ente; c. plague, nsotoka.
ekiraalo, ekisibo.
endobolo; (royal, on cattle) ekikungo, empooza.
o- (bu/-) a second helping; time for the return of cattle to the kraal. cf. dda, ddiza.
o- adv. like cattle, kugumba bute, to huddle/cluster together like cattle, as a noun obute is the plur. of akate, q.v.' cf. ente.
a kind of creeping plant found in old cattle kraals, Ipomea tenuirostris. enkalu kalandalugo, a technique used in wrestling. cf. llanda, lolugo.
cf. eddusu, amalusu.
e- (ki/bi) kraal, enclosure for cattle.
e- (ki/bi) sheep/goat pen; enclosure for cattle; chicken coop, okuyingira mu kisibo ky'obufumbo, to join the ranks of the married, cf. siba.
trypanosomiasis; epidemic among chickens, cf. kawutnpuli.
e- also ekyeserero (ki/bi) watering place for cattle, cf. -(y)esera.
e- (ki/bi) disease of cattle and goats.
o- (lu/n) rare long flock/herd (esp. of cattle or other domestic animals/, cf. eggana.
nnunze) v.tr. herd, tend (cattle); fig. keep in view; keep following around (someone who does not want to be followed ).
n., omusajja; (cattle) ennume.
e- (n/n) kind of spotted tick which is far more dangerous to cattle than the usual ticks.
o- (mu/mi) spirit, soul; temperament; mind; fig. heart, eby'omwoyo, spiritual matters, spiritual affairs. Mwoyo Mutuukiri- vu, the Holy Spirit, okusoma n'omwoyo ogumu, to read with care/carefully. Saalimu mwoyo. I was depressed/disspirited. Eki- tongole kijja kussaako omwoyo okufuna ente ennungi. The Department will do its best/ will make a great effort to get good cattle. Ekyo kyantwala omwoyo. I liked this best of all, lit. this took my heart, cf. ekyoyo, ekyoyooyo.
e- (n/n) kind of small bird found near cattle, lark, pipit, cf. akaliisa.
e- (n/n) cattle tick.
e- (n/n) kind of bird found near cattle, tick bird.
rinderpest.
e- (n/n) domestic bovine, cow, bull, ox; in the plur. cattle, ente enduusi, cow. ente ennume, bull. Ekika ky'Ente, the Cow Clan. cf. obute, akate. akooye, easy chair, sofa. cf. akatebe, ekitebe, omutebe, ssentebe.
e- (n/n) kind of hardwood tree. It has an extensive system of branches but a small trunk and is the source of the staves which the Balaalo employ in herding cattle. (Sn.) cf. oluzira.
n., kawumpuli; (cattle) nsotoka.
nsotoka.
a nkunku, soomi.
e- (li/ma) herding place outside of a cattle kraal.
chief herdsman.
in pulling plows), cf. lima, limisa.
v., okufukirira; (cattle) okunywesa, okwesera.
mpudde) v.tr. thrash; beat (as with a flail); beat hard; throw to the ground; raid (cattle), cf. egguuliro, Kawuula, empuuzo, omuwuuzi.
o- (mu/mi) cane, stick for prodding cattle, cf. goba, ente.
adj. red (of the color of cattle).
(n/n) kind of bird that follows herds of cattle.
v.tr. herd (cattle). The verb is archaic but the noun derivatives omusumba and Ssaabasumba (q.v.) are common?
kraal; fence of cattle inclosure.
o- (mu/mi) kind of very tall hardwood tree, lit. it brings up/nurtures (kuza) the calf (nnyana). (Perhaps so called because the tree yields an aperient medicine for cattle.) okukubisa emiku- zannyana, to beat with sticks.