ennyanja.

eggogonya.

Muttanzige.

o- (bu/-) kind of grass growing near lakes, also the plur. of akayanja, small lake. cf. yanja, lakayanja, ennyanja.

e- (bu/-) deep water; open water, mu buziba bw'ennyanja, in the middle of the lake.

loll around; be lethargic.

e- (li/ma) basket trap with a hole in the bottom used for catching lake fish.

o- (gu/ga) large lake; ocean, cf. ennyanja.

a- (la) small lake bird, pratincole; small swamp, cf. olusaalu.

a- (ka/bu) fine particle(s)/ flake(s); crumb; dust, ssukaali wa kasennyente, very fine sugar.

a- (ka/bu) kind of lake plant.

a- (ka/bu) kind of small brown lake bird, lily-trotter.

a- (ka/bu) small lake. cf. yanja, obuyanja, ennyanja.

e- (ki/bi) arm of lake/sea, cove, estuary, inlet; bay. cf. omukono.

very strong wind on Lake Victoria, cf. saawa.

e- the initial element of many nouns (or noun phrases). It is composed of the -a of rel. and the pron. concord. It implies a preceding kintu, thing; matter, ekiro, night; ekyekiro, supper, ennyanja, lake; ekyennyanja, fish, okulabira, to look at; ekyokulabirako, example. The plural ebya is used in a similar manner.

nneenye) v.i. shine (like oil, fat); fester, be inflamed (of a wound); be covered with flakes; be tired.

ndiraanye) v.i. be adjacent to/next to; adjoin; neighbor. Okuliraana ennyanja si kuliira. (prov.) To be next to a lake is not to eat (relishes). Shoemakers are the worst shod.

o- (Iu/n) edge, border; shore embuubuuto z'ennyanja, the shores of the lake

sea monster, monster of the deep; whale; kind of weed.

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) basket net for catching lakeflie? (ssami).

ensalo, embibi, enkingi, olukingirizi; (of lake) olubalama; (of page) omuwaatwa.

a- plur. (li/ma) large expanse of water, kusibira ku mmeere, to imprison, send to prison, send ‘down the river.' This phrase has its origin in the fact that Luzira Prison is near the lake shore.

e- (n/n) kind of very small lake fish, THapia variabilis.

lit. it kills (tta) the locusts (nzige).

cf. yanja, ennyanja.

e- (n/n) kind of small white lake bird.

common in Lake Kyoga, which is eaten dried.

e- (n/n) lake; large body of water. Ennyanja Enfu, the Dead Sea. Ennyanja y'e Buyindi, the Indian Ocean, cf. yanja, obuyanja, oguyanja.l akayanja, ekyennya- nja, omulunnyanja. ^muyanja,^omuyanja.

e- (n/n) lake herring, Alestes nurse.

e- (n/n) kind of lake bird, black stork or hammerhead.

nose dr ops, etc.). okunuusa obugolo, to take snuff.

e- (li/ma) edible gnat, lakefly.

Lake, Nnalubaale.

etc. Baabinjokerawo nti teri mulimu. They told me right off that there was no work, lit. burned words (-bi- implies ebigambo) at me. Omusana gunjokedde busa. have troubled myself/worked in vain, lit. the sun has shone on me in vain, kukwokera Katebo, to be depressed at not getting what one wants, labour in vain, Katebo is a port on Lake Victoria).

decompose (of a corpse). Ettooke likunku- muka. The bunch of plantains has ripened to the point that the fruit is almost falling off. Akunkumuka ng'aseka. He is doubled up with laughter.

(lu/n) kind of lake plant resembling rushes.

pr.n. the name of a group of islands in Lake Victoria. The title of the county chief is Kweba.

o- (mu/bn) laker, one who takes or carries; head, person in charge, omutwazi w'obubaka, the bearer of the message, messenger, cf. twala.

pr.n. Lake Victoria.

pr.n. (la) the name of a lubaale associated with Lake Victoria and the Ssese Islands. Mukasa and the feminine variant Nnamukasa are now extensively used as personal names.

v.tr. caus. cause to catch with a net; catch with/using. Essami baliwungisa lutente. They catch lakeflies (ssami) with a net.