v. (send telegram), okukuba essimu.

n., olunyere; telegraph w., essimu, oluuma.

e- (li/ma) collar/band of metal or wood; insulator for telegraph wires; sport discus.

a- (ka/bu) wire bracelet; bracelet. cf. ekinyere.

o- (lu/n) bracelet of copper wire.

o- (lu/n) copper wire; per ext. telephone; microphone. Yamukuba olukomo. He telephoned him. cf. ekikomo.

o- (lu/n) wire.

o- (lu/n) metal wire, oluuma olubaka, aerial (of a radio or television set). abajja bagoba oluuma, immigrant workers, lit. those who come following the telephone cable lines, cf. ekyuma.

e- (n/n) colocynth berries; game played by children with these berries, ma- tama kuba ntengo, to be silent when questioned (particularly when one is being accused). Yatuukira ku kubuuza Nsimbye- gwire gy'ali kyokka nga omukyala amatama ntengo. He asked where N. was, but the wife only kept silent, cf. akatengotengo.

e- (n/n) CSu>.,Pers. ] telephone; telephone call; telegram, wire, okukuba essimu, to telephone; to send a wire, essimu empandiike or essimu ey'omu ngalo, telegram, ennamba y'essimu, telephone number.

no plur. (la) barbed wire.

wireless.

v.i. become wild (in one's behavior); be beside oneself; go crazy; become deranged; go haywire.