okusumulula, okufunduukulula.

untie, take apart. cf. ebbago, obubage, olwebagyo, amabaga.

e- adv. aside, to the side, ebbali w'oluguudo, at the side of the road, ebbali n'ebbali w'olugundo, on both sides of the road. cf. mabbali, wabbali.

a- (ka/bu) kind of insect-eating bat; bat (in general).

e- (ki/bi) large fruit bat; large bat fin general, as opposed to kawundo, small bat), cf. obunyira.

etc. ebintu ebitale- keka, indispensable things, omulimu ogu- talekeka, an essential task, a job which cannot be left undone. cf. mulekwa; lekulira.

o- also olundokooli adv. incessantly, unceasingly, okwogera olutido- koobyo, to talk incessantly.

e- (n/h) lungfish (kind of long, eelshaped fish), Protoperus aethiopicus. Ekika ky'Emmamba, the Lungfish Clan. Omulya mmamba aba omu, n'avumaganya ekika. ft>rov.) He who ate the lungfish (and thereby violates a taboo) is one, (but) he brings the whole clan into disrepute. The evil of one can be the undoing of many. cf. aka- bamba.

e- (n/n) kind of tree, pipe-stem euphorbia, from which is obtained a sticky sap said to be useful in healing warts (nsundo).

e- (n/n) wart; pimple.

sattulula (-sattuludde) v.tr. conv. 1 & 2 undo; unravel; take apart; fig. disband, dissolve (e.g., a council, a meeting). Abantu ababiri babibira ebigambo, ate abasatu babisattula. Two people (can) keep a secret but three people reveal it.

etc.; undo with/using, kutunguza nsimbi mannyo, to bring out one's money in a hurry (to pay a fine, to make a desired purchase).

one who is non-committed, sit-on-the-fence; one who is easily swayed, lit. a-give-me (mpa)-somewhere- (we)-I-may-fall (ngwa). nnampa- wengwa ng'akawundo, as neutral as a bat (which has characteristics of both birds and animals), neither fish nor fowl, ensi zinnampawengwa, neutral nations.

ensundo.

come down in numbers (as fruit from a tree); be ripped off/plucked off; become undone.

bring down (fruit from a tree); undo; carry off, carry away in large quantity; cook in great quantity; slaughter in great quantity; do on a large scale.

old-fashioned holed money, etc.); detach (e.g., meat from a skewer).

ekinyira, akawundo.

v.tr. strike; beat; hit. Akaato kaffe kaali kakubyeko abantu. Our little boat was full of people. Akuba mu buli kasenge konna obwenyi. He pokes his head into every room. Yali ankubye ama- bega. He turned his back on me. Kati eby'okusoma mbikubye amabega. 1 have now finished my studies. Munnaffe Kampala amukubye amabega. Our friend has left Kampala. Yanneekubako ndyeko katono. He implored me to eat a little. Kakubye. I am in luck. Things are going my way. Kawundo kakubye eddirisa. lit. The bat has struck against the windowpane (used in reference to a woman who is carrying nn an illicit affair). Mu nju temuli kakuba. The house is completely silent/deserted. There isn't a soul stirring in the house, lit. there is nothing which is striking.

v.i. conv. become undone; become untied; become unfastened; fig. give birth.

kusumulula mboozi, to develop a theme/narrative, kusumulula kamwa, to speak sternly/harshly, kusumulula kidduka, to drive a vehicle at a great speed. cf. ekisumuluzo.

ekifundi- kizo), funduukululu; fumbiikiriza.