enku; f. cut green, enkukku; go to fetch f., okusennya, okutyaba, okuziga.
o- always plur. (bu/-) scraps of firewood, cf. oluku.
omugugu, ekisaaganda, eki tuutuuli; (shells) omutwalo; (fish) olutala; (firewood), ekinywa, omuganda, olusekese; (salt) olubaya; (cloth) omutumba.
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) small piece of firewood. cf. oluku. See also tyaba.
a- (ka/bu) small bundle of firewood. cf. olusekese.
an insect which makes a cocoon like a tiny bundle of firewood and lives inside it.
a- (ka/bu) small sheaf, small bundle (of firewood), cf. omuwakata.
e- (ki/bi) large piece of dead wood; old piece of firewood, cf. oluku.
e- (ki/bi) fagot, bundle of firewood, ekinywa ky'emmuli, bundle of reeds.
e- (ki/bi) piece; fragment, eki- papajjo ky'oluku, apiece of firewood.
e- (ki/bi) torch; bunch of grass or piece of firewood/paper, etc., which is set on fire and carried about.
n., omugugu, omutumba, omutwalo; (of fish) olutala, olukanda, olutakku; (of firewood) olusekese.
o- (lu/n) scaffolding; elevated shelf in the kitchen for storing firewood, bananas, etc.; counter; bar (of a tavern), cf. ekibanyi.
o- (lu/h) kind of small tree growing near water. It may be used as firewood.
o- (lu/n) piece of firewood; in the plur. firewood, okukuba oluku mu mutwe, to succeed in, get what one is after. Omusomo yagukuba oluku mu mutwe. He passed the course with flying colors. Omusango yagukuba oluku mu mutwe. He won the lawsuit. cf. obukuukuku, akaku, 2ekiku, olukukku, enkukku.
o- (lu/n) picuc uf firewood, cf. oluku.
o- (lu/n) long bundle of firewood; long bundle, olusekese lw'enku, long bundle of firewood, okufuuka olusekese, to lose weight, become all skin and bones. cf. sekesa, omusekese.
lit. one who cooks (fumba) with a large bundle (egganda) of firewood.
e- (n/n) rafter, beam; long pieces of firewood to form the base on which other firewood is placed; banana leaves used as a covering or lining (see olwaliiro). ...laba, enjaliiro ekyali ku liiso lyo....and behold, a beam which is in thine own eye. (Matth. 7; 4). cf. ^yala, valiira.
e- (n/n) medium to large pieces of firewood, cf. obukuukuku, oluku.
i.e., one who finishes quickly and hustles others, an efficient but intolerable person.
cf. olusekese, omusekese.
enku); pain, ache a great deal. Amagumba gansennya. My bones pain me.
etc. okwesennyera akaku akalimu obuwuka, to bring trouble on oneself, lit. to collect for oneself a piece of firewood which has biting red ants in it. cf. kasennyanku.
e- (li/ma) stone, brick or ball of clay used for cooking. Three of these are usually arranged in the form of a triangle. The pot is placed on top and the firewood is inserted through the openings at the sides, amasiga is now also used to designate the cooking area of a stove or oven, essiga is also the term applied to the largest subdivision of a clan. cf. obusiga.
enku). okutyaba amazina, dance a great deal, dance with great enthusiasm.
etc. okutyabira muntu kalimu obuwuka, lit. to collect for a person (akaku, small piece of firewood, implied) in which there are small insects, i.e., to cause trouble for someone, okwetyabira akalimu obuwuka, to bring trouble down upon ones'elf. cf. omutyabi.
omuti; firewood, enku; (forest) ekibira; (plank) olubaawo.
v.tr. appl. 2 keep picking up; pick up all the time. Awagwa ekku tewabula bulondererwa. (prov.) Where a large piece of firewood falls there is no lack of little pieces to pick up.
o- (mu/ba) one who searches for or gathers firewood, cf. tyaba.
o- (mu/mi) large load/bundle of firewood, omusekese gw'enju, a long house, cf. sekesa, olusekese.
obubbi, kabbira, omubbi, omubbizi, enziba.
o- (mu/mi) faggot, bundle (of firewood). cf. akawakata.
pile up (e.g., bricks, firewood); assemble, put together.