n., essanduuku, ebbweta.

v., okufuntula, okuggunda; b. the ears, okukuba oluyi.

e- (1 i/m a) [Sw., Port.] well-made box (not of the throw-away variety); chest; trunk; safe.

ensonga, omusango; vide olufuubanja, oluyeeke, nnamunkukuulu; (box) essanduuku, ebbweta.

ow'amalubya, ow'ama tama, oluvenge.

ekifuba, emmanda; (box) essa nduuko.

a- (ka/bu) small cage; ring (for boxingj; dock in a courtroom where the prisoner stands, cf. ekiguli.

a- (ka/bu) with the -a of rel. (something) hard/durable, akalibobbo k'essanduuko, a heavy, durable box.

e- (ki/bi) [Su;. ] match; box of matches, cf. akabiriiti.

e- (ki/bi) fist, omukubi w'ebikonde, boxer, ebikonde, fists; boxing, okusekera mu kikonde, to laugh inwardly, suppress a laugh, cf. ekkonde.

o- with the -a of rel. (something) very big/large, olubbobba lw'essanduuko, a very large box.

o- less commonly amalubya plur. chatter, excessive talk, ow'amalubya, chatterbox, cf. lubyalubya.

e- (n/n) argument; dispute; strife; contest; competition; game, ow'empaka, an argumentative/contentious person, lwa mpaka, by force, forcefully, empaka z'abalungi, beauty contest, empaka z'ebi- konde, boxing match, okuwalaza empaka, to debate, argue, cf. wakana.

e- (n/n) chatterbox. Enjogezi- yogezi etuuka nnyinimu ku muze. (prov.) The chatterbox gets to the point (where he reveals) the bad habits of the owner of the house, cf. yogera.

cause to be or feel cold; dampen, spray (clothes before ironing), ekyuma ekinnyogoza, refrigerator, icebox. Ebi- gambo bye yannamba byannyinyogoza. The things he said to me hurt me very much/disturbed me greatly. cf. -nnyogovu, -nnyogoogerevu, obunnyo- govu, ekinnyogoga.

e- or essanduuku (n/n or li/ma) [Sw.,Ar. 3 box; chest; suitcase; trunk; casket.

a bigambo bingi; vide chatterbox,

enduli; (of elephant) omukono; (of corpse) ekiwuduwudu; (box) essanduuko.

lit., you greeted me. The word is derived from the title of a popular song.

is also used as the first element of hundreds of verb-noun phrases in which it loses its primary meaning and serves merely to give verbal force to the following noun. A few illustrative examples are given here, but since a complete listing would be unwieldy, even if possible, the compounds are listed under their final or noun element. akalulu, vote; okukuba akalulu, to vote, ekikonde, fist; okukuba ebikonde, to box.

Ste.] ice. eky uma ekya bbalaafu, icebox, refrigerator, amayinja ga bbalaafu, pieces of ice, chunks of ice.

lit. get out of my way. kukuba nvamumba, to knock out (in boxing) cf. va, oluba.

o- (mu/ba) lit. one who strikes/hits, omukubi w'ebikonde, boxer, omukubi w'ebi- faananyi, photographer, mukubi is the first element in hundreds of noun phrases. Those included in this dictionary are listed under the final noun. See also the remarks under the entry fkuba.

plur. bakalimintake (la) rumor- monger; gossip; chatterbox.

okwesimira nsonda nnya, to dig oneself four comers, i.e., to box oneself in, get into a tight situation.