eru, eru, erutukutuku; be come w., okutukula, okwamuka.

vide termites,

okutukuza, okwerusa.

obweru.

v., okusiiga ennoni.

ensanafu, enkolooto, nnabe, wakka, ensolosozi, entalumbwa, akasagisagi, empawu, ekimomo, ekinyomo, ekirembwe, olukennembi, omunyama, munyeera; white ant, vide termite,

e- plur. (ki/bi) ringworm, Taenia versicolor; scalp disease characterized by the flaking of the skin and (in serious cases) the loss of hair and the appearance of white spots on the head.

o- (bu/-) whiteness; lightness (of color); brownness (of the skin); emptiness, empty space; cleanness, as an adv. with the formative of space prefix e- out, outside. ebweru wa Buganda, outside of

eŋŋango; (watery e.) ejjanga; show whites of e., okuzoola amaaso ; have staring e., okuzongola amaaso.

e- (li/ma) type of bitter green which produces white flowers. Okalya dda kadda dda, ejjobyo liddira mu mutwe, (prov.) lit. You eat it now, it comes back afterwards, the jjobyo comes back to the head (by producing gray hair). What you do now produces consequences later.

a- (ka/bu) small white cap worn by Muslims.

a-: akeeru k'eriiso, the white of the eye. cf. -(y)eru.

e- (ki/bi) something which cannot be used by the owner, a ‘white elephant;' reserve, something held in reserve. cf. linda.

e- (ki/bi) kind of very tall softwood tree whose bark yields a strong white cloth, Antiaris toxic aria,

e- (ki/bi) large white earthworm. Alya ng'ekisokomi. He eats like a pig.

o- (lu/n) also embobya (n/n) kind of small white termite.

o- (lu/n) kind of tree producing white edible berries, Flueggea virosa. cf. ekkandwa.

ente.

o- no plur. (lu/n) small or limited amount of water; discharge after childbirth; watery substance in the white of an egg. cf. amazzi.

e- (n/n) kind of small white termite. cf. olubobya.

0- (mu/ba) white person, cf. -(y)eru.

e- (n/n) kind of white mushroom. It is the secondary totem of the Buffalo Clan.

e- (n/n) white coating on the tongue.

e- (n/n) kind of small white lake bird.

cf tukula.

milk, q.v. amaaso ga nnamata, eyes with a great deal of white in them.

the Crow Clan.

pied wagtail, ekijanjaalo ekya nnamunye, kind of bean, so called because its black and white stripes are suggestive of the bird.

e- (n/n) kind of edible termite, white ant(s) which come out slightly after midnight, okuzuukuka mu nsejjere, to wake up bright and early, cf. obusejjeresejjere, ekisejjere, amasejjere.

e-: omunnyu ogw'ensero, white friable (crumbly) salt.

e- (n/n) kind of termite, also called white ant. It has wings and is considered a great delicacy, Ebyc bye balafuubanira byoya bya nswa. They are wasting their time. They have a hopeless goal, lit. the things which they are struggling for are the hair of the nswa. Omwangu y'atta enswa. (prov.) The one who is quick to arrive kills the nswa. The early bird catches the worm. cf. obuswa, kaswa, ekiswa, nnamu- nswa.

v.tr., okulaga, okwolesa, okutengeka; (prove). okutegeeza. s. off (as warriors), okugooma, okudaadira, okudaala. s. whites of eyes, okukanula amaaso. s. head only, okwesowola.

e- (li/ma) head covering of white cloth worn by Muslim men.

whiten; make light, ebyerusa, cosmetics intended to make the skin lighter.

to roll the eyes so that only the white part is prominent.

interj. salutation or congratulations (originally to a hunter or to one who has gathered white ants but now used in a more general sense), cf. swaga.

used with (y)cra, white, ekirevu ekyeru tukutuku, a snow- white beard, cf. tukula.

(la) kind of white cotton fabric.

o- (mu/mi) white pear, kind of tall hardwood tree, Apodytes dimidiata.

0- (mu/ba) white man; European; person of European extraction, cf. -zungu, ekizungu, Oluzungu.

plur. bakyeruppe (la) white person; in the plur. white people.

v.i. be or become white; be light/bright; be clear (of the sky).

o- (mu/mi) white pith of the plantain stem, with the -a of rel. large and bulky, massive, omututumba gw'enjovu, a huge elephant.

(la) kind of wild plant resembling a lily. It produces a reddish-orange flower and has white carrot-like roots.

o- (mu/mi) tall forest tree, with large leaves and brownish-white wood,

e- (n/n) large white-breasted cormorant.

o- (mu/mi) kind of tree with white flowers.

o- also munnyo, o- (mu/mi) salt, omunnyu ogw'ensero, salt which is white and crumbly, omunnyu mawewule, salt which is very fine and white, omunnyu kabumba, brownish salt, omunnyu gw'olu- kalabule, salt which has a very strong taste, omunnyu gwa magadi, salt which occurs in large chunks, omunnyu gwa kisula, salt characterized by fairly large lumps. Omunnyu gwa biswazzi. The salt is insufficient. There is not enough salt. cf. olunnyu, olunnyunnyu, otunnyu.

essuuka enjeru, white sheets, enjoka enjeru, tapeworm. -(y)eruukirivu, whitish, palish, cf. yeruka, obweru(ebweru), akeeru, Omweru, nnabeerubeeru.

-yerufu, -yeruukirivu.

sparkling white (of objects which have been cleaned); bright, clear (of the weather). Twagenda obudde bwamufu bulungi. The weather was very bright and clear when we left. cf. yamuka. i