ekituli, ekinnya, ekirombe, olusekeso, entwi; be in a h., okulemwa, okubutaabuta.

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

o- adv. whole, in entirety; in bulk form. Embuzi gifumbe bukolokolo. Cook the goat whole (i.e., do not cut it into pieces before cooking).

o- adv. in an all out manner, wholeheartedly, wholely, completely, cf. -lamba.

o- adv. forcefully, wholeheartedly, with determination, without reservation.

o- (bu/-) large hole, pit, abyss, ku mugo gw'obunnya, on the brink of disaster, kuggya mu bunnya, to save or help (someone who is in danger), to ‘get out of the hole.' cf. ekinnya.

o- (bu/-) deep pit/hole; game pit, trapping pit.

obusungu, ekiruyi.

a busungu, a kiruyi.

okwavula, okukuba enda, okw ewalula, okwekulula, okugaganyuka. c. along, okukenemuka; c. through hole, okukwebera. crazy, lalu; become c. for, okw esoma.

lit. became unmarriage able in the yard (of her parents). Ensi endibiridde. The whole world looks gloomy to me.

okulima; (a hole) okusima; (d. iip) okusimula, okubigula; (exhume) okuziikula; (potatoes, etc.) okusoggola, okusola; (d. out) okuwuukuula, okuwookoola.

v., okukuba dwiro; (bore hole) okuwummula.

empulirizo; give ear, okutega amatu.

be worth it, leave no regrets. Olugendo lwonna lugenduse. The whole trip has been worthwhile.

e- (li/ma) basket trap with a hole in the bottom used for catching lake fish.

a- (ka/bu) hole in the ground used as an oven; oven; furnace, cf. ebbiga, embiga.

of a forest). Yeetisse bya kakalakakala. He is loaded down with a whole host of things, cf. -kakavu.

a- (ka/bi) small hole/pit. kuwanda mu kannya, to swear not to do something again (esp. something evil), lit. to spit in a hole. cf. ekinnya.

a- (ka/bu) small hole/opening (in a wall or any solid substanc e).

a- (ka/bu) small hole in a calabash/gourd.

a- (ka/bu) small opening/hole/ aperture, cf. olusekeso.

a- (ka/bu) rut in a road, pothole. cf. sirikka, ekisirikko.

large quantity, katoola w'ebintu, a lot of things, a whole conglomeration of things.

e- (ki/bi) lining of a buttonhole of a kkanzu.

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

e- (ki/bi) hole; pit. Yasulanga kinnya na mpindi okuva ku kkolero. He used to live very near the factory, lit. hole and bean from the factory, cf. obunnya, akannya, olunnya.

e- (ki/bi) pit; mine; insect hole, ekirombe ky'ensanafu, termite hole, ekirombe ky'enjuki, bees' nest, ekirombe ky'amatofaali, kiln, place where bricks are made, ekirombe ky'amafuta, oil well. cf. ennombe.

e- (ki/bi) hole/bump in a road; fig. hardship, cf. sirikka, akasirikko.

e- (ki/bi) place for disposal of children's feces (e.g., in a hole dug at the base of a plantain tree).

e- (ki/bi) hole; opening, aperture, kukwatira mu kituli, to catch tn the act, catch red-handed, cf. omutuli.

e- (ki/bi) empty/hollow place; hole in a termite hill. cf. oluwompogoma, empompogoma.

e- (ki/bi) rare hole, orifice, cf. empuliru.

e- adv. with all one's might; wholeheartedly, with great gusto, with great rancor/hostility, cf. ^yiika.

at wholesale prices, with the -a of rel. wholesale, emiwendo egya kolijja, wholesale prices. contr. lejjalejja.

bar, shut up (e.g., a hole).

cut up; peel (e.g., matooke); block up (a hole), okwekonjera amatooke, to peel matooke for oneself.

o- (lu/n) plantain leaf placed in a hole in the ground which may be used as a bath or as a place to keep beer.

o- plur. ennyinya or ezinnya (lu/n) deep and narrow hole/pit/trench, cf. ekinnya.

o- (lu/n) opening, hole, aperture. cf. akasekeso.

o- (lu/n) hollow/empty place (esp. in trees, between rocks); hole; pit. cf. ekiwompogoma, empompogoma.

o- plur. rare (Iu/n) long, thin dry banana fiber on which money (in the form of coins with holes in the middle) could be strung, cf. xekyayi.

a- plur. (li/ma) trap/hole for catching mmale fish.

e- (n/h) lungfish (kind of long, eelshaped fish), Protoperus aethiopicus. Ekika ky'Emmamba, the Lungfish Clan. Omulya mmamba aba omu, n'avumaganya ekika. ft>rov.) He who ate the lungfish (and thereby violates a taboo) is one, (but) he brings the whole clan into disrepute. The evil of one can be the undoing of many. cf. aka- bamba.

e- (n/n) cavity, deep hole, empampagama y'omuti, a hole in a tree, empampagama y'ekiswa, a hole in a termite hill.

e- (n/n) kind of nut resembling a peanut/groundnut; fragment, piece (e.g., of stone). Empande emu eyiwa ekisero, (prov.) One (fallen) mpande causes the whole basket to be spilled (because the person carrying the basket stooDs to nick it up). Excessive attention to small things leads to the loss of large things, cf. ^oluwande.

e- (n/n) deep hole; hollow. cf. ekiwompogoma, oluwompogoma.

e- (n/n) hole; orifice (of the body), cf. omuwuliru.

o- with the -a of rel. loose (of grains of coffee, etc.); unstrung (of the type of coins which had holes in the middle). emmwanyi ez'omwera, loose grains of coffee. ensimbi ez'omwera, unstrung coins.

o- (mu/ba) the name of a game common throughout Africa. It is played on a board with holes in it cut in four rows; two persons sit on opposite sides of the board; they have a number of seeds (mpiki) or smooth stones, which they play into holes. Oluganda alumanyi nga mweso. He knows Luganda perfectly, cf. vesa, obweso, omwesi.

e- (n/n) cavity, hole, sunken area (e.g., in a wound); hollow about the eyes. Amaaso ge gaali mu nkompe, His eyes were sunken/deep set.

great amount, nnamunkukumbo w'abantu, a great crowd of people, nnamunkukumbo w'ebintu, a lot of things, the whole lot. cf. kukumba.

e- (n/n) holes in which nsonzi (mudfish) gather during the dry season and from which they may be extracted by hand.

e- plur. (n/n) stocks, a frame with holes to contain the feet of an offender; fig. jail, prison.

e- (n/n) hole dug in front of a termite hill to catch the termites as they come out. Ezigwa mu nvubo z'enswa. (prov.) Those which fall into the hole are the termites (destined for you and you should be content with your lot).

e- (n/n) termites that leave the termite hill first at the time of the general flight, lit. the ones that polish the holes in the hill. cf. zigula, ettabo.

e- (li/ma) hole in the hill from which the termites issue, cf. enzigulamatabo.

e- (li/ma) kind of insect resembling a bee which eats holes in wood. cf. vuuvuuma.

tuufu, Iamba, lambirira.

adv., kizizl; vide okutokomoka.

v.i. appl. 2 spend the entire day doing; fast continually. Nga ssente bwe zitakyalabika kati tusiibirira muwogo. Since money is no longer available, we now live on cassava. Basiibirira mazzi nga nkere. They go hungry, lit. spend the whole day on water like frogs.

v.tr. be lost to. Ekitabo kimbuze. I have lost my book, lit. the book has become lost to me. obusungu ne bubula okumutta, and he became furious, lit. anger almost killed him. Akakiiko kaamaze ekiro kyonna nga kateesa, ne kabulako kye kamaliriza. The committee spent the whole night in discussion, but failed to reach a decision. Ebulayo eddakiika ttaano okuwera essaawa ettaano. It is five minutes to eleven, lit. there are lacking five minutes to eleven (five by Bantu time). Ennyumba ye yabadde ebulayo katono mu maaso. His house was a short distance ahead. Yajja abulidde mu mugugu. He came loaded down (lit. disappearing into) with a large bundle. Ssente te(zi)bula mukwate. Money is not lacking to one who is arrested/apprehended (i.e., a person charged with an offense will do everything possible to have himself exhonerated). gunaabula asala, lit. the case (omusango is implied by gu-) will lack any one who (can) pass judgment, i.e., it will be a cliff-hanger/a'thriller, ' a contest whose outcome is in doubt to the end or it will be pandemonium, sheer chaos/confusion.

v.i. be somber/ gloomy; be cold/unresponsive/indifferent. Amawulire gano gankuba wala era n ensi yonna n'enzinzibalira. This news disturbed me very much and the whole world seemed gloomy to me.

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.

v.tr. appl. show diligence in; devote oneself wholeheartedly to.

o- (mu/ba) heir, one who inherits a part or the whole of the possessions of the deceased, cf, l laama.

v.i. regurgitate/spit up food or drink (as of a child); overflow (as of a crowd or river). Amaaso ge gonna gaabooga ensisi. Her whole face was filled with terror.

significant), cf. -botofu; bomoka, toboka.

lit. Mr. Cricket-Eater. Sserulya-mayenje ebinnya aleka byasaami- ridde. (prov.) Mr. Cricket-Eater leaves holes gaping open (i.e., he does not fill them in after obtaining the crickets). This is said of a person who leaves jobs half done. cf. lya, ejjenje.

o- (mu/mi) big hole. cf. ekituli.