
obujeemu, emputtu.
a- (ka/bu) riot; disturbance, commotion; strike; turmoil, unrest, cf. sambattuka.
a- (ka/bu) small bundle, small packet. as an adv. close together. Ffenna twali tutudde kattu. We all sat jammed together. Tukolera wamu mu kattu. We work together/ as a unit /not necessarily in close physical proximity). cf. ettu.
a- (ka/bu) pimple; blister; small sore; rash. cf. 2butuka, butula.
a- (ka/bu) onion, katunguluccumu (la) garlic, cf. ekitungulu, ettungulu.