enkwanzi, akatiiti, olusinda, embira; (R.C.) ssappuli; (Moh.) masubbaawa.

e- always plur. (ki/bi) string of beads.

a- (ka/bu) small bead. cf. embira.

a- (ka/bu) small bead.

o- (lu/n) string of beads; necklace. cf. enkwanzi-

e- (n/n) bead. cf. ^akabira.

e- (n/n) small beads generally made of plant seeds, cf. olukwanzi.

okuwalula, okukulula. p. up, okusimbula, okukuula, okuggyamu, okubambula, okujjira. p. down, okwabya, okumenya; (brickwork) okuzimbulula. p. to pieces, okumenya. p. out (hair, etc.), okumaanya, okusokomola. p. down creeper, okulandula. p. off (grains, beads), okuwulula. p. aside, okuwunjula. p. tight, okuleega.

ssapuli, yirizi; vide beads,

okutunga, okukinda, okusona; (beads in pattern) okuwunda; (reeds) okusiira.

mpuludde) v.tr. pull down/ off /e.g., berries from a bush); slip off, unstring (beads from a string). Amannyo gampulula. I have a bad toothache. along/slide along very fast (of a snake, a car, etc.). cf. -emulula (under muluka).

mpunze) v.tr. decorate; adorn; ornament; embellish; arch, decorate (a gourd) with a pattern of beads.

e- (n/n) charm, amulet (often in the form of heads); prayer beads of Muslims.

thread (e.g., beads); pin, attach; put (on a spit, skewer). Twatungwa emimwa. Our lips were sealed. We were not permitted to speak. Effumu lyatunga omusajja. The spear pierced the man.

old-fashioned holed money, etc.); detach (e.g., meat from a skewer).

(li/ma) Muslim prayer beads.

a preparation used in laundering, with the -a of rel. blue, embira ez' ebbala erya bbululu, blue beads, kutunula bbululu, to look blue/ sad; to be at a total loss.