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

obulabe, obulwanyi.

omulabe, omuwakanyi.

nnamulimi.

scaly, olugave.

ensolo; also vide ensunu, entalaganya, enjobi, etc.

oluyimba, antifoona.

enkulukuku, ekiswa; some names of the ants may be put into the ki-class to denote the hill built by that ant.

you know; of course, oh, but; well now. cf. nanti.

vide okwemonkoola.

vide okuvumula.

ebiro eby'edda.

ejjembe.

ngi, a lufulube; be a., okujeba.

mubungi.

omubazi.

enkizo.

get, okukiza.

put on, okwekambazza, okw ejalabya, okwemanta, okukaga, okusongoka.

omusana, nnakasiki (infantile), obusonko.

omusabi.

amalala, okw'ekulumbaza. arrogant, a malala; be a., okudibuka.

be, okwewunzika.

omulumbi, omulwanyi.

omuweereza.

vide clumsy, kkono; turn a., okukaŋŋanta.

q.v.

e- (li/ma) celebration, big party; festival; ceremony; show, performance, okunywa omwenge mabinu, to drink large quantities of beer.

e- no plur. (li/ma) kind of climbing plant used in native medicine to cure measles, fever, etc. cf. ekibombo.

e- (li/ma) kind of plant with edible leaves resembling spinach or doodo (q.v.).

lit. it jumps over (buuka) the trunk of a cut-down plantain (mugogo).

mmwe be nsasudde, you whom I have paid.

etc. Nkubegereyo eryokya? May I serve you a hot portion (of plantains)?

e- plur. (ki/bi) dried plantains when cooked, esp. beer bananas (mbidde) and hard bananas (gonja).

dig up (e.g., potatoes, plants with deep roots, etc.); fig. view with contempt, shrug one's shoulders at (as an expression of contempt).

e- plur. (ki/bi) edible roots of a water plant; young beans.

e- plur. (ki/bi) crops; plants, lit. those (things) which grow. cf. mera.

omuwempe.

adj., zibe wa maaso; b. in one eye, a ttulu; b. man's buff, kantuntunu.

okusiba kantuntunu.

have a mutual antagonism based on alleged differences of family, clan, etc.

olweyo; (the plant) oluvunvu.

for which see the grammars. The following usages are important for lexical purposes because the derivatives formed cannot all be included in the dictionary. 1) bu + la ~ negative infinitive, often equivalent to an English noun which is not an infinitive in form. okumanya, to know; obutamanya, not to know; ingnorance. 2) bu + stem of a noun from another class often produc es an adverb which must be rendered by a phrase in English, enkofu, guinea fowl; bukofu, like a guinea fowl, kukaabya bukofu, to make cry like a guinea fowl, i.e., to cause to suffer. 3) bu + reduplicated stem of a noun of another class indicates plurality with the added notions of indefiniteness, scattered state or even contemp t. essomero, school; obusomerosomero, small, scattered schools which are inferior in quality. 4) normal verb form + bu + verb stem + i. Abalala bagamba nti... others say that; Abalala bagamba bugambi nti... others just/ simply/only say that.

o-: egy'obubazi (egy' implies emirimu, work), accountancy, the job of an accountant. cf. ^bala.

o- (bu/-) fluffy substance resembling cotton often used for stuffing mattresses and pillows; the plant from which this substanceis obtained, cf. olufumbo.

o- (bu/-) old age; relig. Protestant ministry. Obukadde magezi. (prov.) Old age is wisdom, cf. -kadde.

o- adv. at an exorbitant/very high price; fiercely. Kiguze bukanga. It has cost a great deal. cf. kanguka, kanga- luka; obukanu.

o- (bu/-) Protestantism; Christianity.

o- (bu/-) splash, spray (e.g., ejected from potatoes or cassava which is being peeled, from plantain fiber which is being beaten).

o- (bu/-) rapidity, speed, quickness. adv. in a hurry, quickly; instantly. cf. kwakkula.

adj. & pron. each; every; all; everyone, buli kiseera, all the time, always, buli kimu, everything, buli kyonna, everything. buli wonna, everywhere, buli wantu, everywhere, na buli kati, even now, up to the present time, buli gye bagenda, everywhere or wherever they go. buli lwe bagenda, every time or whenever they go. buli ayagala okujja, everyone or anyone who wishes to come.

o- with the -a of rel. instant, immediate. as a noun cash. Sirinaawo nsimbi za buliwo. I have no cash (= immediately available money).

hair); be bent/inclined; be on a slant; stoop, slouch; be poured. Olw'obuwanvu atambula abunduka. Because of his height he walks with a slouch. Ebintu ebiggya mu kiseera ekyo byabundu- kiranga kumu mu Buganda. At that time (all sorts of) new things were coming into Buganda at once.

incline; pour out; spill; overturn.

o- (bu/-) quantity, amount; large quantity, abantu abasir.ga ebungi, the majority of people, most people. cf. -ngi(-yingi), yinga.

o- (bu/-) humanity; manhood, with the -a of rel. humane. Okuwanika omuntu ku kalabba si kya buntu. It is not humane to hang a man on the gallows, eby'obuntu, human nature, mu buntu, in person, personally. okuddamu ak'obuntu, to recover one's composure. Muntu buntu. He is a mere man. buntu is also the plural of kantu, small thing. From the root -ntu are also derived omuntu, ekintu, akantu, etc.

o- various things, a variety of things; little things, cf. akantu, bu- (3), ekintu.

o- adv. like tiny ants, in the manner of tiny ants, Ebidduka biteevuunya bu nyeera. The vehicles swarm like ants, i.e., there is a traffic jam. cf. omunyeera.

o- (bu/-) kind of mushrooms which grow on withered plantain leaves (ssanja).

o- (bu/-) infantile anemia.

oluyonkante.

o- (bu/-) shuttle used for embroidering by hand.

cf. embu- tanta.

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

o- adv. like a plantain, kuggya butooke, to calm down, become as meek as a lamb (of persons), lit. become cooked like a plantain, cf. ettooke.

o- (bu/-) kind of mushrooms growing on hills of night-flying ants.

buulira and buuza. appear to be derivatives of the Same rout buul-. They are here treated separately, primarily for reasons of tradition and practicality. cf. ekibuuliriro, embuulira, omubuulirizi, omubuulizi, nnantabuulirirwa.

o- adv. straight and erect (e.g., of a person standing). cf. ekitoogo, olutoogo.

o- (bu/-) Protestant ministry. cf. yawula, omwawule.

o- (bu/-) steepness, precipitousness; slantedness. cf. -esulika, -esulifu.