ekisaakaate, ekikaali, akasiira, akabanda, olukomera, olugo, ekigo, bbooma.
v., okukomera, okusita olukomera.
ompoza, okuwoza.
e- plur. amawula (li/ma) kind of creeper used for binding fences.
e- (ki/bi) fenced enclosure; stockade, yard; fort; relig. parish.
e- (ki/bi) fence; arch, royal or chief's enclosure (among the Banyoro).
e- (ki/bi) lit. something hanging in space, fig. indecisive, incapable of deciding which side to take or which course to follow, kusigala awo kireebereebe, to be a fence-sitter, be betwixt and between. cf. leeba.
e- (ki/bi) reed fence; fence (in general); chief's inclosure/compound; inclosure made of reeds for washing or for use as an outhouse. Types of fencing include: kigombe, crosswise in diamond shapes; kya kasiira, upright and close together; kya nnakabanda, grouped in columns. (Sn., LeV.)
hem (cloth); restrict, limit; border; hinder; prohibit, forbid, okukugira ennyumba, to put a fence around a house, cf. olukugiro, omukugiro.
o- (lu/n) fence; hedge; palisade; barricade; barrier, cf. koma, komera, ek- komera.
o- (lu/n) reed, okutangaala ng'eky' emmuli, to be amazed/stupefied, stand dumbfounded, lit. be transparent like a reed (fence, ekisaakaate is implied by ekya). cf. lomumuli.
o- plur. empwanyi (lu/n) strychnia plant, Dracoena fragrans, used for making fences.
e-: ow'enkobabbirye, person with brownish-colored skin, one who is neither very dark nor very light; one who fluctuates between two opposing sides, fence- sitter. cf. nnankobabbirye.
omusango, ekisittaza, enkongo, akyonoono.
reeds on a fence), emmuli en- siire, plaited reeds, cf. -^akasiiro, amasiira.
interweave (a reed fence, etc.).
one who is non-committed, sit-on-the-fence; one who is easily swayed, lit. a-give-me (mpa)-somewhere- (we)-I-may-fall (ngwa). nnampa- wengwa ng'akawundo, as neutral as a bat (which has characteristics of both birds and animals), neither fish nor fowl, ensi zinnampawengwa, neutral nations.
(la) top roll of reeds on a fence. cf. oluzizi.
kraal; fence of cattle inclosure.
v.tr. appl. fence in; barricade.
v.i. appl. pass. be fenced in/enclosed.