ekyennyanja. names of f., emmale, ejjamba, aka lende, ekisinja, embegedde, embovu, omukene, omunyala, nnandere, endulumba, engagala, engege, enningu, enkakaalukanyi, enkejje, enkokoto, enkuyu, enkyulukyulu, ensoga, ensonzi, ensuma, ssemutundu. f. net, ekiragala. f. trap, ekigu, omugomo. f. hook, eddobo. f. line, omugonjo.

v., okuvuba, okusumbya; (with hook), okuloba.

-yo, -mu, -wo. ba becomes baa- before such an addition, mbaako kye njogera, if 1 have something to say (note that this does not imply physical pos ses s ion as is often the case when -na is suffexed to -li), abo abanaabaawo enkya, those who will be present tomorrow. Bwe walibaamu amazzi mu mugga, tulivuba. If there is water in the river we will fish. Taliimu. He is stupid or He is not at home.

e- (li/ma) hole where lungfish hide during the dry season.

o- adv. like a ngege fish, kwekyusa bugege, to toss and turn (in bed); to fidget (in one's seat), cf. engege.

o- adv. like a mudfish, kugoba bumale, to arrive. Nzuuno ngobye bumale. Here 1 am. I have arrived, cf. emmale.

omugugu, ekisaaganda, eki tuutuuli; (shells) omutwalo; (fish) olutala; (firewood), ekinywa, omuganda, olusekese; (salt) olubaya; (cloth) omutumba.

o- plur. (ka/bu) roe (of fish).

okukwata; (disease) okusiigi bwa, okulwala, okuwakula obulwadde; (fish) okuvuba, okuloba; (ball) okubaka; (water) okulembeka. c. fire, okuggya omuliro. c. up, okukwata, okutuukako. try to catch up, okutuukirira.

e- plur. amalobo (li/ma) fishhook; hook. cf. loba, zakalobo.

title of the chief of the Kabaka's canoes, admiral; title of a high- ranking chief of the Mmamba (Lungfish) Clan.

peel off (of skin, paint, etc.); lose scales (e.g., of a fish, snake); become unstuck; fig. come out of one's shell.

e- (li/ma) scale (of a fish or reptile), cf. gagambuka, eggamba, ekiga- gamba.

e- (li/ma) basket trap with a hole in the bottom used for catching lake fish.

e- (li/ma) large scale (e.g., of a fish); large scab/crust, cf. ekigalagamba; eggamba.

e- (li/ma) scale (of a fish or reptile); scab; crust, cf. gagambuka, egga- gamba, ekigagamba, ekigalagamba.

e- (li/ma) fin (of a fish), cf. akagirigimba.

e- plur. amayamba (li/ma) kind of small fish which lives in shallow water; colloq. money, cf. akayamba.

a- (ka/bu) small lungfish (emmamba).

a- (ka/bu) fish trap made of reeds for catching ngege, catfish, etc.

adj. huge, gigantic, ekyennyanja kabwege, a huge fish.

a- (ka/bu) young mudfish (mmale, q.v.). cf. ekirende.

a- (ka/bu) a small animal related to the otter which lives near water and is very skillful in catching mudfish (mmale); the second totem of the Otter Clan. Oddizza kaneene mmale. lit. You have given the otter a fish, i.e., you have given something (usually food) to someone who has a great hunger for it/who will appreciate it very much.

a- (ka/bu) small trap made of grass and used for catching mudfish (mmale). cf. sereekerera.

Mormyrus kannume. cf. ombegedde- (matono).

a- (ka/bu) conical fish trap for catching mudfish.

a- (ka/bu) small net; small netting; fishing net; mosquito net. akatimba mu ddirisa, window screen, akatimba k'ensiri, mosquito net. cf. ekitimba.

a- (ka/bu) kind of small fish, dimin. of ejjamba, q.v. Akayamba kaka- lubye omutwe. Matters have become difficult/serious.

e- (ki/bi) scale (of a fish or reptile). cf.. gagambuka, eggamba, eggagamba.

e- (ki/bi) scale (e.g., of a fish); scab; crust, cf. eggalagamba; eggamba, ekigagamba.

e- (ki/bi) kind of small basket trap for catching small fish (nkejje). The traps were tied together in pairs by a cord three or four feet long. (Roscoe ).

akasumagizi.

e- (ki/bi) fishing net.

e- (ki/bi) young mudfish (mmale, q. v.). cf. akalende.

e- (ki/bi) something which has been hooked fas in fishing); kind of shrub with hook-like thorns, cf. loba.

e- (ki/bi) shift, rotation, turn, okukola ebisanja, to work in rotation, mu bisanja, in shifts, ekisanja ky'emmale, a load of smoked mmale fish.

e- (ki/bi) kind of large fish, barbel, Barbus radcliffi; half of a bunch of bananas broken off. See enkuyu & enkwekwe.

e- (ki/bi) elephant-snout fish, Gnathonemus longibarbis.

e- (ki/bi) kind of shrub growing in water. The stems float and are used for spearing lungfish.

e- (li/ma) elephant-snout fish, Gnathonemus longibarbis. See ekisuma.

e- (1 i/ma) [Sw.] fish eagle.

e- (n/n) = ekisuma, q.v. elephant- snout fish, Gnathonemus longibarbis.

e- the initial element of many nouns (or noun phrases). It is composed of the -a of rel. and the pron. concord. It implies a preceding kintu, thing; matter, ekiro, night; ekyekiro, supper, ennyanja, lake; ekyennyanja, fish, okulabira, to look at; ekyokulabirako, example. The plural ebya is used in a similar manner.

e- without the I.V.'s kyannyanja plur. ebyennyanja (byannyanja) (ki/bi) fish, lit. (thing)of the sea. cf. ennyanja.

n., omugugu, omutumba, omutwalo; (of fish) olutala, olukanda, olutakku; (of firewood) olusekese.

ndobye) v.tr. hook; fish (with a hook).

lobesa (lobesezza) v.tr. caus. 1 8c 2 cause to hook/fish, okulobesa eddobo, to fish with a hook. cf. eddobo, ekirobe, omulobi.

o- (lu/h) kind of fish.

o- (lu/n) fin (of a fish); long line (e.g., of ants, of mountains).

o- (lu/n) olukanda lw'enkejje, a load of nkejje (a small fish) consisting of about 30 skewers woven together.

e'mmamba.

o- (lu/n) package; load; bunch, pile, entala z'ebyennyanja, loads of fish.

o- (lu/n) kind of fish trap for catching mmale.

o- (lu/n) stem of leaf of basket wattle (jjerengesa) used for making fish traps.

o- (Iu/n) clamor; bad smell, okuwu- nya olwayo, to smell bad, have a foul smell (e.g., like rotten fish), cf. ejjayo, akaayo.

a- plur. (li/ma) trap/hole for catching mmale fish.

e- (n/n) kind of catfish = ssemu- tundu, q. v.

e- (n/n) kind of ngege (a freshwater fish, Tilapia esculenta).

e- (n/n) mudfish, Clarias mossambicus. cf. obumale.

e- (n/h) lungfish (kind of long, eelshaped fish), Protoperus aethiopicus. Ekika ky'Emmamba, the Lungfish Clan. Omulya mmamba aba omu, n'avumaganya ekika. ft>rov.) He who ate the lungfish (and thereby violates a taboo) is one, (but) he brings the whole clan into disrepute. The evil of one can be the undoing of many. cf. aka- bamba.

e- (n/n) kind of small fish net.

e- (n/n) long stick with a hook on the end used for grasping things which are out of arm's reach. Kiri ewala, empenduzo ekireeta. (prov.) lit. That which is far, an empenduzo brings it in. To catch a fish one must have the right bait. cf. wendula.

e- (n/n) kind of very small lake fish, THapia variabilis.

e- (n/n) [Lunyorof\ kindoffish, Nile perch.

okutemagana ng'aga mukene, to sparkle like (the sauce, amazzi is implied) of mukene fa common simile). cf. akamukene.

lit. the hunter does not miss. Used as an amulet by hunters and fishermen, cf. yigga, subwa.

e- (n/n) kind of small fish similar to nkejje, q.v.

ekiragala; (mosquito) akatimba; (hunting) ekitimba; also essamba, ekibanyi, olutuula, emi gamba, oluka, emmiimo, omutembo; make a n., okukuba amakowe.

e- (n/n) kind of fish resembling a small perch, Tilapia esculenta. cf. obugege.

e- (n/n) kind of large aggressive fish; fig. intrepid, bold person; aggressive person, go-getter; hot-head, omusajja enkakaalukanyi, an aggressive, indomitable man. cf. kakaalukana, omu- kakaalukanyi.