n., eddiba, ekyanjo.

v.i., okwekweka, okukukuma; v.tr., okukweka, okukisa; come out of hiding, okwekwekula.

e- (li/ma) hole where lungfish hide during the dry season.

okunenya, okubuulirira, okusinya.

e- plur. amaliba (li /ma) skin; hide; cover (of a book or magazine). Lugaba yabuggyako eddiba. [t dawned. Dawn came, lit. God took the skin/covering off of (day, daytime, implied by -bu- = obudde). okufuna ekigulira Magala eddiba, to make money, get some money, get something profitable. Bwe batusiba mu ddiba erimu tuliyuza. We just do not get along. We are mutually incompatible, lit. if they tie us in one skin we will tear it open (an almost hopeless feat), cf. ^akaliba, ekiriba.

peel off; remove the scales from; unstick; fig. reproach, chide; insult. cf. eggagamba, eggamba, ekigagamba.

a- (ka/bu) small skin/hide. cf. eddiba.

e- (ki/bi) [Stt>. ] whip of hippopotamus hide; whip; whipping; lash of the whip.

e- (ki/bi) large hide/skin. cf. eddiba.

conceal, okukisa omukono, to die, lit. to hide one's hand (usually employed with reference to a Kabaka). Bw'akolola engabi yeekisa mu kisaka. When he coughs the bushbuck hides in the bush (i.e., he has a very loud cough). Bw'aseka empisi yeekisa ku ki- kande. When he laughs the hyena hides in a deserted place (i.e., he has a loud and boisterous laugh).

cause to hide. cf. enkiso.

usually kootakoota (-koose- koose) v.i. (redup.) be bent/bent over; walk with a stoop, okukootakoota mu ga lumonde, lit. to bend over in the sweet- potato leaves (ga implies malagala, leaves), i.e., to try to hide, but to be found out; to want to do something but to fail because of the wrong approach/technique.

conceal (an object).

conceal.

skin ),

kunjisa (-kunjisizza) v.tr. caus. 1 & 2 dress (a hide) with/using.

conceal; shelter, treat with care, omwana omukusike, a sheltered child.

make a rustling/swishing noise; scuffle. Amala okwekweka ye atenda banne okukwakwaya. (prov.) He who has already hidden himself blames his comrades who come later for making noise (in their efforts to hide themselves). Those who have arrived forget the difficulties of those still on the road. cf. -kwakwayufu, olukwakwayo, enkwakwayo; kwaya.

conceal.

hide all the time.

be easy to hide. Ebintu ebibbe tebikwekeka. It is difficult to hide stolen goods.

etc.

kwekesa (-kwekesezza) v.tr. caus. 1 8c 2 make hide.

e- (ki/bi) untanned hide.

o- plur. emmambo (lu/n) wooden peg used for stretching a skin/hide; tent peg. kussaako mmambo (with amaaso as indirect object), to look/watch intently. Amaaso yagassaako emmambo. He watched intently, cf. bamba.

o- gen. plur. enkulo (lu/n) scrapings from a hide in curing/dressing.

o- with the -a of rel. horrible; hideous; loathsome, olunnabe lw'omukazi, a witch of a woman, olunnabe lw'embwa, a vicious dog. olunnabe Iw'obwavu, hideous poverty.

a- plur. (li /ma) hideous event; something monstrous.

e- from eddiba, skin, hide, okucanga endiba, colloq. to play soccer.

e- (n/n) den, lair; hideout; haunt, cf. ekifo.

e- ( n/n) scrapings from the inside of a hide.

nnawookeera w'olutalo. a hideous war. nnawookeera w'obwavu, abject poverty.

food, to be kept for later use); put under cover; hide.

mpaze) v.tr. scrape (e.g., hides); rake. cf. ^omuwazi.

to be incomparable/unexcelled; to have a hideous smell. Tawunyikamu mu by'amateeka. He is unequaled in legal matters. cf. ^empunya, empunyiwunyi.

conceal; hush up, be quiet about.

mu mmere banteereddemu nnaganga wa ki? What have I eaten, what sort of hideous thing have they put in my food? Omukulu bw'atakwata mu kisibo, embuzi zifa nnaganga. (prov.) If the person in charge does not take over in the pen, the goats die of nnaganga, i.e., if the leader does not perform his tasks the whole organization deteriorates.

upbraid, criticize severely. cf. sojja.

cf. kookola, omukookolo.

o- (mu/ba) one who stretches, stretcher (e.g., of hides), cf. leega.

adj. disastrous, cataclysmic; huge, tremendous. Musisi ddekabusa, a hideous earthquake.

o- (mu/mi) with the -a of rel. horrible, hideous, obnoxious, omucumuliru gw'omukazi, a horrible woman.

o- (mu/ba) tanner, one who tans hides; one who planes boards, cf. 2 Wala.

v.tr. caus. intens. force to play; tease; play around with. Olaba embvva ezannyiikiriza ekiriba ng eneekirya. (prov.) When you see a dog playing around with a hide (you know that) he will eat it. This is apparently a variation of the cat and mouse' theme. cf. kazannyirizi, ekizannyiro, oluzannva, omuzannyi, omuzannyirizi, omuzannyo.

move stealthily; shuffle, scuffle, make a scuffling noise.

obwekwekero, omukwekuzi.

o- (mu/ba) cancer victim; one who has a hideously disfiguring disease. cf. kookolo.

(la) scrapings of flesh taken from the hide of an animal when readying it for drying.

-ebuza (-ebuzizza) v.i. caus. refl. pretend to disappear; cause oneself to disappear; hide oneself.

-evumbika (-evumbise) v.i. & tr. refl. enter suddenly; rush/plunge into; disappear into; hide oneself. Yeevumbika mu kisenge or Yeevumbika ekisenge. He rushed into/ disappeared into the room.

-ekusika (-ekusise) v.i. refl. hide oneself; shelter oneself; be safe. cf. -ekusifu.

okwewomeka mu luggi, to take shelter behind/hide behind/duck behind a door.

-ekukulira (-ekukulidde) v.i. refl. hide oneself.

hide oneself.

olukukumo.

v.tr. refl. hide/conceal oneself from.

etc.

-ekwekerera (-ekwekeredde) v.tr. appl. 2 refl. hide from; conceal secrets from.