e- (ki/bi) thicket; bush, okuzimba nga kisaka, lit. to swell up like a bush = to become sullen/gloomy/morose/uncom- municative. cf. ^akasaka.

akabira, ekisaka.

ekisaka; beat about the b., okusala amakeete.

ekisaka.

conceal, okukisa omukono, to die, lit. to hide one's hand (usually employed with reference to a Kabaka). Bw'akolola engabi yeekisa mu kisaka. When he coughs the bushbuck hides in the bush (i.e., he has a very loud cough). Bw'aseka empisi yeekisa ku ki- kande. When he laughs the hyena hides in a deserted place (i.e., he has a loud and boisterous laugh).

a- (ka/bu) small bush. cf. ekisaka.

n., ekisaka, olukenke, enkungube, entuggu.

ekisaka.

ekisaka.

boil (of cooking food); bubble up, gush up (of water); make a rasping noise, roar (of an engine); rumble (of oncoming rain); wheeze; mumble, drone on (of voices); rave (of a drunkard); purr Enjoka zintokota. My stomach is grumbling. I am hungry. Kiritokota si kisaanikire mu Kampala. There is going to be a great event/magnificent happening in Kampala, lit. the pot (ki- implies ekisakata) will boil up not (being) covered.

swell up; fig. become angry/furious, okuzimba nga budde or okuzimba nga kisaka, lit. to swell up like the weather or the bush, i.e., to become sullen/gloomy/morose/uncommunicative.