ettofaali.
adj., a matofaali.
e- (ki/bi) moment; space, interval, distance; shed in which bricks are made. Olumbe lumubuusa ebibanda. He is seriously ill. Bamubuusizza ebibanda. They are chasing him.
e- (ki/bi) pit; mine; insect hole, ekirombe ky'ensanafu, termite hole, ekirombe ky'enjuki, bees' nest, ekirombe ky'amatofaali, kiln, place where bricks are made, ekirombe ky'amafuta, oil well. cf. ennombe.
e- (ki/bi) furnace; kiln, ekyokero ky'amatofaali, a brick kiln. Tuli nno ku kyokero. We are in trouble/danger, cf. yokya, yokera.
o- (lu/n) the unwrapping of food (preparatory to serving); removing/removal of bricks (from a kiln), cf. ^jjula.
o- (lu/n) wooden bowl; round flat papyrus basket; mold (for bricks).
n., e ttaka; brick m., beeti.
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.
e- (li/ma) stone, brick or ball of clay used for cooking. Three of these are usually arranged in the form of a triangle. The pot is placed on top and the firewood is inserted through the openings at the sides, amasiga is now also used to designate the cooking area of a stove or oven, essiga is also the term applied to the largest subdivision of a clan. cf. obusiga.
e- (n/n) pile of bricks which are being baked or have just been baked.
e- (li/ma) CSu>.,dr.] brick.
bowls, etc.); smooth down (the cement between bricks).
pile up (e.g., bricks, firewood); assemble, put together.
amatofaali amookye, baked bricks (as opposed to amatofaali amabisi, sun-dried bricks), cf. yokya.