e- (ki/bi) time, period; mealtime; meal.

e- (ki/bi) bleeding cup. cf. bubira.

e- (ki/bi) town, city, ekibuga eki- kulu, capital, okukuba ekibuga, to found a city. cf. embuga.

e- (ki/bi) piece of barkcloth; bark- cloth used as a bed covering; sackcloth, cloth worn as a sign of mourning. cf. ^bukuta.

e- (ki/bi) kukuba kibuli, to dodge (in soccer).

e- (ki/bi) darkness (inside of a building).

e- (ki/bi) liver.

e- (ki/bi) piece of pottery, pottery product, something formed in clay. cf. bumba.

e- with the -a of rel. round and short; rotund, fat.

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e- (ki/bi) short-necked calabash. amazina ag'ekibundibundi, mock/ humorous dancing.

e- (ki/bi) crude, homemade gun. Also called magezigabaganda, q.v. cf. emmundu.

e- (ki/bi) kind of deciduous savannah tree, Steganotaenia araliacea.

e- (ki/bi) darkness; secrecy. 05 an adv. at an unusually late hour. Buli bye bakola babikolera eyo mu kibundugulu nze tebambuulira. Everything they do, they do in secrecy (or darkness) and don't tell me about it.

e- (ki/bi) gum, gums, with the -a of rel. toothless, ow'ekibungu, a toothless person.

e- (ki/bi) gum, the tissue adjoining the teeth; palate, cf. akabuno.

e- (ki/bi) incline, stretch of low- lying land. cf. butama.

e- (ki/bi) large stomach, cf. olubuto.

a ‘pig' (very insulting).

the name of a lubaale associated with war.

e- (ki/bi) admonition, exhortation, admonishment, cf. buulirira.

e- (ki/bi) something which is wide and short; something which is flattened.

e- (ki/bi) question, interrogation; examination, kugwa bibuuzo, to fail examinations. cf. buuza.

storm wind (over land areas), cf. embuyaga, ^omuyaga, Nnakayaga.

guard jealously; cup, bleed. Siriddayo kukubiranga. I will never be jealous of you again. cf. ebbuba, ekibubiro.

thunder (of the sky); rustle, make a rustling/scuffling sound, cf. ekibukutu.

crumble, disintegrate. cf. -bumbe, ebbumba, ebbumbiro, ekibumbe, olubumbiro, emmumba, emmumbwa, omu- bumbi.

spread over; go/ reach all over; get one's share, get enough; participate; be enough to go around (of food). Abaana bonna babunye. All of the children have gotten enough/their share. Amawulire geeyongedde okubuna wonna mu ggwanga. The news continued to spread all over the country, kubuna kkubo, to stagger along the road (like a drunken man). obudde ne bubuna emiwabo, and it was dawning, lit. was scattering in all directions. Eky'abangi kibuna engalo. (prov.) lit. Something used by many people has finger marks. What is used by many is soon spoiled.

bend over; squat; crouch; sit. cf. ekibutamu.

buulira and buuza. appear to be derivatives of the Same rout buul-. They are here treated separately, primarily for reasons of tradition and practicality. cf. ekibuuliriro, embuulira, omubuulirizi, omubuulizi, nnantabuulirirwa.

ekibuga; (finance) ensimbi ez'ensibo.

ekibuga.

kibuyaga.

ekibuba.

ekizikiza, enzikiza; vide akazimeera, ekibululu.

e- usually plur. amalusu (li/ma) spit, saliva, okumira ku ddusu, to experience a feeling of-relief (after a period of tension); to take a break/breather, okufiirwa amalusu, to waste one's time in talking to someone who will not listen, lit. to waste one's spit, ekibuuzo ekitu- maze amalusu mu kamwa, a question which has preoccupied us very much, lit. which has exhausted the spit in our mouths, cf. akalusu, olulusu.

tereevu, agaagavu, beebeetavu, a kibuutabuuta, a lutentezi; be f.,

kibuyaga, omuyaga, kikuŋŋunta.

v.tr., okuwanika, okwanika; (strangle) okutuga. h. oneself, okwetuga. h. curtain, okutimba. h. head, okutunula kibundaaza, okukoteka.

kibuyaga, kikuŋŋunta.

a- (ka/bu) roof of the mouth, palate; arch, lintel, transom (of a door or window) cf. ekibuno.

e- (ki/bi) image, likeness; picture; photograph; painting, ekifaananyi ekibumbe, statue, omusiizi w'ebifaananyi, artist, ebifaananyi ebisiige, paintings, omukubi w'ebifaananyi, photographer, okukuba ebifaananyi bya..., to take pictures of, photograph. okukukuba ekifaananyi, to imagine. c f. faanana.

e- var. of ekibumbuli, q.v.

e- (1 i/ma) navel, umbilicus, ekkundi lya kibulira, hollow navel, cf. omukundi, nnamukundi.

adv., kikekeezi, kibundugulu.

eddanga, ejjuuni, ekibukuta.

ekibumba.

nnondobadde) v.i. stare stupidly, look around in a foolish manner; sit with a vacant look. Ekibuga kyali kirondobadde. The city had a hopeless look.

o- plur. embuto (lu/n) stomach; abdomen; womb, okuba olubu to, to be pregnant. okufuna olubuto, to become pregnant, omukazi ow'ofubuto, a pregnant woman, okukuba olubuto, to be delighted at the prospect of eating (esp. of children), lit. to beat the stomach. Olubuto lundi ku mugongo. I am very hungry/famished, lit. my stomach is on my back. Olubuto lundi mu mannyo. I am completely full, lit. my stomach is in my teeth. Olubuto kyoto, akisennyera enku y'akoowa. (prov.) The stomach is a fireplace, he who gets wood for it gets tired. Whatever else happens, one must eat. Oyo omusajja lubuto kyoto. That man is a very heavy eater, cf. ebbuto, akabutobuto, ekibuto, amabutobuto.

be, okuba n'ekibugumirize, okubaamu ekisuususu.

o- (lu/h) family; relationship; group; species; category. Ba luse. They are members of the same family. Nakibuuka, Mukasa amulinako oluse? Is Mukasa related to Nakibuuka?

homemade gun, lit. wisdom of the Baganda. See ekibundu.

e- (n/n) court of law; chief's enclosure. embuga y'okutu, area behind the ear, mastoid process, okubuuza embuga, to vomit, okukuba mu mbuga, to bring (someone) to court, sue. cf. ekibuga.

ekibuga ekikulu.

urbanite. cf. ekibuga.

e- (n/n) arch, share of plunder; child dedicated for service in the temple of Kibuka, a lubaale associated with war; present usage fee, levy; church contributions, regular church offering, cf. lobola.

n., omwennyango, kibugga, nnakitiddabusa.

n., ekiwero, ekibukutu.

ekibumbuli.

adj., ekulungirivu, a kitee teeyi, a kisuuwa, a kibumbuli. r. and r., okutawuka. be r., okwekulungirira. make r., okukulunga, okukulungi rira. go r., okuzungulula, okwetooloola, okwekooloobya. go r.'and r., okwetooloola.

n., kibuyaga.

kibuyaga, enkuba,

disentangle; straighten out. okutandulula ku ki- gere, to start going, start on a trip, n'ata- ndulula ku kigere mu ssaawa ez'akawungee- zi n'agenda mu kibuga, and he started out in the evening hours and went to the town. cf. lambulula.

kibuyaga, enkuba, kikuŋŋunta, omuyaga.

a kibungu.

kibuyaga.

ekibugi.

kibuyaga, embuyaga.

n., empewo, kibuyaga; (breath) omukka.

njokezza) v.tr. burn, burn down; incinerate; roast (e.g., plantains), v.i. be very hot; burn, be burning; blister, kwokya musubi, to run at a very fast rate, kwokya kabuuzo (or kibuuzo, bubuuzo), to cross-examine, subject to a stern interrogation. kujja ng'oyokya, to arrive itching/ burning to say something. Ebigambo bi- mwokya emimwa. He is itching to talk. Ekibuga kyamwokya. He had a very hard time (usually of a financial nature) in the city. Omuliraano gwokya bbiri. (prov.) lit. Being neighbors burns two (houses, ennyumba implied). What affects one affects all. okwokya inf.