kamunyi, magga.

e- (ki/bi) seat; site; base, ekitebe ekikulu, headquarters, cf. akatebe, entebe.

e- (ki/bi) bog. cf. akateebe.

e- (ki/bi) clump of plantains; place where rubbish is collected for burning. cf. teekera.

e- (ki/bi) place for a waterpot in a hut. cf. ^teeka.

e- (ki/bi) place for disposal of children's feces (e.g., in a hole dug at the base of a plantain tree).

e- (ki/bi) resolution, proposal, bill. c f. ^teesa.

e- (ki/bi) kind of fine grass placed on the floors of old-styled houses, cf. oluteete, etteete.

e- (ki/bi) dress, skirt, ennyumba ey'ekiteeteeyi, round hut with thatched, sloping roof. cf. akateeteeyi.

e- (ki/bi) expression of appreciation to one who has cooked a good meal (e.g., by loosening one's belt), cf. teewuluza.

e- with the -a of rel. of medium stature. Mukasa wa kitema. Mukasa is of medium stature.

e- (ki/bi) wild plantain, Musa ensete. cf. olutembe, nnakitembe, ttembe.

e- (ki/bi) clot, ekitembejja ky'omusaayi, a blood clot.

e- plur. amateme an insect resembling a caterpillar which attacks young shoots, esp. those of the cotton plant.

e- (ki/bi) African print cloth or any similarly patterned material.

e- (ki/bi) trembling; shiver; chill (from a fever, cold, etc.).

e- (ki/bi) simpleton, easy mark.

e- (ki/bi) rough bark (the first to be taken off of the barkcloth treej used for burials and other purposes which do not require a finer type of cloth).

e- (ki/bi) package, packet, parcel. cf. tereka.

e- (ki/bi) large packet/parcel.

e- (ki/bi) root of plantain after the stem has been cut off; stump of a plantain. cf. omuteteme.

ekiteebe.

akabira; (of plantains) ekiteekerero.

ekyambalo, olugoye, ekitee teeyi.

ekiteeteeyi.

ekkanzu, ekiteeteeyi.

a- (ka/bu) small, cramped inclosure in which movement is difficult; snare, trap. Yabadde ayam badde ekiteeteeyi kakunizo bulala. She was wearing a very tight dress. Tuli mu kakunizo. We are jammed in like sardines or We are in a difficult position. cf. kunira.

a- also akamunyi (ka/bu or la) kind of hawk, yellow-billed African kite. Ebikolimo bya wankoko tebitta kamunye. (prov.) The curses of Mr. Fowl do not kill the kite. Mere words are useless unless they can be backed up with force.

a- (ka/bu) small chair; small stool. Nnazaalibwa mu njala ‘ani amuwadde a katebe.' I was born during the great famine of the early 1940's, lit. the famine ‘who has given him a chair (so that he can sit down and eat our food)?' cf. ekitebe, entebe.

a- (ka/bu) boggy field; quagmire, soft miry land that yields under the foot. cf. ekiteebe.

a- (ka/bu) small/short skirt, obuteeteeyi obumpi, miniskirts, cf. ekiteeteeyi.

gooff, okukuuliita ne (na)..., to make off with. Omubbi yakuuliita n'ekiteeteeyi kyange! The thief made off with my dress.

o- (lu/n) net made of kiteete (a kind of grass) for catching ssami (edible gnats, lakeflies); a patch of kiteete grass, cf. ekiteete, etteete.

o- (lu/n) necklace made of the seeds of the kitembe (a kind of wild banana plant), q.v.

o- (lu/n) arch, garment of goatskins; current thin/flimsy/transparent wrapper or cover. oluveera lw'ekiteeteeyi, a flimsy, transparent dress; a long, flowing dress.

e- (laorn/n) black-shouldered kite.

ekiteebe, olutabazzi.

ekiteebe.

cf ekitembe.

e- (n/n) domestic bovine, cow, bull, ox; in the plur. cattle, ente enduusi, cow. ente ennume, bull. Ekika ky'Ente, the Cow Clan. cf. obute, akate. akooye, easy chair, sofa. cf. akatebe, ekitebe, omutebe, ssentebe.

a nsuusuuba; it is o., tekitegeerekeka.

ettu, ekitereke, ekizingiiti, akalegete, ensuliko, ekibaya.

ekitereke, empu, ekiteretebbwa, ekitwalotwalo.

ekiteeteeyi.

okukankana, okujugumira, ekitengo.

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.

spread out, flow, ekiteeteeyi ekisaayaya, a dress with a full skirt, a flowing dress.

mpi, agaagavu, a kitema; vide nnakimpina; wear s. clothes, okwambala kalengeru.

endwadde, obulwadde; sleeping s., mmongoota, kitenduka, kibongoya.

n., ekiteeteeyi, enkebo.

mmongoota, kitenduka.

ekitanda, ekitebe.

etc. cf. ekiteekerero.

teekulula (-teekuludde) v.tr. conv. 1 & 2 unload; annul. cf. obweteefuteefu, ekiteeko, omuteeko, omuteesiteesi, enteekateeka, enteeko, -eteefuteefu, etteeka.

eby'oknteesaganya, negotiations. cf. ekiteeso, ekyeteeso, omuteesa, Muteesa.

etc.; dig up (earth, rootsK Ekiteeso kya- temerwako ettaka. The proposal was buried/ defeated, okutemera mu myaka..., to be ... years of age. Atemera mu myaka ana egy'obukulu. He is forty years of age.

etc. cf. ekitereke, etterekero.

e- (li/ma) kind of fine grass placed on the floor of old-fashioned houses, cf. ekiteete, oluteete.

e- (li/ma) fruit of the kitembe, a kind of wild plantain, q.v.

kitengejji, akabbula.

o- (mu/mi) ciit banana/plantain stem. cf. ekiteteme.

no plur. (la) sleeping sickness. cf. tenduka.

(la) kind of small water lily. cf. tengejja.

q.v.

ettooke, eryenvu, embidde, enkago, kabula, endizabawuulu, endyabalangira. immature b., akanyaala. wild b., ekitembe. twin b., nnabansasaana. b. plantation, olusuku. b. tree, ekitooke. b. leaf, olulagala.

o- (mu/ba) one who brings, bringer; one who causes, omuleesi w'ekiteeso, the author of a proposal, cf. leeta.

olubugo; also vide empampagalu, ekitentegere, omusala, omutetere, nnakasatwe, endeebeeso, endogo, e nnenge, ssango. b.c. tree, omutuba. b.c. mallet, ensaamu, ensaasi, empuuzo, enzituzo, ensera. b.c. log, omukomago. b.c. maker, omukomazi. b.c., to make, okukomaga, okutenga,okuttula.

o- (mu/mi) barkcloth tree from,which the first stripping of bark has been made; barkcloth from any stripping except the first. See kitentegere, mukaaku, nnakabirye, nnakasatwe.

v.i. slip; fall; break loose. E Bu-yindi a bantu batenduka buli lunaku olw'enjala. In India people die every day because of hunger, cf. ekitenduka; teruka.

bother. cf. -tengezzi, kitengejja.