ambubi; g. hair, envi; grow gray, okumera envi, okutuuluula, okutebekera.
envi. long h., ekijwenge, ekikuzzi. curly h., enviiri z'amasadde, enviiri za kaweke. straight h., enviiri za zigeye, enviiri za munyerere.
o- (bu/-) gray spots (on fowls ).
vide gray.
e- (li/ma) type of bitter green which produces white flowers. Okalya dda kadda dda, ejjobyo liddira mu mutwe, (prov.) lit. You eat it now, it comes back afterwards, the jjobyo comes back to the head (by producing gray hair). What you do now produces consequences later.
a- (ka/bu) kind of bird, lourie, gray plantain-eater. cf. mulya.
e- (ki/bi) gray monkey.
with the -a of rel. grayish. Yali ayambadde ekkooti ya kivuvvu. He had put on a grayish-colored coat. cf. evvu.
e- (li/ma') common gray plantain- eater bird, Schizoris zonura.
o- (lu/n) (a) gray hair; in the plur. gray hair, ab'envi, elders, old people.
collective) kind of bird, lourie, gray plantain-eater. An individual specimen is akamulya (plur. zimulya).
e- (n/n) tumix; quail; gray partridge.
H. gray hair.
e- (li/ma) kind of large gray grasshopper, lit. it kicks (samba) the door (oluggi).
plur. bissekanyolya) gray heron; the name of a former Luganda- language newspaper.
v.i. appl. Envi zintobekedde. Gray spots have appeared in my hair.
o- (mu/mi) kind of tree of the Xanthoxylon genus, with grayish-brown wood.
(ki/bi) kind of banana tree producing a grayish-blue fruit.
pr.n. the name of a lubaale associated with the Gray Monkey Clan and the Oribi Antelope Clan.
v.i. appear/develop prematurely; occur earlier than normal. Envi zaamutuuba. His hair became gray prematurely. Ekirevu kyamutuuba. He developed a beard prematurely.
(la) type of plant with small yellow flowers and grayish-green leaves; with cop. the nameof a lubaale; a common given name for women; the name of one of the hills of Kampala on which the Anglican Cathedral is located.
ffrom Eng- gray] with the -a of rel. gray.
plur. bakinvinvi (la) old person; young person who has prematurely gray hair. cf. oluvi.