ennimiro; (plantain) olusuku; (deserted) ekikande, ekifulukwa.

omulimi.

e- plur. amawaatiro (li/ma) place where food and vegetables are peeled before cooking. (This is usually located in the banana garden located near the house.) cf. waata.

a-: ekyalo ekigudde akaleka, a village having many extensive, well-cultivated and fertile banana gardens.

a- (ka/bu) lit. one-which-de- feats-the-elephant. a kind of small tree, Gardenia thurnbergia. It is so supple in nature that it bends instead of breaking.

a- (ka/bu) small garden, akalimiro ak'ebimuli, flower garden, cf. lima, obu- limiro, ennimiro.

a- also akasimo (ka/bu) hoe worn down by constant use. okukwata akasimu, to dig, work in the field/garden, cf. ensimu.

a- also akasukusuku (ka/bu) kind of mushroom found in plantain gardens, cf. olusuku.

e- (ki/bi) heap of grass and soil piled on the border of a garden to separate it from another garden, cf. ^kuba.

o- (lu/n) garden or plantation on which plantains/bananas are grown. cf. akassukussuku.

e- (n/n) border, boundary (esp. of gardens j.

e- (n/n) piece of ground recently turned up in preparation for cultivation, omusiri ogw'enkabala, plot/garden which has recently been tilled.

e- (n/n) kind of plant, Gardenia thunbergia.

olusuku nnakitokolo, a very large plantain garden.

adj. vast; far-ranging; spreading, which spreads, olusuku nnamulanda, a vast plantain garden. Yalaba olu- yombo lufuuse nnamulanda. He saw that the quarrel had begun to spread, cf. ^landa.

e- (n/n) garden, cultivated plot. cf. lima, akalimiro.

e- (n/n) newly planted plantain garden, lusuku lwa ntembo, iden. cf. tembula.

gimu.

e- (li/ma) [Si«. ] plantation, farm, large garden, plot of cultivated ground.

very large (of a plantain garden).

o- (mu/ba) formerly the title of the chief who supervised older men who guarded the area in the rear of the palace and cared for the plantain gardens of the Kabaka's womenfolk.

o- (mu/ba) one who lets his garden go unweeded; exterminator, devastator. cf. zika, nnamuzisa.

lit. the master is in the garden.

o- (mu/mi) cultivated field, cultivated plot, garden.

ne wattira. (prov.) You cultivate a small area and it is well cared for. It is better to be successful in a small job than a failure in a big one.

v.i. increase; abound; be abundant Prolific. Ewamm-e enkuba. yakanyeeyo? Did it rain a great deal at your place? Bw'agaana ggw'okanya kukaaba. If he refuses, you just keep crying all the more. (mod. form -kanyizza) v.tr. produce in abundance, okukanya emirimu, to work very much, produce a lot of work, okukanya ebigambo, to have a lot to say, keep talking. Olusuku lukanya emmere. The plantain garden produces a great deal of food.

(la) kind of tiny insect found on stagnant water in banana gardens.

okubaama, okutaaluuka, okutaama; run w. (garden), okuzika.