prep., wa gguluwa, kunguluku.
adv., engulu.
a- (ka/bu) insolence, impudence, effrontery; pushiness, aggressiveness, gall; meddlesomeness; nosiness; bumptiousness, kuba na kajanja, to possess some or all of the above attributes, cf. -ejangisa.
a- (ka/bu) ceremony performed at the birth of twins, okumenya akakanda, to perform the above ceremony, cf. 20lukanda.
a- (ka/bu) a warning sound or a sound made to attract attention (as in greeting a person at a distance) which is produced by patting the mouth repeatedly with the palm of the hand, okukuba obuluulu, to make the sound described above. cf. enduulu.
e- (ki/bi) rack/net on which bananas are stored while ripening. It is usually built above the fireplace. Olwa leero ekibanyi lwe kigwa n'amenvu. Today is the day! cf. akabanyi, olubanyi.
identical with the above, v.tr. frustrate, block; incapacitate. okukonera oluggi, to refuse to answer the door. Mmukonedde ebigenge ngalo. I have frustrated his efforts. I have blocked him (as leprosy does to fingers). cf. konoona.
etc. okukubira omusango/ensonga, to sum up a case/a matter, okukubirako, to add; to make up; to complete, okukubiramu, to give over and above. Tonkubiramu kirala? Aren't you going to give me anything more? empapula z'amawulire ezikubirwa mu Afrika, newspapers which are published in Africa.
e- (ki/bi) granary, storage place for food raised above the ground and supported by posts.
nnengezze) v.i. hover; hang in the air, be suspended above the ground; dangle; droop.
o- (lu/n) area above the forehead and temples from which the hair has been shaven, cf. enkiiya.
e- adv. up, above, okudda engulu, to regain consciousness. Afrika ey'engulu, northern Africa, upper Africa, engulu ku lusozi, up on the hill, okuluma n'ogw'engu- lu, lit. to bite with the upper (lip, omumwa, implied), to be determined/resolved, cf. eggulu, kungulu, waggulu.
e- (n/n) area near the temples and forehead where the hair has been shaven away, okutema enkiiya or okumwa enkiiya. to shave a portion of hair extending above the forehead, cf. olukiiya.
use rel. form of above.
emit with force (see the above), okutuumuula emmundu, to fire a gun. cf. entuumuusi; fuumuuka.
ye- and yo- differ from other verbs in that their infinitives cannot be predicted from the stem. Some verbs retain the initial y-; the remainder drop it and the ku- of the infinitive is replaced by kw-, e.g., yamba, kuyamba; yagala, kwagala; yenga, kuyenga; yera, kwera; yomba, kuyomba; yokya, kwokya. For verbs of the above type the infinitive is listed immediately after the simple form.
up; in the air, in the sky; upstairs; loudly, in a loud voice, obuyigirize obwa waggulu, higher education. amatundiro aga waggulu, stores of a better class, ab'awaggulu, people who are high in the social scale, okumanya okwa waggulu, superior knowledge. Ekiyita waggulu, otegera wansi empungu terya bire. (prov.) lit. What travels on high, you trap (when it is) down, the eagle does not eat clouds (but must come down to eat). What goes up must come down. cf. eggulu, kungulu, engulu.
send to each other, byonna bye twetaaganga okuweerezaganya, all the things which we used to have to send each other, okuweerezaganya amaloboozi ana- songovu, to exchange sharp remarks.
whirl about, ne nzunza akabundu waggulu w omutwe gwange, and I whirled the pistol above my head, awatali na kuzunza njuki, very quickly, in the twinkling of an eye. oku- zunza ejtnambo, to spread rumors.
of a mat); be wrong, go wrong; be or become pregnant before marriage, abantu kikumi n'okusoba, over and above a hundred people. Ebintu bisobye. Things have gone wrong.
kungulu ku, prep, phrase on, on the surface of. kungulu ku buliri, on the bed, on the surface of the bed. eby'okungulu* the ones on top. cf. eggulu, engulu, waggulu.
o- (mu/mi) load, burden; package, bundle; fig. burden, heavy responsibility. in the plur. luggage (in addition to the above meaningsj. cf. akagugu, eggugu, engugu.
v. tr. appl. 2 = intens. of above.
ennyongeza.
v.i. appl. 2 start to turn reddish (see the comment above). cf. -seenyuufu.
o- (lu/n) stiff neck. Ekiri waggulu kirwaza enkoko olukya. (prov.) What is above causes the fowl to be sick with a stiff neck. Curiosity killed the cat. cf. ebikya.
eggwanga erisukkulumye ku ganne waalyo, a nation which has surpassed/excelled/gone beyond its fellow nations. cf. -sukkulumu.
get away. Leka nneete- gule ekifo kino. Let me get away from this place. cf. obutego, omutego, omutezi; also teguka <£ tegula which bear many similarities to the forms listed above.