n., ensi, olukalu; (estate) emmayiro, obutaka.
v., okugoba ettale.
v., okutenda, okusuuta, okutendereza.
nnanze) v.tr. climb; creep; spread (of creeping plants, fire, etc.); wander, travel all around; flourish.
nnandazze) v.i. wander all over; go a long way; discourse at length, be iong-winded.
etc. Abamu ne batuuka n'okuva ku mulamwa gw'ensonga ne balan- daggira ku birala. Some even get away from the point under discussion and go on at length about other (unrelated) things.
omutaka; (woman) nna kyeyombekedde.
omwalo.
etc.; train (creeping plants); tack (needlework), okulandiza ennukuta, to write slanting/spidery letters, okulandiza ebigambo, to spread rumors; to betray confidences.
landulula (-landuludde) v.tr. conv. 1 Sc 2 pull down, tear down; unwind, unravel. cf. akalandalugo, akalandira, akalanduko, ekirandalanda, ekirandalugo, olulanda, omulanda, omulandira, nnamulanda, ennanda; landagga.
spread out; keep spreading.
kalu, a lunnyo; (female animals) gumba, ensaata; also vide olukumakuma, enkumba, olunnyo; become b., okusajja kula, okusaatawala.
bonjola (-bonjodde) v.tr., rare slander.
o- (bu/-) freshly tilled land, land tilled but not sown. cf. lima.
0- pr.n. (concords of n/n class) England, cf. -ngereza.
o- (bu/-) tenancy on another's land. c f. Isenga.
o- (bu/-) land rent, ground rent; land tax; property tax.
o- (bu/-) rare leasehold land (as opposed to obutaka, q.v.). cf. ^senga.
a kyama.
e- plur. amalemu (li/ma) fruit of the rubber vine, Landolphia florida (omu- lemu).
e- plur. amalungu (li/ma) dessert, wilderness, wasteland, cf. akalungu.
(soil), ettaka; (land) ensi; go to earth, okusowottoka.
Bungereza.
vide omuteeteema, nnakito kolo, nnamulanda.
omuggulanda.
engule y'ekimuli.
nzigadde(wo)) v.tr. shut, close; inclose; bring to an end; fig. discontinue. Amawanga ago gajja kuggalawo okukolagana ne Bungereza. These countries will discontinue their cooperation with England. Tumuggaddewo. We have refused him/ turned him down.
e- usually plur. amagufa (li/ma) open it (-lu- implies oluggi, door) where it should not be opened. cf. muggulanda. contr. Iggala.
e- plur. amagye (li/ma) army, amagye ag'oku ttaka, ground forces, land forces, amagye ag'omu bbanga, air force, amagye ag'oku nnyanja, sea forces, navy. Eggye lya Maria, relig. the Legion of Mary.
enkenga; (swollen) ensanjabavu, emmambavu.
gobesa (-gobesezza) v.tr. caus. 1 & 2 cause to chase/go after; cause to be expelled; cause to arrive/land; cheat, kugobya nkaaga, to fail in one's attempt. Ennyana togigobya muggo munene gutyo! Do not go after the calf with such a a big stick.
olufu; (of eyes) ekirandalanda.
omusoma, ekisoko.
ekizinga.
ow'omukizinga.
a- (ka/bu) narrow neck of land, isthmus; narrow channel of water into which boats are launched, canal, cf. golomola.
a- (ka/bu) wandering far afield, long journey; discoursing at length, cf. landagga.
a kind of creeping plant found in old cattle kraals, Ipomea tenuirostris. enkalu kalandalugo, a technique used in wrestling. cf. llanda, lolugo.
a- (ka/bu) small root; relationship / of blood, friends hip or association), cf. ^landa, omulandira.
a- adv. quickly, while moving quickly; hastily, cf. ^landa, landuka.
a- (ka/bu) small deserted area, wasteland, cf. eddungu.
of weeds); become exhausted (of land, soil); become old/decrepit (of persons, animals); walk hurriedly.
be clearable (of land), etc.
(ka/bu) July dry season when the land is fallow, less hot season before the rainy season, cf. sambula.
a- (ka/bu) small land; small country. c f. ensi.
a- (ka/bu) boggy field; quagmire, soft miry land that yields under the foot. cf. ekiteebe.
a- (ka/bu) stilt; neck of land, isthmus. cf. yunga.
e- (ki/bi) open space, open area; patch of land. cf. banga.
e- (ki/bi) building site, plot of ground/land.
e- (ki/bi) incline, stretch of low- lying land. cf. butama.
storm wind (over land areas), cf. embuyaga, ^omuyaga, Nnakayaga.
e- (ki/bi) gruel of crushed green beans, okulya ekiguude, to insult grossly, slander maliciously.
e- (ki/bi) overgrown piece of land, land that is uncultivable or difficult to cultivate.
e- (ki/bi) deserted stretch of land; wasteland, ekkubo ery'ekikande, a road in a deserted or barren place.
e- (ki/bi) kind, type. Olukiiko lwa Bungereza n'endala ez'ekinywi ekyo, the Parliament of England and others of this type.
e- (ki/bi) kind of creeping grass/weed. cf. ^landa, ennanda.
e- = kalandalugo, q.v.
e- (ki/bi) swamp, lowland marsh.
e- (ki/bi) watch of the night; sleep, okukwata ekisisimuka, to sleep. Ali mu kisisimuka. Heis asleep. E Bu- ngereza twakubayo ebisisimuka bibiri nga tugenda mu America. We spent two nights in England on our way to America, cf. sisimuka.
e- (ki/bi) cape, headland.
e- (ki/bi) something which is added on; patch; graft; appendix, supplement (e.g., of a hook); slander, calumny. cf. waayira, akawaayiro.
e- (ki/bi) island.
cf. omukonjezi.
e- (ki/bi) [5a'., Pers.~\ print, type; printing press; printing establishment; road sign; poster; patch, ekyapa ky'ettaka, land title, ebyapa by'emmotoka, number plates of a car. kuwandiika mu kyapa, to print / as opposed to writing with normal handwriting). kukuba byapa, to patch up clothing; to repair a tire; to survey land. Lipoota eyo teyakubibwa mu kyapa. This report was not printed/published, cf. akaapa.
obwesengeze.
nnimye) v.i. & tr. cultivate, farm, dig; fig. backbite, slander behind one's back, eby'okulima, agriculture.
ndoopye) v.tr. accuse; denounce; slander; tattle on; expose, reveal, mu ddoboozi eryaloopa obweraliikirivu, in a voice which showed anxiety. Guno nagwo musango muloope. This is a terrible situation.
o- (lu/n) dry unfertile land.
o- (lu/n) land, dry land; continent, amagye ag'oku lukalu, ground forces, cf. kala, -kalu.