ekizimba.

o- ( bu/-) small inedible ter1 mites.

o- (bu/-) snack, light food which does not constitute a meal.

o- adv. like a bowl (kibya, q.v.). kutuula bubya, to sit like a bump on a log.

o- adv. like a stump (ekikonge). kutuula bukonge, to stay put, sit like a ‘bump on a log.'

a- no plur. (ka/bu) orneriness, ill- natured disposition; bumptiousness, quality of being loud and bumptious. Omunafu ayinza kababba. (prov.) An idle person excels in boastful talk. It is easier to talk about something than to do it. Alina aka- babba or Wa kababa. He is a loud-mouthed person.

a- (ka/bu) insolence, impudence, effrontery; pushiness, aggressiveness, gall; meddlesomeness; nosiness; bumptiousness, kuba na kajanja, to possess some or all of the above attributes, cf. -ejangisa.

a- (ka/bu) small/short skirt, obuteeteeyi obumpi, miniskirts, cf. ekiteeteeyi.

e- (ki/bi) hole/bump in a road; fig. hardship, cf. sirikka, akasirikko.

ndolobadde) v.i. - lozoolera. stare vacantly/stupidly/idiotic- ally; sit like a bump on a log. cf. omulolo.

e- (n/n) Kiganda ladder in the form of a tripod used for stripping barkcloth from the tree; (any) ladder. Twagwisa bwenyi nga nkandaggo. We met each other at such close quarters that we almost bumped into each other. Ebigambo byamala okulinnya ku nkandaggo. Matters had already reached a climax.

e- (n/n) tumor, swelling, lump, bump (usually on the head,but it may also occur on other parts of the body).

obumpi.

enkuyege; (drone male) enswa, entenga; (warrior) ekkenda; (queen) nnamunswa; for different varieties, vide obuggalamatu, embaala, empawu, amakulubiru, obumpowooko, ense jjere, ennaka, entunda, entakke, ekkonezi.

bump into, knock into, kutomera mmere ya Katonda, to eat without saying grace, kutomera mayu ga bandi, to break up other people's homes, be a home wrecker (by marital infidelity). Bbaasi eyatomedde omuti yalumizza abantu 60. The bus which ran into a tree injured sixty people.

etc.

mpumidde) v.tr. run into, bump into; stumble upon; mistake, fail to see.

(-tomeraganyel v.i. recip. bump into one another.

v.i. = lolobala stare vacantly/stupidly/idiotically; sit like a bump on a log.

be balanced; settle down (in a chair, to one's work); be peaceful/calm, regain one's composure; get straightened out; be corrected. Tukwate mpola byonna bijja kutereera. Let's take things easy, everything will be straightened out. ku- tereera bubya, to sit like a dish, i.e., to sit doing nothing, sit like a bump on a log.

be in the ascendant, okukajjalira ku muntu owa bulijjo, to lord it over the common man.

-etomeza (-etomezezza) v.i. caus. refl. cause oneself to bump into; pretend to bump into.