a- (ka/bu) small house; latrine, lavatory. akayu k'abasajja, men's room. cf. enju.

a- (ka/bu) small bee; swarm of bees; small insect which resembles a bee. cf. enjuki.

a- (ka/bu) small reed, omukyala omutono kayulu nnalunyonga, a slim, beautiful woman.

a- (ka/bu) small house; bathroom. akayumba k'embwa, dog house, akayumba k'enkoko, chicken coop, akayumba ka penitensia, relig. confessional. Ennaku zanzimba akayumba ku mutwe. I have nothing but sorrow/trouble, lit. troubles have built a little house on my head. cf. ennyumba.

a- (ka/bu) joint, seam. cf. yunga.

a- (ka/bu) stilt; neck of land, isthmus. cf. yunga.

a- (ka/bu) gramm. conjunction, akagambo akayunzi, iden. cf. yunga, -yunzi.

a- (ka/bu) commotion; turmoil; state of unrest, cf. yuuguuma.

a- (ka/bu) kind of mint with a flower like that of the heliotrope.

ebboggo, obukaali, ekkayu.

o- (bu/-) [S^-] dirt, akayu ak'obucaafu, colloq. bathroom, cf. -caafu.

eggwanika; (w.c.) akayu, eki yigo, mugwanya.

akayumba.

be, okudaaga, okubungeeta, mbulakayu.

akayumba, akasiisira.

akayumba, akayu, akasiisira.

a- (ka/bu) small word, akagambo akayunzi, gramm. conjunction, cf. gamba, ekigambo.

e- no plur. (li/ma) ill temper; bad disposition; sourness, cf. ^kayuka.

etc. akayumba akakyamirwamu, restroom, bathroom.

e- (n/n) homeless person, one who lacks (bula) a little house (akayu).

n., nnabbugira, akayuukiyuuki, ekyawamala.

e- (n/n) bee. Omwana oyo njuki. That child is uncontrollable. He gets into one situation after another, kugwa njuki mu mutwe, to act in a wild/mischievous/ headstrong manner (esp. of youngsters). cf. akayuki.

e- plur. ennyumba or amayumba (n/n or li/ma) house, eby'amayumba, housing, housing matters/problems, cf. akayumba, eriyumba (liyumba).

akayungo.

n., akayuuyo, ekipaapi, omutanda.

n. (of bees), akayuki; (of locusts) ekikuukuulu.

obusungu, obulalu, ekkayu; be in a t., okwewagala.

e- no plur. (li/ma) staying in one place, sedentariness. Yalaba ng'ettuu- lawamu limuzimbyeko akayumba. He felt that staying in one place was getting on his nerves, lit. building a little house on him.

etc. cf. -yunzi, obuyunguluzi, obuyunzi, aka- yungirizi, akayungiro, akayungo, akayunzi, ekiyungiro, omuyunzi, nnakayunga.

oku- bulajinanya ensimbi, misappropriate money, embezzle funds.cf. ^ebbula, ebbuliro, embulakalevu, embulakayu, embulakirevu, omubuze, ^wabula.

purplish-black in color, used for tying packages, with the -a of rel. deep purplish-black, cf. yunga.

e- always plur. (n/n) trouble; sorrow, sadness, eky'ennaku, unfortunately. Ennaku zaamulaba. He had trouble. Troubles came upon him. Ennaku zinzimbyeko akayu. 1 have nothing but trouble. I am up to my neck in trouble, lit. troubles have built a little house on me. cf. -naku, obunaku, omunaku, nakuwala.

v.i. become furious/ angry; be harsh. Eddoboozi lye lyali limaze okukayuka olw'obusungu. His voice had become strident with anger.

shout at in anger.

v.tr. anger.

v.i. begin to grow old; lose one's beauty.

the parts of a mechanical device); arch, messenger, runner carrying official news. cf. yunga.

yuugana, yuuya.

little, next to nothing. Yazimba akayumba katono mpawekazira. He built a tiny little house. Ekiseera kyayita mpawekazira. A very short period time passed, abagoberezi mpawebazira, a very few followers (note the replacement of ka by ba).

-kayufu adj. ill-tempered; angered. cf. ^kayuka.

ekkayu.

connecting, akagambo akayunzi, conjunction (GRAMMATICAL TERM), CF. yunga, omuyunzi.