okuziba omumwa.

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

peel off; remove the scales from; unstick; fig. reproach, chide; insult. cf. eggagamba, eggamba, ekigagamba.

get up suddenly, cf. gannamuka.

rare crawl along; trudge along.

make wealthy. cf• 'gagga.

obugagga, nnasisi.

gagga.

ekigagi.

bbisa (-bbisizza) v. tr. caus. 1 & 2 cause to steal; steal with/ using, okubbisa eryanyi, to engage in armed robbery.

omugagga bifeekeera, an extremely rich person, cf. feekeera.

e- usually plur. (ki/bi) spoiled food; leftovers (not neces sarily spoiled). Yagenda wa jjajja kulya bigagu. He went to his grandmother's where he knew that he would be pampered, lit. eat bigagu. cf. gaga.

ekikomo, eggemu, eggombya, empogo, akanyere, omussagga, engaga.

o- (bu/-) richness, wealth, omusolo gw' obugagga, income tax. Si mugagga muvundu. He is extremely rich, lit. he is not rich, he is rotten. Minista w' eby'obugagga, Minister of Natural Resources, cf. -gagga.

o- (bu/-) beauty; goodness; good; quality, as an adv. well; nicely; effectively; properly, oluguudo lw'obulungi- bwansi, public highway, road built by communal effort, lit. good of the country. Obulungi, bukira obugagga (prov.) Virtue is better than wealth, cf. -lungi, omu- lungi, nnalulungi.

o- (bu/-) impudence; shame; disgrace; scandal; immorality, okwogera eby'obuwemu, to use bad language, okukola eby'obuwemu, to engage in sexual activities outside of marriage, cf. -wemu, wemuka, omuwemu.

o- (bu/-) cooperativeness (of consumers, those engaged in commercial activities, etc.). cf. gatta, -egatta, -egassi.

ekigagi.

okwavula, okukuba enda, okw ewalula, okwekulula, okugaganyuka. c. along, okukenemuka; c. through hole, okukwebera. crazy, lalu; become c. for, okw esoma.

v., okuvunda, okubolerera, okugaga, okukaddiwa.

okuvunda, okwonoo neka, okugaga.

be, okugaganuka.

okusuubiza; (agree) okulagaana; (for work) okugulirira, okusenza, okupakasa, okuwendula; (marriage) okwogereza; be engaged (work), okuba n'emirimu, okutawaana; (marriage) okwogere zebwa; (fight) olutalo.

okugaggawaza.

to lose one's head over something; to lose one's sense of values because of something. N'obugagga nno bwe butyo tebubama- langamu nsa. And do not, in that way, let (the desire for) wealth get the better of you/ cause you to lose your perspective. Okuvuma omusomesa kimumalamu ensa eri b'asomesa. To insult the teacher causes him to lose respect in the eyes of the students he is teaching.

adj. mugagga ffugge, an extremely rich person, one who is rolling in wealth, mubbi ffugge, great thief, master thief.

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.

n., ejjovu, engagize.

omukisa, obugagga.

ekitindiro, emikwero, omugala, lukangaga, olunnyo; (of house) omusekese; (of door) omuzigo.

nnannamuse) v.i. start up, get up suddeniy/awkwaraly/ clumsily, cf. gagamuka.

take to pieces; analyze; disengage; untangle.

rot, etc. cf. ebigagu.

q.v.

consume slowly (of a disease), v.i. be dilatory, ‘beat around the bush.' (probably the redup. caus. of gaga, q.v.)

dribble at the mouth (particularly during sleep), cf. engeregeze; engagize.

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

enormous, very 1 arge.

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

omukono, ekibatu; h. over, go, okubaka; have hands full, okukwatagana, okugagalana.

a-: okusiba akanyaaga, to talk too much, engage in annoying/incessant chatter, oku siba akanyaaga ku muntu, to pester/nag/ behave in a domineering manner towards someone.

kukekeza nnyago, to fight, engage in battle/war. kukekeza miggo, to beat, beat up (a person).

e- (ki/bi) variety of papyrus.

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

e- (ki/bi) kind of wild aloe.

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

etc.

ebintu, emigugu.

o- (lu/n) frame on which bunches of sesame are dried. Also used as a synonym for entongooli, Busoga harp, q.v.

o- (lu/n) military engagement, battle; war. cf. tabaala; olutalo.

complete; use up, consume; spend (time); satisfy, be sufficient for. v.i. suffice, be sufficient; be adequate; be enough. As an auxiliary verb mala has the following uses (adapted from Ashton's Luganda Grammar): 1) To denote completed action mala is followed by the main verb in the inf. Twamaze okusamba omupiira ng'obudde buzibye. We finished playing ball by the end of the day. 2) Followed by an inf. without the I.V., mala stresses the completion of an action before another action begins. Onoomala kuleeta mazzi. You will first bring water. 3) Followed by ga- and a verbal stem, mala expresses inevitability, obligation or simple carelessness. Tumaze gagendayo. We simply had to go there. Bamala gakomaga mbugo zityo. They just beat out the bark in any old way. 4) Followed by the neg. of the ne tense, mala indicates a reversal of decision.

effeeza, ensimbi; obugagga, ebintu; m.changer, awanyisa effeeza oba ensimbi; m.lender, omuwozi w'ensimbi.

gagga, bintu.

ebbanja.

e- (n/n) kind of tree, Gagarius indicus.

cf. -gagga.

lit. it shakes the sky. See musisi.

e- (n/n) hardened saliva, dry saliva; slobber, cf. 2gera, geregeza; engagize.

e- (n/n) personal belongings of a traveler, baggage, luggage, cf. omugugu.

e- (n/n) kind of large black ant which eats termites, enkolooto y'ebintu, a large amount of baggage/luggage.

cf.

indigenous (inhabitant), obugagga nnansangwawo, natural resources. cf. sanga.

e- (n/n) bag; handbag; pouch; sack; pocket; fund, sum of money set apart for a specific objective, ensawo ey'omu ngalo, woman's pocketbook; briefcase, kukwatira nsawo, to be about equal. Mu bugagga Mukasa akwatira Musoke ensawo. Mukasa is about as rich as Musoke. cf. omusawo.

e- (n/n) harp. Also called lu- kangaga, q.v.

gagga; vide bikokyo, bigooto.

v.i., okugagambuka, okukunjubuka, okuvako enkuta, okusasambuka.

okugagamuka.

emmaali, ebintu, ebiyengo, obugagga.

gagga; vide bijooto, bikokye, ssebintu, mwome, nnagajja, ssegaali; (of soil) gimu; get rich, okugaggawala, okufuggala.

obugagga, ebintu, emmaali,