Earth

ebbendera.

omuwandiisi.

ensiriba, ejjembe, akawambo, olusinga.

ensika, essika.

v., okusuula ensika, essika.

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.

be asked to pay a debt. Tasasudde ensimbi ezimubanjibwa. He has not paid what he owes.

e- (n/n or li/ma) price; expensive price, ebbeeyi eza wansi, low prices, engoye ez' ebbeeyi, expensive clothes.

e- (1 i/ma) place of the lost, place from which there is no return. Ensi eno mabuliro. The world is a desolate place. It is a hard world, cf. bula.

ensigo; (castor oil) ensogasoga; (coffee) emmwanyi.

e- plur. (ki/bi) crumbly stone used in pottery, cf. lensibo.

ensiisira.

o-: obulindo bw'ensimbi, a large amount of money.

o- (bu/-) citizenship, cf. -nnansi, ensi.

o- adv., lit. like ivory, expensive, costly, very dear. Emmotoka zigulwa busanga. Cars are very expensive. cf. essanga.

o- (bu/-) large amount, great quantity, obutitimbe bw'ensimbi, a large amount of money.

o- (bu/-) nature (in a general sense); nature, essence, inherent characteristics. obutonde bw'ensi, the nature of the earth, cf. tonda.

o- as an adv. or with the -a of rel. extremely expensive. Emiwendo gikyali gya buwanana. Prices are still very high.

intensifier which usually occurs after a poss. pron. or adj. own, very own. mikwano gyange bwoya, my own friends.

eryato, emmanvu, akaduli; for parts of canoe, vide eggwamba, ebbasi, akasenso, ekigambira, ekirima, oluwamba, oluwero, empumi, omugonjo, endagire, endijjo, endigo, ensanda, ensinga, entabiro.

ekibuga; (finance) ensimbi ez'ensibo.

effeeza, enkalu, ensimbi, kaasi.

ensibuko.

n., ensiriba, ejjembe, eddogo, ouzinga, entabwa; (beauty) obulungi; (grace) ekisa.

ensinjo, ekimbeewo.

effeeza, ensimbi.

be, okutegeerekeka.

amasaŋŋanzira, ensisi nkano.

in a foul manner (of sme Us). Kyali k iwunya be cuu ( be eucucu). It smelled awful, cf. cuuma.

stink, cf. cuu, cucucu.

adjective or adverb, completely, thoroughly; really; very, extremely. Kirungi ddala. It is very good, ddala requires the applied form of the verb. Bakyamidde ddala. They have gone completely astray, cf. naddala.

e- usually plur. amalusu (li/ma) spit, saliva, okumira ku ddusu, to experience a feeling of-relief (after a period of tension); to take a break/breather, okufiirwa amalusu, to waste one's time in talking to someone who will not listen, lit. to waste one's spit, ekibuuzo ekitu- maze amalusu mu kamwa, a question which has preoccupied us very much, lit. which has exhausted the spit in our mouths, cf. akalusu, olulusu.

okuzikiriza, okutta ensi.

lit. became unmarriage able in the yard (of her parents). Ensi endibiridde. The whole world looks gloomy to me.

oludikya.

obunene.

okwesalamu, ennyombo.

ensimu.

n., okutya, ensisi.

discharge, okuduumuula ensimbi, to waste money, oknduumuula ekyasi, to fire a shot.

(soil), ettaka; (land) ensi; go to earth, okusowottoka.

ensimbu.

a muwendo, kanufu.

be, okunaanuuka.

vide omuteeteema, nnakito kolo, nnamulanda.

n., entiisa, obuti, ensisi.

okuyanza engalo; I feel sick, emmeeme ensinduukirira.

ejjembe, ensiriba, omwambo; f. hut, essabo.

ffuffuffu and ffuffululu (with a preceding be) ideophones used to intensify fu, dead. Fntpgpka eno nfu be ffeffeffe. These arrangements are completely upset/ ruined. Emmotoka nfu be ffuffululu. The car is a complete wreck, cf. ^fa, -fu.

ekyayi; (hemp) obugoogwa, kansambwe, kifuula, oluvunvu, olubeera, omuzimbandegeya, ensinga.

n., ensimbu; be ill with fits, okugwa ensimbu.

entilsa, ensisi; a f., kasajjaffuba.

v., okubiggya, okunyinyi mbwa, okubina ensige, okukanna nta, okwenyippanyippa, okwerumata.

Work hard (with frequency or intensity).

etc.; to rattle, okugalangatanya ekiwanga mu ngalo, to sleep, go to bed, lit. rattle the skull in one's fingers. Yagalangatanya ensimbi za Gavumenti, kati ali mu kkomera. He embezzled government funds and is now in jail. cf. omugalangatano; golongotana.

wankaaki, wansaso; vide ensigo.

e- (1 i/ma) spot (either permanent, as the spot on a leopard, or temporary as a spot of dirt, etc.) cf. ebigondo. bones, skeletons; dead relative(s). okuvuma amagufa, to insult grossly (by offensive references to a dead relative).

ensi.

ensiri, obuzingiriri; (edible) essami.

ensi.

most frequently used in the inf. to intensify a preceding verb. Ayambala okuggweekerera. He dresses extremely well. Yayimba okuggweekerera. She sang magnificently.

n., enkumbi, eggezi, ensimu.

omusingo, ensingwa, omuwambe, ennunuzibwa.

Ekintu kyonna ekisangibwa, ekibaawo, oba ekiriwo munda mu muntu, ekintu, ekibiina oba ensi

Describes something existing, occurring, or involving two or more nations, such as international law, trade, or flights.

reach a high point of intensity; be involved/ complicated (referring to a situation, either in a favorable or unfavorable sense). Gu- jabagidde: ng'omunafu azadde kaiiira. iii (low high low) interj. expressing surprise and flat contradiction I just don't believe you. (prov.) It is complicated affair, just as when a lazy cultivator gives birth to a heavy eater.

ensiko, musunku.

a- (ka/bu) kind of medium-sized tree, Ficus capensis. cf. ?^bal a.

kabassanya (la) cause of dissension, cause of dispute, lit. that which causes them to kill each other, cf. tta.