n. (trap), omutego, akakunizo, omuliiti; (drink), walagi.

v. (cotton), okusunsula.

ring (a tree); more commonly improvise, make up; forge, counterfeit; falsify, fake; camouflage, okuginga omukono, to forge a signature.

pamper.

pamper, indulge, give excessive freedom to.

omuzaaliranwo, enzaalwa nnakabala.

(originator) omusoosi; (of book) omuwandiisi w'ekitabo.

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

mmanze) v. tr. begin, commence; set up, establish; build, construct; found.

commence superficially. cf. ebbanga, obwebange, ekibangirizi.

e- more frequently ebbendobbendo (li/ma) roof pad; edging of arch of porch of hut. cf. akabendobendo.

okusooka, okutanula, okutandika, okuyinama, okubanga, okubulula, okukkirira.

oluberyeberye, okusooka, entandikwa.

divide into portions; open partly, okubegulula emimwa, to purse the lips (as one just beginning to cry), okubegulula amatama, to laugh foolishly, guffaw. cf. akabezo, olubega, (o)mbegedde.

omubiikira.

o- (bu/-) virginity, maidenhood. cf. embeerera.

o- (bu/-) stinginess, miserliness. cf. -kodo.

o- (bu/-) overcharging, asking too high a price, cf. ^seera.

o- (bu/-) sores on the feet and legs; originally charms or herbs placed in the road which caused sores on anyone who tried to pass. cf. sukka.

olugendo is implied by -lu-). to be just beginning, to have a long way to go. Tetunnaluba. We are just beginning.

o- (bu/-) tiny speckles on fowl, kumaamira ga butembetembe, to sit/ stay in one place without budging.

o* (bu/-) rare (the) charging/ prosecution {e.g., of a person for a crime or offense), cf. vunaana.

o- (bu/-) quality of being natural/native/inborn/traditional; nature; origin.

v.tr., okukyusa, okufuusa, okufuula; (money) okuwaanyisa, okuvunja; keep changing subject, okulondobereza.

omugina.

omusiru; play the c., okw eginga, okwekonga.

gevvu, nene; vide di byoto, omuwaladdume, ssebinaagina, ssekimpanika; become c., okugejja, okusembeesa ebbuto, okusunguka olubuto.

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

okusala, obutema; (nails) obutondola; also vide okutyemula, obubanga, okubagulula, obusongola, okuginga, okusennya. to c. off, okukomola. to c. open, okutundula. to c. down, okusanjaga, okusonjola.

edging); bind, place an edge on (an article of clothing), cf. -dalize, eddalizi, omu- dalizo.

e- (li/ma) front of a house, courtyard; originally the narrow stretch connecting the road and the courtyard.

n., ettondo, akatiriginya.

eggindu.

v.i., play the f., okweginga, okw erigomba; f. about, okwewodoola; be fooled, okuguumaala.

etc. v.i. begin to sprout/grow (of hair, down, etc.).

change constantly.

geraageranya (-geraageranyizza) v.tr. redup. compare; consider carefully, evaluate; imagine, think of; figure out.

e- (n/n) bogeyman, an imaginary terrifying creature.

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.

protrude, project (often used of the teeth or lips).

show (the teeth). cf. kikinala.

lwa mpaka.

e ggina.

n. (hoe), omuyini; (knife) ekiti; (shield) omuwambiro, omukonda; (jaw) ekigingi; (pot) e'ŋŋ ngo. broken hoe h., ekiyinigi. fix in h., okuwanga. take out h., okuwangula.

n., ebitimba.

lamu; vide kitiginya.

okulowooza.

okuyiiya, okuginga, okugunja, okuvumbula; vide okw ewaayiriza.

roam about aimlessly (used disparagingly of drunks, unemployed persons, loafers, etc.).

q.v.

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- (n/h) [Sw. ] large roll of cloth or or cloth-like material (originally about thirty yards j.

for which see the grammars. One usage which presents serious difficulties to the users of the dictionary must be mentioned here. ka- is the prefix for singular nouns of the ka/bu class. This class contains not only nouns proper to it, but in addition most other nouns can be converted to this class; in the latter case the resultant noun is a diminutive. In many cases sound changes obscure the relationship between the original noun and the diminutive: ente, cow; akate, small cow. ejjinja, rock; akayinja, stone, endabirwamu, mirror; akalabirwamu, small mirror.

cf. omubiri.

a- (ka/bu) nit, egg of a louse; egg of a chigger. cf. omugina.

q.v.

a- no plur. period from about nine to ten in the morning, when the sun begins to get warm, lit., the grasshoppers (mayanzi) become active (lasa).

a- (ka/bu) kind of tree or 1 shrub, Syzygium cordatum. cf. omulunginsanvu.

a- (ka/bu) (the act of) working hard; trudging to and fro, bustling about.

a- (ka/bu) hangnail, bit of skin hanging from the base of the fingernail. cf. takkuluza.

a- rare var. of akatiriginya, q. v.

a- also akateregenya (ka/bu) drop, tiny amount, ‘dash.' with the -a of rel. tiny, very small.

a- (ka/bu) tail of a snake or lizard; plantain leaf used for covering a pot of ma- tooke which is cooking, kuggyako kawuuwo, to begin serving a meal; to begin a discussion; to kick off fin soccer), cf. wuuwa.

e- (ki/bi) image, likeness; picture; photograph; painting, ekifaananyi ekibumbe, statue, omusiizi w'ebifaananyi, artist, ebifaananyi ebisiige, paintings, omukubi w'ebifaananyi, photographer, okukuba ebifaananyi bya..., to take pictures of, photograph. okukukuba ekifaananyi, to imagine. c f. faanana.

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

e- (ki/bi) block placed under the wheel of a vehicle to prevent it from rolling; fig. stumbling block.