omuti; firewood, enku; (forest) ekibira; (plank) olubaawo.

a miti, bibira.

a muti.

enkonkonamuti.

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

akabira, ekisaka.

o- always plur. (bu/-) scraps of firewood, cf. oluku.

omugugu, ekisaaganda, eki tuutuuli; (shells) omutwalo; (fish) olutala; (firewood), ekinywa, omuganda, olusekese; (salt) olubaya; (cloth) omutumba.

okwola.

enku; f. cut green, enkukku; go to fetch f., okusennya, okutyaba, okuziga.

akatundu; pi. bucekuceku; (wood) akati; (food) a kakunkumuka. fragrance, akaloosa.

fumbisa (-fumbisizza) v.tr. caus. 1 Sc 2 make cook, cause to cook; cook with/using. Afumbya masannya- laze/nku. She cooks with electricity/firewood.

kind of tall forest tree, Pygeum africanum. cf. engwabuzito.

a- (ka/bu) small piece of firewood. cf. oluku. See also tyaba.

lit. it breaks the ax. cf. menya, embazzi.

a- (ka/bu) small bundle of firewood. cf. olusekese.

an insect which makes a cocoon like a tiny bundle of firewood and lives inside it.

a- (ka/bu) small sheaf, small bundle (of firewood), cf. omuwakata.

e- (ki/bi) piece of carpentry work; piece of wooden furniture, cf. bajja.

e- (ki/bi) strip of wood; chip of wood: SDlinter. shaving, cf. baiia. olu- bajjo.

e- (ki/bi) old wooden trough/vat. pej. of emmanvu, q.v.

e- (ki/bi) large piece of dead wood; old piece of firewood, cf. oluku.

e- (ki/bi) [Su>. ] mortar (usually made of wood).

e- (ki/bi) fagot, bundle of firewood, ekinywa ky'emmuli, bundle of reeds.

e- (ki/bi) piece; fragment, eki- papajjo ky'oluku, apiece of firewood.

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

e- also kisiriiza (ki/bi) charred wood; cinder, cf. siriira, akasirinza.

e- (ki/bi) lit. it-will-not-grow-up (from kula), kind of insect which bores into dry wood. Kitaakule kizimba mu lumuli. (prov.) The kitaakule builds in a reed (and will soon perish when the reeds are burnt).

e- (ki/bi) torch; bunch of grass or piece of firewood/paper, etc., which is set on fire and carried about.

e- (ki/bi) old, desicated tree; wooden handle; score in the game of mweso. Akyukira mu kiti nga mbazzi. He is likely to turn against people. He cannot be trusted. Twayogeramu ebiti bibiri n'Omuzungu. We spoke with the European for a short time. cf. lomuti.

e- (ki/bi) log; dead branch detached from a tree; old piece of wood. cf. lekiti, ^omuti.

e- (ki/bi) wooden handle, ekiyi- niggi ky'enkumbi, a hoe handle.

e- (ki/bi) wooden plank (e.g., one used to hold the door).

e- (li/ma) kind of shrub with hard wood. cf. olukandwa.

e- (li/ma) useless, rejected log (in wood cutting).

n., ekifundikwa; k. in wood, enkovu, ekifunvuba, e ssunduba, eki tuttwa.

e- (ki/bi) container used for milking cows foriginallv aovlied only to those made of wood, calabashes and gourds).

n., omugugu, omutumba, omutwalo; (of fish) olutala, olukanda, olutakku; (of firewood) olusekese.

o- plur. emmambo (lu/n) wooden peg used for stretching a skin/hide; tent peg. kussaako mmambo (with amaaso as indirect object), to look/watch intently. Amaaso yagassaako emmambo. He watched intently, cf. bamba.

o- (lu/n) scaffolding; elevated shelf in the kitchen for storing firewood, bananas, etc.; counter; bar (of a tavern), cf. ekibanyi.

o- plur. embuto (lu/n) stomach; abdomen; womb, okuba olubu to, to be pregnant. okufuna olubuto, to become pregnant, omukazi ow'ofubuto, a pregnant woman, okukuba olubuto, to be delighted at the prospect of eating (esp. of children), lit. to beat the stomach. Olubuto lundi ku mugongo. I am very hungry/famished, lit. my stomach is on my back. Olubuto lundi mu mannyo. I am completely full, lit. my stomach is in my teeth. Olubuto kyoto, akisennyera enku y'akoowa. (prov.) The stomach is a fireplace, he who gets wood for it gets tired. Whatever else happens, one must eat. Oyo omusajja lubuto kyoto. That man is a very heavy eater, cf. ebbuto, akabutobuto, ekibuto, amabutobuto.

o- (lu/n) wooden framework for transporting objects; reeds woven together to make a kind of coarse wrapper.

o- (lu/h) kind of small tree growing near water. It may be used as firewood.

o- (lu/n) piece of firewood; in the plur. firewood, okukuba oluku mu mutwe, to succeed in, get what one is after. Omusomo yagukuba oluku mu mutwe. He passed the course with flying colors. Omusango yagukuba oluku mu mutwe. He won the lawsuit. cf. obukuukuku, akaku, 2ekiku, olukukku, enkukku.

o- (lu/n) picuc uf firewood, cf. oluku.

o- (lu/n) kind of tree the wood of which is used for making the shafts of spears.

o- (lu/n) kind of hardwood tree with large yellow flowers, Markhamia platycalyx. The wood is durable and is used for making hut poles and furniture.

o- (lu/n) long bundle of firewood; long bundle, olusekese lw'enku, long bundle of firewood, okufuuka olusekese, to lose weight, become all skin and bones. cf. sekesa, omusekese.

o- (lu/n) wooden bowl; round flat papyrus basket; mold (for bricks).

a- plur. (li/ma) musical instrument made of wood resembling a xylophone or dulcimer, cf. budinda, eddinda.

African blackwood or African ebony, Dalbergia melanoxylon.

e- (n/n) kind of tree with dark wood, Maba aby s sinic a.

e- (n/n) dry rot in wood; dust-like substance produced by worms or boring insects; powdery coating on some fruits and leaves; sawdust, cf. ^wumba, -wumbu.

lit. one who cooks (fumba) with a large bundle (egganda) of firewood.

Albizzia coriaria; fragrance imparted to barkcloth when fumigated with the smoke produced by this tree. (Sn.) See mu- ttampindi.

o- (mu/ba) lit. one who burns/roasts, omwoki w'enviiri, hairdresser, omwoki wa ggonja, roaster of gonja plantains, abooki b'amanda, charcoal burners, those who bum wood to obtain charcoal, omwoki w'omutwe, one who is too smart for his own good. cf. yokya.

e- (n/n) rafter, beam; long pieces of firewood to form the base on which other firewood is placed; banana leaves used as a covering or lining (see olwaliiro). ...laba, enjaliiro ekyali ku liiso lyo....and behold, a beam which is in thine own eye. (Matth. 7; 4). cf. ^yala, valiira.

e- (n/n) kind of medium-sized hardwood forest tree, Pachystela brevipes.

e- (n/n) kind of thorny tree with hardwood. Tajja kunkwasa ku nkanaga. He won't make me do that. He won't make me go to that extent, lit. cause me to grasp the thorny tree. cf. olukanaga, omukanaga.

e- (n/n) tall forest tree, Lovoa brownii, yielding a timber resembling walnut. Its trade name is Uganda Walnut. The wood is used extensively for various types of construction.

e- (n/n) piece of wood tied around the neck of a dog to prevent it from biting. cf. ekikoligo.

e- (n/n) woodpecker barbet, lit. tree-tapper. cf. konkona, omuti.

e- (n/n) medium to large pieces of firewood, cf. obukuukuku, oluku.

e- (n/n) kind of very tall hardwood forest tree, Manilkara cuneifolia.

i.e., one who finishes quickly and hustles others, an efficient but intolerable person.

e- (n/n) kind of tree with walnut- colored wood, Xylopia eminii.

e- (n/n) kind of tree with fine-grained wood, Mitragyne macrophylla; crippled/deformed child.

e- (n/n) kind of hardwood tree. It has an extensive system of branches but a small trunk and is the source of the staves which the Balaalo employ in herding cattle. (Sn.) cf. oluzira.

e- (n/n) hardwood tree, Teclea grandi- folia, I. nobilis, used for making barkcloth mallets, sticks, walking-sticks, etc.; per ext. beating with a stick; beating. Yamu- wuula enzo, he beat him hard.

ensuwa, omudumu, ensumbi; (wooden) ekyanzi.