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.

okutuukiriza, okukome kkereza, okumaliriza, okumalira ddala.

okutuukiriza, okukome kkereza.

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.

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

tassuuka; vide lukokkere.

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

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.

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

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.

be, okukekkereza.

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

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

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

sound out.