e- (li/ma) egg. amagi amasii ke, fried eggs, kukuba za ku magi, to be a coward, act in a cowardly way, lit. strike the hens (enkoko is implied by za) (who are sitting) on the eggs. Kiriba kya nsonyi bwe mulirya eggi. lit. It will be a shame if you eat the egg. This derives from the proverb okulya eggi okwesub.ya omuwula, to eat the egg and miss the meat. The implication is that if one allows an egg to develop into a chicken the gain will be greater. Bulijjo afuna magi mu kubala. He always gets zeros in arithmetic, cf. ekigi.

betaken/ taken away, etc.

of lggya, q.v.

e- (li/ma) curtain; veil; screen; partition.

etc.

e- (1 i/m a) spicule, hairy projection on elephant grass (reeds) or sugarcane; hair on a caterpillar, okuseka n'eggimbi ku mwoyo, to laugh bitterly; to laugh maliciously.

e- (li/ma) bristles on the back, hair along the spine (of an animal); mane. cf. ejjinirizi, omugina.

e- plur. amayindu (li/ma) also spelled ejjindu spur/o/a cock, etc.).

e- var. spelling of ejjingirizi, q. V.

e- var. spelling of ejjinirizi, q.v.

etc. okuggira essubi, to cut up grass (for thatch- ing)

e- (n/n) [Eng.] drinking glass, tumbler. Ekyo kiri mu ggiraasi. That is quite obvious.

e- (li/ma) kind of mat. (la) kind of mat pattern in which the-plaiting is parallel and horizontal, cf. ggiringiti.

e- rare malice.

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

e- also spelled ejjirikiti (li/ma)

«- (li/ma) kind of mat; kind of mat pattern, cf. leggiri.

e- (n/n) (from Eng. Gillette) razor blade, cf. akagirita.

okusonyiyibwa, okuggibwa ko ebibi.

be refused, okukiikira eggimbi.

bam bis a (-bambisizza) v. tr. caus. 1 St 2 cause to spread out/peg out; use for pegging out.

refuse to, okwesimbiggiriza.

o- (bu/-) simsim oil, cottonseed oil. -ebutuggiza (-ebutuggizza) v.i. refl. move along slowly, drag oneself along.

ekiyonjo, ekiguli, eggiririzo.

okudibya, okujjulula, okuggyawo; be cancelled, okudika, okujjulukuka, okuggibwawo.

adj. (door), konkonere; a door closed and barred, oluggi konko nere.

entikko; (of bird) essule, ejjoba; (of dog) e ggina.

eggigi, ekitimba, ongoye z'omumadirisa.

oluggi.

v., okuwandaggirira, okutonnyerera, okunyenye ggera.

eggi ; (of locust) obusowe. e.shell, ekisosonkole. e.yolk, enjuba y'eggi. boiled eggs, amagi ag'empogola.

okusangula, okuggirawo ddala.

obutulututtu, eggirikiti, ekibiribiri, ekyovu.

v., okuwujja, okuwewa; f. one self, okwesaggira.

eggindu.

gumu, nywevu, a maanyi; be f., okunywera, okwesimbiggi riza, okuguma, okubebeetera.

okusuula, okukanyuga, okukasuka, okusimbaggula; f. down, okutandaggira; f. oneself about, okwaziirana.

n. (harness), amatandiiko; (of car) eggiya.

e- usually plur. amagufa (li/ma) open it (-lu- implies oluggi, door) where it should not be opened. cf. muggulanda. contr. Iggala.

sag, tip; bend; move/walk in a sluggish manner.

ggita.

e ggina.

oluviiri, enviiri; (of animal) ekyoya, ekikuzzi, essisi; (caterpillar) eggimbi; (pubes) ekiza; (eye brows) ekisige; (eyelashes) ekikowe kowe.

okusuula, okukasuka, okukanyuga; h. down, okutandaggira, okugonnomola, okulindigga.

e- also eggindu plur. amayindu (li/ma) spur (of acock, etc.). Atulinako ejjindu. He has a grudge against us.

e- (li/ma) bristles on the back, hair along the spine (of an animal); mane. cf. eggina.

e- var. spelling of ggiri, q.v.

e- var. spelling of ggirikiti, q.v.

a- (ka/bu) foul smell, stench, stink.

a- (ka/bu) small fin. cf. eggirigimba.

a- (ka/bu) [from Eng. Gillette] small razor blade, cf. eggirita.

a- (ka/bu) comer/edge of cloth. Oluggi lwaggulwawo akawenge. The door was slightly open/ajar. cf. ekiwenge.

struggle (with); be unable to go on. -Waaliwo akekejjanya oluggi lwa sitowa ye. There was somebody trying to force the door of his storeroom.

e- (ki/bi) tool for digging holes in the ground. cf. effumu.

e- (ki/bi) spoiled egg. cf. eggi.

e- (ki/bi) wooden handle, ekiyi- niggi ky'enkumbi, a hoe handle.

e- (ki/bi) kind of tree which produces a red blossom, Erythrina abyssinica. cf. eggirikiti, omuyirikiti.

identical with the above, v.tr. frustrate, block; incapacitate. okukonera oluggi, to refuse to answer the door. Mmukonedde ebigenge ngalo. I have frustrated his efforts. I have blocked him (as leprosy does to fingers). cf. konoona.

rap; tap, strike, konkona ku luggi, to knock on the door. cf. nkonkonamuti.

etc. Abamu ne batuuka n'okuva ku mulamwa gw'ensonga ne balan- daggira ku birala. Some even get away from the point under discussion and go on at length about other (unrelated) things.

v., okwesigama, okwesimba ggiriza, okwesiira, okwerimba, okwekkaatiriza; (slant) okwesulika, okugonyoka.

ekisabika amagulu.

o- plur. enzigi (lu/n) door.

o- (lu/n) belt; strap; bootlace; complexion, appearance, olukoba lw'embwa, leash for a dog (usually made of leather). olukoba olupima, tape measure, enkoba za ggita, the strings of a guitar, omuserikale ow'olukoba, a high-ranking police officer {here olukoba = braid), cf. akakoba, ekkoba.

o- plur. empandaggirize (lu/n) light rain, drizzle, cf. wandaggirira.

a- (li/ma) back, in the form emabega ai art adv. back; behind, emabega w'oluggi, behind the door, emabega wange, behind me. emabegako katono, a little while back, little farther back (in space). ku Lwokutaano olwa wiiki eku- biddwa amabega, on Friday of last week. cf. bbega.

a- plur. of eggi, q.v.

ettima, enge, eggiri,

ettima, ekkusunguyira, eggiri, enge.

a- plur. (li/ma) season/time for digging up potatoes (or other foods which grow near the surface of the ground), cf. soggola.