e- (li/ma) pleasant smell, sweet odor; pleasant taste.

e- (li/ma) shortage; lack; scarcity. with the -a of rel. rare, scarce. Amayinja g'omuwendo ga kkekwa. Precious stones are scarce.

e- (li/ma) soldier ant.

e- (n/n) electric bell, ekkengere z'obugaali, bicycle bells.

e- (li/ma) large frog. (Awantu) awampi waalema ekkere okubuuka. (prov.) A short distance proved too much for the big frog to jump. Beware, you may be beaten by a trifle. (Asht.) Basammula ekkere ng'amazzi banywa. They splash away the big ugly frog but drink the water (it has been in). (Said o f hypocrites.) cf. ekikere.

e- (li/ma) lump; clump; mass; large pill/tablet. Emboozi yagwa amakerenda. They (or we) had a long and pleasant conversation. Kkerenda liva ku lubaya. (prov.) lit. The lump comes fnom the large packet. Like father, like son. cf. akakerenda.

e- (n/n) a (Roman Catholic) church. See eklezia.

e- (li/ma) strong poison, cf. kesula.

okutuukiriza, okukome kkereza, okumaliriza, okumalira ddala.

okutuukiriza, okukome kkereza.

e- adv. okuseka ebikkete, to laugh in spite of oneself.

v., okubuka, okucoppacoppa; (end) okukomekkereza.

ekkanisa; (R.C.) ekkereziya.

ekkerejje.

adj., tuufu, lamba, lambi rira; be c., okutuukirira, okumaliriza, okumala, okukome kkereza.

v.tr., okukome kkereza, okufundikira.

be, okuganiriza, okukekkereza, okuterekkereza.

v.tr., okumala, okukomya, okutuukiriza, okukomekkereza, okufundikira.

v., okusonyiwa; e. self falsely, okwekekkeza, okwewampanya.

talk, okukekkera.

okwerowooza. f. sickness, okwerwaza. f. death, okwefiisa. f. ignorance, okwewubya, okw ewugguusa, okwewussa. f. sleep, okwefuluusa. f. inability, okwekekkezza. f. exertion, okwepacca. f. madness, okweralusa. f. assent, okuttikkirira.

endwadde, obulwadde; vide lukokkere; feign i., okwerwaza.

tassuuka; vide lukokkere.

a- (ka/bu) pill, tablet, cf. ekkerenda.

light-skinned, neither very dark nor very light, omuwala owa katakketakke, a light-skinned girl.

treat lightly; joke, joke around; trifle, dawdle.

put aside as a reserve; use sparingly, banka ez'okukekkereza, savings banks, cf. omukekkereza.

e- (ki/bi) frog; toad. cf. ekkere.

e- also ekleziya, ekkereziya (n/n) [from Lat. ecclesia] a Roman Catholic church, eklezia enkulu, cathedral. The initial e- is sometimes treated as part of the word, sometimes as the l.V. (initial vowel J. The spelling klezia is in violation of the rules of the orthography but is in common use.

okukolola be kkejenge, to cough all night.

conclude, bring to an end. v.i. come to an end.

nnimbye) v.tr. lie to; cheat, deceive, v.i. lie; fail in an objective. Owange Ssemutikke, otulimba ki ebiro bino?

v., okuziyiza, okukomekkereza.

o- (lu/n) large packet of salt, kusi- tula lubaya, to lift a very heavy load; to attempt a very difficult task (esp. something in which others have failed). Anti laba, zitutte olubaya! Look who has just passed by (esp. of somebody disliked- zitutte = empewo zitutte, the winds have taken). See also ekkerenda.

o- adv. incurably, with the -a of rel. incurable (of a disease), obulwadde obw'olukkokkere, an incurable disease.

a-: okuseka amakkete, to laugh happily/contentedly.

collective) kind of bean. A single specimen is kimutikke, plur. bimu- tikke.

e- (n/n) kind of termite. Amagezi ntakke, ekula y'ebuuka. (prov.) Wisdom is like a ntakke, it grows and flies away. Wisdom grows in a person and is of more and more use to its owner, magezi ntakke, a very clever person.

e- (n/n) calf of the leg; in the plur. loins, kulega muntu ntumbwe, to follow after a person, dog the heels of a person. Mugende muzannyeemu emmere ekke mu ntumbwe. Go and play a while so your food may be digested, lit. go down into the calves. Kulemberamu y'akulega entu- mbwe. (prov.) lit. (He who says) ‘you go first' is measuring the size of your legs. He who gives you a task is trying to test your capabilities.

it., obutwa, ekkesula, obusagwa; vide obusukko.

a, ebbula, kya kkekwa, ekye bonero.

v.f okugoba, okubina, okutwala kirinnyamutikke.

kaliuwa, ekke.

kuseka nnyindo yankolera. to laugh boisterously/uproariously. kuseka makkete, to laugh happily/ contentedly, kuseka bikkete, to laugh in spite of oneself, kuseka majeemulukufu, to laugh sheepishly, kuseka kasambu- labbwa, to laugh loud and boisterously, lit. it takes the skin off of a wound.

ekke, evvumbe, akaloosa; (of body) olusu, olwayo; vide edduge, akasiikiro.

be, okukekkereza.

n., ekke; t. for, eddoowo.

enkuyege; (drone male) enswa, entenga; (warrior) ekkenda; (queen) nnamunswa; for different varieties, vide obuggalamatu, embaala, empawu, amakulubiru, obumpowooko, ense jjere, ennaka, entunda, entakke, ekkonezi.

v.tr., okukoza; u. sparingly, okukekkereza; be of u., okugasa, okuganyula.

See kkejenge.

(la) kind of centipede.

(la) kind of plantain with large clusters.

all through the night, until morning/the next day.

tumult, kukuba kk erere, to be extremely talkative; to be all talk and no action.

o- (mu/ba) counter, one who counts; bookkeeper, accountant, omubazi w'ebitabo, bookkeeper, accountant. cf. ^bala.

o- (mu/ba) a thrifty person. cf. kekkereza.

0- (mu/ba) Negro (usually restricted to African Negroes). Omuddugavu wa katakke(takke), a light-colored African. Omuddugavu wa kagongolo, very dark colored African, cf. -ddugavu, ddugala.

sound out.

v.tr. gnaw to bits cf. ekkesula.

-ekkema (-ekkemye) v.i. refl. bear down (at work or at stool j.

pretend to be unable to work; be overly casual; treat lightly.