e- (ki/bi) foot; paw; footstep; footprint. ekigere ekisajja, big toe. ow'ebi- gere, pedestrian, okudda mu bigere bya..., to follow in the steps of; to replace, kulya kintu ne musenza bigere, to eat one's fill, lit. to eat something and you push away with the feet. cf. obugeregere, eggere, akagere, olugere.
o- (bu/-) disease of the feet characterized by an itching rash, athlete's foot. cf. ekigere.
ekigere; (measurement) ffuuti; (of bed) emirannamiro.
e- (li/ma) (augm. of kigere, q-v.) large foot, okulinnya eggere mu_, stop, block, suppress; intervene in. For a proverb with eggere see sambya.
a- (ka/bu) toe; small foot, okwekuba akagere, to menstruate, okukuba akagere,to travel on foot, walk, okukuba obugere, to mock, scorn, okuggya akagere, to start walking, take one's first steps, cf. obu- geregere, ekigere, olugere.
o- (lu/n) long foot, okusikambula engere, also okusaawa engere, to walk fast. Baamulonda engere, they followed him/tailed him. cf. ekigere.
very small child, lit. short feet. cf. -mpi, ekigere.
e- (n/n) kind of fruit like a green berry (synonym for njagi and ntula, q.v.). Ekigere kye kisotta entaligita n'ozirya. Her foot crushes the ntaligita and you (still) eat them, i.e., you like her very much or you think her very beautiful, cf. ligita.
n., ekigere; p. the ground, okutakula.
n., ekigere ky'eggaali.
n. (of foot), munda w'ekigere, amala.
n., eddaala; (footstep) ekigere, enswagiro; (gait) entambula.
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.
akagere, big t., ekigere ekisajja, little t., nnasswi.
(la) kind of cooking banana; large round metal plate.
seize (in wrestling); get the better of; surpass, prevail over; treat, behave towards, v.i. behave, act. kuyisa mu muntu lukwe, to incite to join in a plot/conspiracy, kuyisa mumwa mu muntu, to speak slanderously/critically/in a backbiting manner about someone, butabaako w'oyisa kigere, to be crowded/hemmed in, lit. have nowhere to pass your foot, okuyisa etteeka, to pass a law. okuyisa amaaso, to give a quick glanceAook. okuyisa omukka mu nnyindo (mu kamwa), to breathe through the nose (mouth), kuyisa amazzi mu kamwa, to rinse the mouth with water, kuyisa olugero, to cite an example/give an instance (by quoting a proverb, etc.). kuyisa kiwulu, to hold a parade, kuyisa ensana, to plait mats. Yampisaako ow'e Mbuya. He beat me. (ow- implies Kaggo, the ssaza chief of Kyaddondo; kaggo also means small stick). Ekikolwa ekyo ne tukiyisaako buyisa maaso. We simply overlooked/took no notice of this act.
ente ensajja, bull, omukono omusajja, the right hand, ekigere ekisajja or eggere essajja, the big toe. engalo ensajja, the thumb, enjoka ensajja, gonorrhea. omwezi omusajja (= ddumbi, q.v.), the rainy season between August and November. cf. sajjakula, sajjawala, obusajja, olu- sajja, olusajjalala, olusajjasajja, amasajja, omusajja, nnasajja.