(soil), ettaka; (land) ensi; go to earth, okusowottoka.

v. (roots), okutemera.

a ttaka.

adj., a bbumba,

musisi, ekikankano.

e- (li/ma) pottery, shop where earthen vessels are made. cf. bumba.

o- (bu/-) nature (in a general sense); nature, essence, inherent characteristics. obutonde bw'ensi, the nature of the earth, cf. tonda.

o- adv. kuiuula busiga, to sit for a long time wakeful; to stay by the hearth, busiga is also the plural o/kasiga, small cooking stone, cf. essiga.

v., okukuŋŋaanya, okukukumba, okukunga; (tribute) okusolooza; (market dues) okuwooza; (all sorts) okuyombolereza; (poles) okusonda; (earth, etc.) okuyoola.

e- no plur. (li/ma) soil, earth, ground, cf. lima.

empambiiro.

e- (li/ma) small lump of earth, broken-up piece of hard soil.

etc. Buli muntu Katonda yamugerera ennaku ze z'alimala ku nsi. God has measured out for every person the days he will spend on earth.

e- (li/ma) slope, embankment; mound of earth, cf. ekigulumu.

ekyoto.

a- path/ridge of earth before the doorway of a hut.

e- (ki/bi) something awesome; something terrible, misfortune, lit. something which produces a burning sensation, as an adv. at a great speed, ekibabu kya musisi, a catastrophic earthquake. Yagenda kibabu. He went off in a great hurry, cf. babuka, olubabu.

e- (ki/bi) mound of earth (esp. that on which sweet potatoes are planted).

e- also ekigulumo (ki/bi) embankment, mound of earth, slope, cf. eggulumu.

e- (ki/bi) shaking; trembling; earthquake, cf. kankana.

e- (ki/bi) large head pad; large pot pad; ridge of earth dug for planting potatoes. cf. ekkata, enkata.

e- (ki/bi) red earth/ocher used in painting canoes.

e- with the -a of rel. pale red, having the color of red earth (lukuusi, q.v.).

e- (ki/bi) kind of insect which has the coloring of soil (ettaka, q.v.)-, rare term for any earthenware pot.

e- (ki/bi) large white earthworm. Alya ng'ekisokomi. He eats like a pig.

e- also ekitakataka from ettaka, earth, with the -a of rel. brown, earth- colored.

e- (ki/bi) platform of earth; platform; pulpit; pedestal, cf. akatuuti.

e- (ki/bi) fireplace, hearth, ekyoto ky'eggaali, railroad engine, okulinnya mu kyoto. to refuse angrily, ‘put one's foot down.' okusula ku kyoto, to sit up all night with a sick person. Ennyonyi erina ebyoto bina. The airplane has four motors. ?cf. yota.

o- (lu/n) red earth, red soil; fig. the grave fbecause it is dug at least as deep as the red soil), okulannamira olu- kuusi, euph. to be dead and buried, cf. ekikuusikuusi.

o- (lu/n) earthworm.

o- (lu/n) lit. it is pleasing to goats, a kind of weed, common in newly- dug earth, which is eaten by goats, cf. wooma, woomera, embuzi.

lit. it shakes the sky. See musisi.

e- (n/n) kind of edible earthen salt. cf. guga.

e- (n/n) earth; land; country, nation; world, cf. obunnansi, akasi, ekinnansi, i omunnansi, -nnansi, wansi.

e- (n/n) kind of earth-colored bird about the size of a partridge.

omubumbi, omujoona. potter's earth, e bbumba.

myufu, twakaavu; (animals) gaaju, a lukunyu, a lujumba; become r., okumyuka, okutwaka, okutwakaala; r. earth, olukuusi, e ggerenge.

level (earth); push back.

adj. tremendous, earth- shaking, lit. tree-uprooting, olukunnaana ssigulamiti, a tremendous rally/meeting. cf. sigula, omuti.

etc.; dig up (earth, rootsK Ekiteeso kya- temerwako ettaka. The proposal was buried/ defeated, okutemera mu myaka..., to be ... years of age. Atemera mu myaka ana egy'obukulu. He is forty years of age.

v., okukasuka, okukanyuga. t. away, okusuula, okuyiwa. t, down, okubemula, okutandaggira, okulekula, okuligajjula; (in wrestling) okumegga. t. up (earth), okufukula. t. over shoulder (cloth), okusuulira. thrush, ebbuukamugogo; (disease of infants) engeru, enkuyu.

level down (e.g., earth); smooth down.

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.

okuziikula, okuvumbula, okwanjuluza.

e- (li/ma) piece of earth, lump/ chunk of soil (turned up by a plow), cf. vuunika.

njasamye) v.i. open the mouth; be open, open (of the mouth); fig. open, open up (something which can be compared to the mouth). Yeegombanga ettaka lyasame limumire. He used to wish that the earth would open and swallow him up. Ky otonnalya tosooka kwasama. (prov.) lit. What you have not yet eaten, do not first open your mouth (in anticipation). Don't count your chickens before they are hatched. okwasama inf.

o- (mu/mi) log used to bank up earth; log at the entrance of a house used as a step; threshold; fig. stumbling block, obstacle.

reach; (followed by an abstract noun, often the equivalent to the English comparison of equality). Ennyumba ye yenkana n'eyaffe obunene. His house is as large as ours. Benkana obukulu/amaanyi. They are of the same age/equal in strength. Eki- banja kyo kyenkana wa? How big is your piece of land, lit. extends where? buli Muganda w'afa yenkana, every Muganda, no matter who he may be. okwenkana awo, to that degree, to that extent. Wamukubira ki okwenkana awo? Why did you strike him so much/to that extent? kyenkana, lit. it is equal, often used as an adv., equally, in the same manner. Kyenkana okugamba nti..., It is the same as saying/it is equivalent to saying... Amala gavuga kyenkana nga bwe yandibadde omu ku nsi. He drives just as if he were the only person on earth. okwenkana inf.

v.tr. appl. 2 mold/fashion badly; encrust with earth (of termites).

v.tr. appl. digin/at/for. Simira lumonde oyo aleme kukala. Cover those sweet potatoes with earth so that they do not dry up.

adj. disastrous, cataclysmic; huge, tremendous. Musisi ddekabusa, a hideous earthquake.

cf. sisiwala.

as of a burrowing animal), okufukula emigongo, colloq. to dance, cf. fukuzi, effukuzi, enfukulo.

kwe- temerako ttaka, to do a great harm/disservice to oneself, lit. dig one's own earth (= grave).

go to sleep on/in, etc. okwebakira eringi, to sleep under a lot (of earth, ttaka is implied), i.e., to be dead.