eppipa.

oluseke; vide ekiwawangulo, omulenge.

mbadde) v.i. be. In certain tenses ba is replaced by -li, Both may be used as primary verbs or as auxiliaries in compound tenses. bwe tuba mu ssomero, when we are in school. Yabadde anzise. He nearly killed me. Tuli mu kisenge. We are in the room. Twali tuli mu kisenge. We were in the room, ba and -li may be followed by na (-na in the case of -li) to express possession. Tulina ensimbi. We have money. Twabadde n'ensimbi. We had money.

e- (li/ma or n/n) [,Eng.f] bathtub.

cover up; close (a lid, a book), okubikka ku maddu, to restrain one's desires or passions, okubikka ebibiri, to do two things at once, both of which require considerable attention, okubikka emiggo, to give a sound beating to, lit. cover with sticks. Lugaba abadde akyatubisseeko akasubi. God was still protecting us, lit. covering us with a blade of grass.

be full of; surround, go all around, v.i. be or feel satisfied/contented. Baatugabula ffenna ne tuwulira nga tubugaanye. They entertained us and we felt contented.

make full of; do completely. Amawulire ago gaatubugaanya essanyu. That news filled us with joy.

o- (bu/-) stiffness; dryness (of clothes); coolness, coldness (of food); fig. obstinacy, stubborness. cf. kakanyala, -kakanyavu.

o- (bu/-) hardness; state of not being well done (of cooked food, meat); difficulty; fig. obstinacy, stubbornness. cf. kaluba, -kalubo.

o- plur. (ka/bu) bits and pieces of dried leaves floating in drinking, water/ tea/mubisi, etc.; dregs or sediment in any beverage.

etc. ne bitubulira ku matama, and we were at a loss for something to say, lit. they (ebigambo, words, implied) disappeared from our cheeks.

o- (bu/-) a very broad concept implying the possession of courtesy, compassion, good breeding, culture, etc. The editorial writers o/Munno have in the past dedicated considerable space to the definition of the word. cf. obuntu, omuntu bulamu.

o- (bu/-) tracks, traces; footsteps; direction, okugoba obuwufu, to follow the steps of; to track (of a hunter), okuzza obuwufu, to go back, return, okukyusa obuwufu, to change one's course, alter one's direction. Ka tubagwe mu buwufu. Let's trail them. cf. oluwufu.

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

e ttiini; (wild) entontogolo; f. tree, omutiini, omutuba.

okwetubinkiriza.

e- (li/ma) afternoon; early evening; (with a past tense verb) yesterday afternoon. olw'eggulo, this afternoon or some particular afternoon. Essaawa ez'olw'eggulo tubeera ka. We are at home in the afternoon hours, jjo olw'eggulo, yesterday afternoon or (with a future tense) tomorrow afternoon, enkya olw'eggulo, tomorrow afternoon. Bwe nnaakukwatako engalo tujja kudda ggulo. When I get my hands on you we are really going to have it out, lit. we will return late in the day. cf. ekyeggulo.

e- (li/ma) stubborness, obstinacy,, argumentativeness, cf. mawaggali.

okuyira, okututubika.

a bantu; h. nature, obuntubulamu.

a- no plur. (ka/bu) obstinacy, stubbornness; craziness.

a- (ka/bu) consumption, tuberculosis; small chest, cf. ekifuba.

unclog (a tube or a pipe stem).

a- (ka/bu) cough; tuberculosis. cf. kolola.

a- (ka/bu) small hand/arm; trunk of an elephant; consumption, tuberculosis. cf. omukono.

a- (ka/bu) speck, small particle of matter; lint.

a- (ka/bu) small heart; small rubber hose for pumping air into a tire, akatima k'eggaali, tire tube (of a bicycle), cf. omutima.

a- (ka/bu) small bladder; tubelike part of a bicycle pump; inner tube of a ball. cf. Svaga, ekiwago, oluwago.

e- (ki/bi) clan; family; type, kind; form. t or sub-divisions of the clan see ~essiga, omutuba and olunyiriri.

e-: eby'ekintukiramu, kind/humane actions, mu ngeri ya kintukiramu, in a kind way. cf. obuntubulamu, omuntumulamu.

e- (ki/bi) overgrown patch of weeds; area under stubble, cf. sambula.

e- (ki/bi) wild fig tree, Ficus kitu- balu.

e- (li/ma) protuberance, knot, knob (on a stick, a tree).

lit. madness makes him pass beyond.

o- plur. amatu (ku/ma) ear. okumalira amatu wansi, to be sound asleep, be dead to the world, okukuba amatu or okukubaakuba amatu, to become convalescent, kugwa mabeere mu matu, to have a disease of the ear (believed to be caused by the spilling of mother's milk into the ear); to be obsti- nate/stubborn/pigheaded (esp. of children). okutega amatu, to listen attentively. Amatu agataddemu ebisubi. He is deliberately inattentive/refuses to listen, lit. has placed grass in his ears.

o- (lu/n) kind of plant with a hollow stem which is used for making tubes for drinking.

o- (lu/n) line; row; verse of the Bible; smallest subdivision of a clan, okusimba olunyiriri, to line up, form a line. cf. akanyiriri. See also ekika, lessiga, omutuba.

o- (lu/n) tube; stem (of a pipe); straw (for drinking), kugguka nga luseke, to arrive unexpectedly/by surprise, cf. ekisekeseke.

o- (lu/n) slip, cutting, ensimbo z'emituba, slips of the mutuba tree. cf. simba. the introduction of cowrie shells nsinda were used as currency.

o- (lu/n) strip of bark from the barkcloth tree. cf. omutuba.

abantubonna.

a person with large protruding ears; a stubborn, obstinate person.

e- (n/n) obstinacy, stubborness, recalcitrance. ow'emputtu, obstinate person.

e-: okukuba mu mputtululu, to slap on the side of the face, with the -a of rel. Stubborn (but more often mputtu, q.v.).

e- (n/n) disease of the eustachian tube.

e- (n/n) string snare, okukuba enkanda wansi, to refuse angrily/stubbornly/flatly.

e- (n/n) young banana; branch of the mutuba (barkcloth tree) cut for planting. cf. simba.

e-: kulaba ntalaaga, to see how someone performs/acts. Abagamba nti oku- dduka mailo si kizibu, twagala bagidduke tuba la be entalaaga. As for those who say that running the mile isn't difficult, we would like to see them run it so we can see how they perform, cf. talaaga.

e- omutuba ogw'enterere, barkcloth tree too young to be stripped.

e- (n/n) kind of small fish.

e- plur. (n/n) strips of bark from the mu tuba tree.

e- (n/n) quagmire; fig. precarious position, cf. tubira.

e- (n/n) madness; ferocity; sullenness; stubbornness, ow'entuuluulu, a person possessing the aforementioned attributes.

enso; tubercle of p., ennyingo y'evviivi.

a bantubangi.

vide okubiba, okutuba.

akabanika.

a lwatu, a bantubonna. become p., okusansuka. p. house, ekirabo. p. labour, oluwalo.

entubiro, ennyanga.

v., okubbira, okwetutubika, okutubira, okusaanawo, okukka, okuyegaayega; I have a sinking feeling, emmeeme engudde.

okutuula, okusutama; s. anyhow, okugaŋŋalama, okwetubika; (on eggs) okumaamira; leave off sitting (hen), okumaamuka.

strike at; pierce; make stabbing movements at. oku- sokya omutuba, to strip a barkcloth tree. okusokya ekiso, to knife, okusokya omuntu, to nag, needle

v.i., okubereesera, okukwata; (in mud) okwetubika; s. at (keep on), okunnyikira; (fail) okulemera; s. up, okukikinala.

okufubetera.

ensambu; root up s., okusambula.

kakanyavu, a mputtu, a ggwale.

e ggwale, emputtu.

immerse /e.g., a ladle in a bowl) producing a gurgling/ bubbling sound. Otutubika mpola togunta- miiza. Dip slowly and don't get me drunk.

a bantubonna, a buli wantu; vide okubuna, okujanjaala.

mpaganyadde) v.i. be obstinate/stubborn, cf. -waga- nyavu.