e- plur. amawanga (li/ma)

e- (li/ma) vengeance; rancor, okuwoolera eggwanga, to take vengeance. country, nation; tribe, okubeera/mu mawanga or emitala w'amawanga, to be abroad, ggwangamujje {lit. country-come), kind of drum used to summon the people in time of danger, oluyimba Iw'eggwanga, national anthem. Ku lwa Katonda ne Ggwanga lyange, For God and my Country (the motto of Uganda). Amawanga Amagatte, the United Nations. Amawanga agali mu luganda olumu ne Bungereza, the British Commonwealth (of Nations), cf. munna- ggwanga.

omunnaggwanga.

okuwalana (eggwanga), okuwoolera eggwanga.

spread over; go/ reach all over; get one's share, get enough; participate; be enough to go around (of food). Abaana bonna babunye. All of the children have gotten enough/their share. Amawulire geeyongedde okubuna wonna mu ggwanga. The news continued to spread all over the country, kubuna kkubo, to stagger along the road (like a drunken man). obudde ne bubuna emiwabo, and it was dawning, lit. was scattering in all directions. Eky'abangi kibuna engalo. (prov.) lit. Something used by many people has finger marks. What is used by many is soon spoiled.

empanga, sseggwanga, enkoko endaada;

a- (ka/bu) lot; lottery; vote, omukubi w'akalulu, voter, akalulu k'omukisa, raffle, akalulu k'eggwanga, national lottery, okukuba akalulu, to vote; to hold a lottery.,

e- (ki/bi) spot (on cloth); blemish, defect. Aleetedde eggwanga ekizigiro. He has brought shame on the country. cf. ziga.

e- (ki/bi) equality; fairness. Akolagana n'abantu bonna mu ggwanga mu kyenkanyi. He cooperates with everybody in the country with complete equality, kyenkanyi or kyenkanyinkanyi as adv. equally; on equal terms; alike; level; abreast; cf. yenkana, yenkanankana.

with the -a of rel. (in political context) republic, republican. Eggwanga lino li- fuulibwa lya kyetwala. This country is becoming a republic, cf. twala, -etwala.

e- (n/n) cock; kind of large beetle, enkoko empanga, cock. cf. 2ekiwanga, sseggwanga.

patriot. cf. omwoyo, eggwanga.

eggwanga.

a ggwanga.

the mother of many children, of an important person, etc.) bannakazadde b'eggwanga, the mothers of the nation. cf. zaala.

eggwanga, akadubudubu, ekkbnda, endibu.

okuwalana eggwanga, okuwalana endibu.

okuwalana eggwanga.

e- (li/ma) stress, emphasis; special attention. Buli ggwanga liteekwa okussa essira ku kuyigiriza abantu abakulu. Every nation should stress adult education. Ba- taddeko essira okutumbula eby okulima. They have put emphasis on the development of agriculture.

n., embeera; (by nature) obuwangwa; (nation) eggwanga.

a ggwanga; t. marks, enjola, enjokyo.

e ggwanga.

take, okuwalana eggwa nga, okuwoolera eggwanga.

a ggwanga, a ttima.

eggwanga, endibu.

mpooledde) v.tr. appl. okuwoolera eggwanga, to avenge, take vengeance on. Baamuwoolera eggwanga. They avenged him. Baamuwoolerako eggwanga. They exacted vengeance from him.

to take vengeance for/on behalf of. Baamuwoolerera eggwanga. They exacted vengeance on his beh alf.

mpoozezza) v.tr. charge, levy (taxes, customs, tariffs, dues), emi- solo egiwoozebwa ku bintu ebiyingira n ebi- fuluma okuva mu ggwanga, tariffs imposed on imports and exports. Ani awooza aka- tale kano? Who collects the dues from this market? cf. eggwoolezo, empooza, omuwooza.

cock. cf. empanga.

mu nnaggwanga.

stop; maintain oneself/ itself, get along. Eggwanga okuyimirirawo lyetaaga ensimbi. A nation needs money in order to maintain itself/stand/get along, kuyimirira kkongojjo, to stand on one foot.

nation-s.

eggwanga erisukkulumye ku ganne waalyo, a nation which has surpassed/excelled/gone beyond its fellow nations. cf. -sukkulumu.

put in; import (commodities); bring in. ebirimibwa cbiyingiza ennyo ensimbi mu ggwanga, crops which bring much money into the country, okuyingiza abagoberezi abaggya mu kkanisa, to induct new members into the church, okuyingiza omukazi, to live in sin with a woman.

o- plur. bannaggwanga or bannamawanga (mu/ba) foreigner. cf. leggwanga.

o- (mu/ba) foreigner. See munnaggwanga.

adj. what? which? Kino ki? What is this? Yagendayo mu mwaka ki era yali wa ggwanga ki? What year did he go there and from what country was he? ne bwe kinaaba ki, no matter what happens. The form baki (plur.) who? whom? sometimes occurs, cf. kiki, lwaki.

select; be finicky/selective about; adopt, eggwanga lya Katonda eryebonanye, God s chosen nation.

chosen, eggwanga eddonde, the chosen people. cf. londa.

this country of ours. cf. wattu.