essasi.

o- (bu/-) surface of a drum; empty space, nothing, kukuba busu, to miss, fail to hit. Ebyasi byakubye busu. The bullets missed the mark.

e- (ki/bi) [Sto. ] cartridge, bullet. cf. essasi.

shake up; divide into smaller pieces (of hot lumps of bananas), okusinsimula omuggo, to beat with a stick. Waaliwo olulala lwe nnasinsimula embogo essasi. There was another occasion when I shot a buffalo with a bullet.

okuwandagaza amasasi, to fire bullets, fire a volley of shots. cf. wandaggirira.

mpanze) v.tr. fit in, install, insert (e.g., a handle, a pole in the ground, bullets in a gun), ekitala ekiwange, a sword in its scabbard, a sheathed sword. Amadirisa tegannawangibwamu. The windows had not yet been installed.

nnyunze) V.TR. cut, cut down (PLANTAINS). ne mbasasira amasasi agaaba- yunja obutooke, and I fired bullets at them which cut them down like flies, {LIT. like plantains).

o- (mu/mi) raid, foray, with the -a of rel. large number; large mass. Amasasi ag'omuzindo paaiiiiiwa A volley of bullets was fired, cf. zinda.

okuwulugumya olukomo, to telephone, okuwulugumya amasasi, to fire bullets/ shots. Yawulugumizza ejjinja. He hurled a stone with great violence. cf. akawulugumo, ekiwulugumo; wologoma.

e- (li/ma) bullet; lead; snider rf ekyasi.

okugobereza amaaso, to follow with the eyes, omwana abadde agobereza omwaka ogw'okubiri, a child who was nearing/approaching his second year. Omulabe bwe yatulaba n'atugobereza amasasi. When the enemy saw us he drove us off with bullets.