n., ebbakuli, ekibya, olutiba.
a bitege; vide okutegula.
olutiba.
mmambalise) v.i. walk bowlegged; limp, hobble.
e- (n/n) [Sw>.] bowl.
e- always plur. (ki/bi) bowlegs, with the -a of rel. bowlegged. Wa bitege. He is bowlegged. Gye twakyadde baatufumbiddeyo enkoko, ekyemisana ne kigenda bitege. They cooked chicken for us where we went to visit, and it turned out to be a wonderful meal.
o- adv. like a bowl (kibya, q.v.). kutuula bubya, to sit like a bump on a log.
e- (li/ma) finely ground powder made from dried greens such as mpindi, etc. Ky'onkoze entungo ekikola ggobe. You have put me in a bad/difficult/sticky situation. n'amanya nti luno eggobe lya kuggwa mu kibya, and he knew that things would turn out just right, lit. the ggobe would wind up in the bowl.
e- (ki/bi) bowl; vessel; plate. Gy'otosula tosalirayo bibya. (prov.) lit. Where you do not live, you do not serve the dishes (of food). You are master only in your own home or your own sphere of activity, cf. obubya.
o- (lu/n) wooden bowl; round flat papyrus basket; mold (for bricks).
e- (n/n) way/manner of molding; design, form (of a bowl or piece of pottery). cf. bumba.
e- (n/n) bowl-shaped calabash or gourd used as a tumbler for drinking, empaawo enzungu, drinking glass, cf. ekiwaawo, oluwaawo.
e- usually sing, (n/n) sesame, sem- sem; paste made out of crushed sesame. Kye yankoze entungo ekikola ggobe mu ki- bya. He treated me like a dog, lit. what he did too me sesame does to the ggobe in the bowl. cf. olutungotungo.
immerse /e.g., a ladle in a bowl) producing a gurgling/ bubbling sound. Otutubika mpola togunta- miiza. Dip slowly and don't get me drunk.
bowls, etc.); smooth down (the cement between bricks).