oluga, eggulugungu; sugar cane, ekikajjo.
etc.; cause pain (of an internal physical nature); break; beat. Omutwe gumbwatula. I have a splitting headache, okubwatula engalo, to applaud, break out into applause, okubwatula emiggo, to beat severely (with sticks/canes). cf. -bwatufu, kibwatukira.
carry away (of a storm or hurricane).
e- (1 i/m a) spicule, hairy projection on elephant grass (reeds) or sugarcane; hair on a caterpillar, okuseka n'eggimbi ku mwoyo, to laugh bitterly; to laugh maliciously.
kibuyaga, kikuŋŋunta.
a- (ka/bu) a kind of small edible rat, lesser cane rat. cf. emmangala.
a- (ka/bu) crust; end part (of bread, sugarcane, etc., which is usually not eaten); residue.
e- (ki/bi) sugarcane.
e- (ki/bi) young sugarcane/ elephant grass.
o- (lu/n) cane, walking stick; cane used for administering a beating.
o- (lu/n) kind of shrub from which canes are made.
e- (n/n) kind of small edible rat, lesser cane rat. cf. akabangala.
e- (n/n) post; pole, empango y'eki- kajjo, stalk of sugarcane; stick of sugarcane.
plur. of ki/bi cl.) kind of insect which does great damage to sweet potatoes, sugarcane, etc.
n., omuggo; (cane) oluga; (iron shod), omuwunda; (hooked) ekkongolijjo.
ekikajjo, ekirumbirumbi; one stick of sugarcane, empango.
nnyamidde) v.tr. urge on with shouts (e.g., dogs in hunting, a horse in a race); strike, beat, okwamira emiggo, to beat/cane severely. okwamira inf.
o- (mu/mi) stick; walking stick, cane; crutch. Katonda ankubye omuggo. Something bad has happened to me. God has chastised me. cf. obuggo, kaggoggo.
o- (mu/mi) cane, stick for prodding cattle, cf. goba, ente.
(la) kind of insect which eats the heartwood of trees and of sugarcane.
o- (mu/mi) edible rat, cane-rat, an animal slightly larger than a rabbit, Thryonomys swinderianus. Ekika ky'Omu- su, The Edible Rat Clan, kusigala omu nga musu, to be left alone, be abandoned by one's friends or associates (esp. in time of trouble), kukuba nga misu, to be numerous/abundant, cf. Wamusu.
has broken off a very young/immature stalk of sugarcane.
v.i. pass. Ewa jjajja teviibwa nga totutte bikajjo. It is impossible to leave grandmother's without taking sugarcane.