okusa; (teeth) okunena, okuluma ensubi; (tools) okuwagala.

enso; (lower) olubengo.

a- (ka/bu) enlarged spleen; small grindstone, cf. olubengo.

e- (ki/bi) pestle used for grinding flour or mashing vegetables, cf. sotta.

o- plur. emmengo (lu/n) lower millstone; grindstone; kind of large scale for weighing sacks of coffee, sugar, etc. okuteeka ... ku lubengo ne, to place ... on the scale with, i.e., to compare ... with. cf. benga, Mmengo.

e- (n/n) remnants, remains; siftings; larger fragments which remain after grinding; survivors (in war, shipwreck, etc.). cf. wulunguka.

e- (n/n) grindstone; pestle, enso y'evviivi, kneecap, cf. sa.

e- (n/n) okulnma ensubi, to grind the teeth. cf. essubi.

grind (grain, flour). Abasa n'abasa, baasisinkana mu Kijonjo. (prov,) Those who milled, they met at Kijonjo. This is the final statement in a story in which two thieves simultaneously outsmarted each other.

pound, crush into small pieces.

etc.

mpagadde) v.tr. sharpen, grind (knives, etc.); fig. sharpen; improve; colloq. scold, upbraid, okuwagala ku bwongo, to improve one's knowledge, sharpen one's wits, okuwagala amannyo, to chew.

(-memettuse) also mementuka v.i. make a crunching/grinding sound.

(-memettudde) also mementula v.tr. crush; crunch; grind with the teeth.

o- (mu/ba) one who grinds grain, miller, cf. sa.