ejjembe, ekkondeere; with branching horns, galama.

eŋŋaaŋa, enkunyukkunyu.

a miyembe.

ennumba.

a nkunku, soomi.

o- (bu/-) side, direction, as an adv. sidewise, crosswise, horizontally, obukiika obwa kkono, north {lit. the left side), obukiika obwa ddyo, south {lit. the right side), kuba muntu bukiika, to have it in for someone, have a grudge against someone. Andi bukiika. He has it in for me or He is a thorn in my side. cf. ^kiika.

o- (bu/-) forehead; front. Baabadde mu bwenyi bwaffe. They were in front of us/ahead of us. kugwisa bwenyi, to compete/struggle doggedly; to reach a deadlock (in a conflict); to lock horns with (e.g., a strong competitor in a sport), cf. ekyenyi.

ekiwuubiiro, ekirumiko.

e- plur. amayembe (li /ma) horn (of an animal); fetish; spirit associated with a fetish; spell, hex. cf. akayembe.

kind of tree, Trimeria bakeri.

a- (ka/bu) small horn, akagombe ak'enkomerero, the last trumpet (at the end of the world), cf. ennombe.

a- (ka/bu) small flute; small horn. cf. omulere, endere.

a- (ka/bu) small horn. cf. -^ejjembe.

e- (ki/bi) kind of thorny tree.

ground hornbill.

e- (ki/bi) something which has been hooked fas in fishing); kind of shrub with hook-like thorns, cf. loba.

e- (ki/bi) cupping horn, instrument or vessel used for cupping/bleeding, cf. lumika.

e- (ki/bi) banana tree, Musa sapien- tum; plantain tree, Musa paradisiaca. ow'omu bitooke, a rustic, greenhorn, okukyala n'osimba ekilooke, to overstay a visit, lit. visit and you plant a banana tree, bitooke bye bigwa, the plantain trees fall, a phrase used to intensify a preceding neg. verb and give it a positive meaning. Talya bitooke bye bigwa. He is a tremendous eater. Tadduka bitooke bye bigwa. He is a great runner, cf. ettooke.

e- (ki/bi) bleeding cup, cupping horn, ekiwuubiiro ky'essimu, telephone receiver. okunyoola ekiwuubiiro, to drive a motorcycle, cf. wuubiira.

e- (li/ma) trumpet, horn. cf. omukondeere.

pound, okukommonta taaba, to smoke tobacco, okukommonta empewo, to be very proud. Empewo enkommonta. The wind is blowing against me .okukommonta oluwa, to whistle, okukommonta eŋŋombe y'emmotoka, to blow the horn of an automobile.

a bugle).

o- (lu/n) kind of small tree with sharp thorns. The poles formed from this tree are used in building, cf. omukanaga, enkanaga.

o- (lu/n) kind of thorny creeper used to bind reeds.

o- also olukunyukkunyu (lu/n) kind of bird, lesser hornbill.

o- (lu/n) kind of thorny bush whose seeds (mpiki) are used in the game of mweso, q.v. cf. omuyiki.

o- (lu/n) kind of tree, Alchornea cordi folia.

o- (mu/mi) kind of thorny acacia tree.

o- (mu/mi) kind of thorny tree.

e- (n/n) lit. thorn-eater. Used in the proverb: Endyamaggwa y'emanya bw'egakyusa. lit. The thorn-eater knows how to digest them. One man's meat is another man's poison.

e- (n/n) kind of thorny tree with hardwood. Tajja kunkwasa ku nkanaga. He won't make me do that. He won't make me go to that extent, lit. cause me to grasp the thorny tree. cf. olukanaga, omukanaga.

e- (n/n) knuckle, okukuba enkunku, to beat/rap with the knuckles, ente ey'en- kunku, a hornless cow.

e- (n/n) kind of plant of the genus Euphorbia resembling the cactus. It is of a fleshy structure and covered with small thorn s.

e- (n/n) hornet.

omugongo; (thorn) eriggwa.

okuswakira ng'enswera ey'ettuntu, to be as mad as a hornet, lit. as a noonday viper.

eriggwa, empingula.

a maggwa.

v.tr., okusuula, okukasuka; t. about, okusuukunda; t. head, okunyeenya, okumaguka; (with the horns) okusena.

e- (li/ma) thistle, Acanthus arboreus. Kasonsomolera nga eriggwa ly'ettovu etto. I like him (her) very, very much. I consider him a very good friend, lit. pricks like the thorn of a young thistle.

e- (li/ma) tip of ssenke grass (very sharp, like a thorn), cf. ekitutu.

a thorn); be lanced (of an abscess).

make a sound; detonate, go off (of a gun); ring (of a bell); blow (of a horn). Takyavuga. He no longer has much to say. Not much is heard about him any more.

curved (of horns), ente eya zigoto, a cow with horns curving forward.

(-duumye) grow rapidly; spring up rapidly. Ensigo endala ne zigwa mu maggwa; amaggwa ne gaduuma ne gazitta. Other seeds fell among thorns, and the thorns sprang up and destroyed them. cf. omuduumi.

go sour (e.g., of milk), kufa mwoyo, to become disheartened/depressed. kufaako nsonyi, to die of shame/embarrassment. (Ebintu) bifa bantu. You cannot always win/be successful/get what you want (said in self-commiseration after a failure). Akanaafa tekawulira nnombe. (prov.) lit. The little (animal, akasolo, implied) who is to die does not hear (the sound of) the horn. Danger comes unawares. The infinitive okufa or okufa obufi serves as an intensifier for a preceding verb. Yazina okufa. She danced a great deal/ with great intensity. Omuwala yafaanana Nnambi okufa obufi. The girl resembled Nnambi in every detail. She was the very image of N.

(la) kind of creeper with thorns found near marshes.

remove (a chigger, a thorn), okutundula envunza, to remove a chigger.

o- (mu/ba) flute player, (mu/mi) flute; pipe; horn, omulere omuzungu, trumpet, clarinet. Afuuyira embuzi omulere. He is blowing a horn for the goats (to dance), i.e., he is wasting his breath/talking to someone who is not interested. cf. akalere, endere.

o- (mu/ba) incompetent person, person with no experience; greenhorn. cf. -katagga.

e- (n/n) kind of bird with a very large bill, hornbill.

e- (n/n) trumpet; bugle; horn; horn of a car. cf. akagombe.

speak with a nasal intonation; ring (of a telephone); blow (of a horn).

for the sound of a horn. Eŋŋombe ya mmotoka n'evuga be ŋŋwaa. The horn of the car went honk, honk.

e- with the -a of rel. far apart, wide-spreading, amayembe ag'engalama, wide-spreading horns, cf. galamira.

o- (mu/ba) trumpeter; horn- blower. cf. ekkondeere.

neigh, roar (of animals); sound (of a drum, horn, motor, etc.).

eriggwa (li/ma) thorn; spike; spine.

o- (mu/mi) kind of tree which produces red blossoms and has hook-like thorns on the trunk and branches, cf. ekiyirikiti.

o- (mu/mi) kind of thorny bush having heart-shaped leaves and bearing small fruits.

ente ensa- gala, a long-homed cow.