okuzimba; (boat) okusiba.

omuzimbi.

ennyumba, enju, enzimba.

mmanze) v. tr. begin, commence; set up, establish; build, construct; found.

e- (li/ma) [Sw., Ar.] sheet of corrugated iron, tin or other metal used for the roofing or siding of a building.

o- (bu/-) mud, mortar or clay used for building.

formerly the name of the Parliamentary Building of the Government of Buganda; obs. kabaka's court of justice.

ekigo; build castles in the air, okweyibaayiba.

e- plur. amawanika (li/ma) cupboard; place for storage; safe; treasury; treasury building, cf. wanika, akawanika, lomuwanika.

etc.; build/construct at an unusual speed.

e- (ki/bi) building site, plot of ground/land.

e- (ki/bi) darkness (inside of a building).

e- crowdedness, usually as an adv. or with the -a of rel. close together, crowded; abundant, plentiful. Ejinaano ya kifuko. The wheat is thickly sown. Aba- karamoja bazimba kifuko. The Karamoja build (their houses) close together, cf. fuka.

e- (ki/bi) measure, measurement; size; build; extent, with the -a of rel. moderate. Kirungi omwenge onywenga gwa kigero. You should drink beer in moderation. Obuyivu bwabwe si bwa kigero eki- bayinzisa okusoma ebitabo bino. Their education is not sufficient to enable them to read these books, cf. ^gera.

e* (ki/bi) form, structure, build; stature; make-up, appearance; type, kind. cf. kula, ^enkula.

e- (ki/bi) lit. it-will-not-grow-up (from kula), kind of insect which bores into dry wood. Kitaakule kizimba mu lumuli. (prov.) The kitaakule builds in a reed (and will soon perish when the reeds are burnt).

e- (ki/bi) building, edifice. cf. Izimba.

enlarge; build in addition to; add to; amend (e.g., a law).

be conspicuous; stand motionless, remain, Still exist (as a building after a flood); resist, hold out. Nnalengera mmoloka eku- ngubadde wansi w'emiti. I saw a car standing motionless under the trees.

e- (ki/bi) dried plantain fiber used in making rope, in tying up bundles of food during the cooking process, in tying poles in building, etc. okusala ebyayi, to relieve oneself, cf. olwayi.

ndasizza) v.tr. shoot (an arrow); hit (with an arrow); fire (a shot, a gun); flick, flick away (with the finger); kick with the back legs (of a locust), okulasa eki- faananyi, to take a photograph, okulasa emboozi, to converse, okulasa entula, to press ntula fruit to make the seeds come out. okulasa akasolya, to bend the reeds of a roof to the frame (in building a house).

o- (lu/n) with the -a of rel. huge, enormous, very large, olugegge lw'eki- zimbe, an enormous building.

o- (lu/n) kind of small tree with sharp thorns. The poles formed from this tree are used in building, cf. omukanaga, enkanaga.

a- plur. (li/ma) period of construction, time of construction; process of building. Yaleka ennvumba eri wakati mu mazimba. He left the house when it was half built/in the middle of construction. cf. Izimba.

n. (for building), obudongo; (for pounding) ekinu, emmanvu.

e- (n/n) kind of mortar used in building walls.

e- (n/n) kind of tree, Ficus bra- chypoda, from which are obtained poles for hut building. The fruit is entonto(golo), q.v.

e- (n/n) way/manner of building; style of building, cf. ^zimba.

ekibaya; build a r., okuganzika emiti.

v.tr. (child), okulera, okuganjula; (build) okuzimba; (on end) okuyimiriza.

encamp; take temporary shelter; build temporary shelter; stay in a place for a rather long period of time. cf. akasiisira, olusiisira.

Mugaba, Obubonero bw’okugolola (striae) buba bwa bulijjo, tebulina bulabe, era butera okuba obw’olubeerera obuva ku kugolola amangu olususu ng’oli lubuto, mu myaka gy’obuvubuka, okugejja oba okuzimba omubiri, nga butera okulabika ku lubuto, amabeere, ebisambi, n’enkwaso.

e- no plur. (li/ma) ground; land; earth; soil, okukuba ettaka, to survey; to apply mud in house building, omukubi w'ettaka, surveyor, eby'omu ttaka, minerals, mineral wealth, eby'ettaka, land affairs, cf. o butaka, ekitakataka, omu taka.

e- no plur. (li/ma) staying in one place, sedentariness. Yalaba ng'ettuu- lawamu limuzimbyeko akayumba. He felt that staying in one place was getting on his nerves, lit. building a little house on him.

break into (a house, building, etc.). kuyingirira mayu ga bantu, to burglarize the houses of people; to seduce other people's wives.

construct; fig. edify, okwebaza eyazimba, lit. to thank the one who built (the house) = to sleep, go to sleep. Zimba ennene! Taku- beerako. (prov.) lit. Build a big (house). He doesn't help you with it. This describes cf. amaziika, ezziika.

etc.

dismantle, demolish (constructions, buildings). cf. ekizimbe, amazimba, omuzimbi, enzimba.

zimbisa (-zimbisizza) v.tr. caus. 1 & 2 cause to build; build with/ by means of.

o- (mu/ba) builder; architect. cf. ^zimba.

o- (mu/ba) head canoe builder.,

carry out a search through (a house, building, premises, etc.). cf. fufula, fufuza.

okutuusa omulimu, to do/ finish a job well/properly. Nnatuusibwa mu ddwaliro. I was taken to the hospital. Njagala okutuusa okusiima kwange eri... I wish to express my appreciation to... Otuusizza okuzimba? Are you ready to build? Have you gotten to the point where you have decided to build? Olituusa wa okwerabiranga? How long are you going to keep forgetting?

o- with the -a of rel. tall, of good build, evvubuka ery'omusituka, a big strapping youth, cf. situka.

amatendo g'abatuukirivu, litany of the saints, amatendo is also used as an invar, adj. wonderful, magnificent, excellent, indescribable, ekizimbe amatendo, a magnificent building, ekitabo amatendo, a wonderful book. cf. tenda.

o- (mu/ba) boor, unrefined person; clumsy person; stupid person. Omndembe akolera enkoko olunnyo ng'abaana basula wansi. /prov.) A stupid person builds a wooden frame for the chickens while his children sleep on the floor.

cf. ekikaabugo.

v.tr. appl. 2 to work continually at building (a fire); to blow on (a fire) constantly to keep it going.

raised to a great height; swollen, ekizimbe ekitumbiivu mu bbanga, tall building, skyscraper. cf. tumbiira.