liibwa, liika.
e- (li/ma) kind of plant with edible leaves resembling spinach or doodo (q.v.).
e- plur. (ki/bi) edible roots of a water plant; young beans.
e- plur. (ki/bi) food, edibles, lit. (things) which are eaten, cf. lya, liira.
o- (bu/-) small inedible termites. cf. ggala, okutu.
o- ( bu/-) small inedible ter1 mites.
e- plur. amalembwe (li/ma) large kirembwe (a kind of large ant). Enswa emu ekira eddembwe. (prov.) One nswa (small, edible termite) is better than a large, inedible ant. Usefulness cannot be measured by size, cf. ekirembwe, ssekirem- bwe.
ensiri, obuzingiriri; (edible) essami.
e- plur. amayenje (li/ma) kind of large edible cricket. Kwali kumenya mu jjenje kkalu. It was extremely easy to do, lit. breaking into a dry cricket, cf. Sserulya-mayenje.
e- plur. amayuuni (li/ma) plant of the arum family, Colocasia antiquorum. The leaves and roots are edible.
a- (ka/bu) a kind of small edible rat, lesser cane rat. cf. emmangala.
a- also akakaasokanso (ka/bu) small shrub with edible berries, Rhus incana; berry of the plant.
a- (ka/bu) kind of wild gourd. It is inedible and characterized by extreme hardness.
a- (ka/bu) kind of edible mushroom.
a- (ka/bu) edible flower of the pumpkin, with the -a of rel. plump.
a- (ka/bu) edible red berry from the mutunku tree, q.v.
a- (ka/bu) rare kind of edible mushroom.
e- (ki/bi) load, heavy load, ekibano kv'omukazi, ill-tempered, irascible woman. Kino nno kibano! This is incredible/unbelievable!
e- (ki/bi) watery, inedible potatoes which have been left too long in the ground; fig. dullard, stupid person; senile person, dotard, cf. wutta, emputta.
e- (li/ma) arch, sharpened stick for hunting edible rats (misu).
e- (ki/bi) trail of an edible rat (musu).
v.i. neut. of lya, q.v.
o- (lu/n) kind of tree producing white edible berries, Flueggea virosa. cf. ekkandwa.
o- (lu/n) net made of kiteete (a kind of grass) for catching ssami (edible gnats, lakeflies); a patch of kiteete grass, cf. ekiteete, etteete.
o- (lu/n) vegetable leaf; edible herb. cf. enva.
a- plur. (li/ma) liver of an edible rat (musu).
adj. amazing, incredible, unbelievable. ekyeya mawuuno, a period of incredible drought.
e- (n/n) female edible rat (musu).
e- (n/n) kind of edible plant, resembling spinach but with smaller leaves. It cooks very rapidly, hence the following idiomatic usage: Embooge teyabuguma nga tutuuse. We arrived in no time at all, lit. the mbooge had not even become warm.
e- (n/n) kind of small edible rat, lesser cane rat. cf. akabangala.
e- (n/n) kind of large edible mushroom.
e- also emputte (n/n) watery, inedible potatoes which have been left too long in the ground; fig. dullard, stupid person, easy mark. cf. wutta, ekiwutta, omu- wutta.
o- (mu/mi) kind of edible rat (omusu, q.v.).
e- (n/n) kind of plant with edible leaves.
e- (n/n) kind of edible earthen salt. cf. guga.
e- (n/n) kind of edible termite, white ant(s) which come out slightly after midnight, okuzuukuka mu nsejjere, to wake up bright and early, cf. obusejjeresejjere, ekisejjere, amasejjere.
e- (n/n) kind of edible termite.
emmese, akabalaga, olubende; (edible) omusu, omwene, akabalanga.
e- (li/ma) edible gnat, lakefly.
e- (li/ma) edible fruit of the mu- Lngu.ma tree, q.v.
(la) kind of common edible mushroom.
e- (n/n) small edible termite common in Bulemeezi County, cf. akanakanaka.
(la) Mr. Edible Rat. Ekkubo limu lyassa Wamusu. (prov.) lit. One road killed Mr. Edible Rat (since because of the regularity of his habits the hunters were able to determine his position). It is always desirable to have more than one way of solving a problem, cf. omusu.
v.i. neut. be edible.
(la) edible lily
ekisero, ekibbo, endiiro, endabi, enkanga, enzibo; fish b., omuya; b. for edible gnats (ssami), olutente.
to raise cain, engage in horseplay (of young children). gudu (la) kind of large, edible mushroom.
o- (mu/mi) kind of creeping plant with edible roots.
ekikere kyayaza ennyama ku mutwe. (prov.) That which is inedible does not fail to become more abundant, the the frog has more flesh on the head (than elsewhere). Perhaps = the best things are the least abundant. okwala inf.
o- (mu/mi) kind of creeping plant resembling ivy which produces an edible fruit, kkobe, q.v. cf. olukobe.
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.
o- (mu/mi) watery/inedible/old potato; fig. stupid person, cf. wutta, emputta.
(la) kind of edible mushroom.
o- (mu/tai) kind of tree, Ficus enaphalncarnn^ Fiscus trzckyphylla, producing edible figs.