okulonda.

o- (bu/-) numbness; electric shock, cf. sannyalala, amasannyalaze.

o- also obusosozi (bu/-) selectiveness, selectivity; discrimination (usually in the sense of hostility to another person or group), cf. sosola.

o- (bu/-) evenness, levelness, obutereevu bw'ennyanja, sea level, as adv. straight, directly, ne bagenda butereevu mu kisenge gye yali, and they went straight into the room where he was. ababaka abalonde obutereevu, representatives who are elected directly (by the people).

lungi, womeravu.

fumbisa (-fumbisizza) v.tr. caus. 1 Sc 2 make cook, cause to cook; cook with/using. Afumbya masannya- laze/nku. She cooks with electricity/firewood.

a- (ka/bu) electric bulb, kwessa mu butaaia, to show off, put oneself in the limelight. cf. ekitaala, ettaala.

e- (ki/bi) a selection given to students by a teacher for memorization, cf. kwata.

e- (ki/bi) lump; mass; piece; portion, ekitole ky'emmere, a morsel of food, ekitole ky'omusaayi, a blood clot, ekitole kya ssabbuuni, a bar of soap, okulondera mu kitole, indirect election.

e- (n/n) electric bell, ekkengere z'obugaali, bicycle bells.

grow up, mature. Awakula ennume tewakula emu. (prov.) lit. Where bulls grow up, there does not grow (just) one. Perhaps ~ Troubles never occur singly, okukula nga, to be formed like; to resemble. Nnalonda akafo akaakula ng'ekisu ky'akasanke. 1 selected a small place which resembled a finch's nest. Obudde bukuze. The situation is very bad. There is trouble.

nnonze) v.tr. gather up, pick up; pick out; select, choose; elect; describe completely. Kuno si kutta kulonda. This is a great bargain, lit. it is not killing (a game CtTtl TTl al) but merely picking it up (from the ground), okulonda mu bangi, lit. to select from among many, to choose (a wife). Baabu)onda. They had a fight or They went running after each other, lit. picked up the footsteps (abuwuufu is implied by -bu-). Ekibiina kyakubidde waggulu mu kulonda. The party won an overwhelming victory in the elections.

nnondobye) v.i. select, choose, pick out; enumerate, cf. londa.

a- plur. (li/ma) numbness; paralysis; per ext. electricity, cf. sannyalala.

e- (n/n) way of choosing/electing; election, cf. londa.

adj., ekironde, ekyeroboze.

v., okulondamu, okweroboza, okulondoba, okusiima.

okulonda; (things selected) ebironde.

e- (n/n & li/ma) CSto.] lantern; lamp, ettaala ey'amasannyalaze, electric light, ettaala ey'omukono, portable lantern, lantern of the type which can be carried from place to place, ettaala z'oku nguudo, street lights, cf. akataala, ekitaala; ettabaaza.

give birth to; bear; produce; cause, be the cause of. okuzaala omwana mu Batiisimu, to stand up for a child who is baptized, be a godparent. okuzaala emirerembe, to cause trouble, okuzaala eminene, to cause trouble, LIT. big ones. Okulonda kubiza- dde. The election has caused problems (-bi- = ebigambo).

okufuuyiza omusulo, colloq. to urinate, as an adv. in the phrase okulya fuuyiza, to eat too much; to eat without any discrimination/sense of selection.

etc.; pick up with/by means of. cf. -londe, kalonda, akalondwalondwa, omulonzi, ennonda, entalondwa; londoba.

select; assign (to a task); sort, sort out.

o- (mu/ba) elector, voter, cf. londa.

Ar. ] lightning; thunder; electricity. Eraddu yamukubye. He was struck by lightning.

select; be finicky/selective about; adopt, eggwanga lya Katonda eryebonanye, God s chosen nation.

chosen, eggwanga eddonde, the chosen people. cf. londa.

discriminating; discriminatory. cf. sosola.

grasped, omukwate, detainee, one who has been detained, ekikwate, a selection to be committed to memory. cf. kwata.