o- (lu/n) kind of marsh grass; marsh, marshy area.
o- (lu/n) jest, joke. cf. saaga.
o- no plur. (lu/n) tendency to jest. Olina olusaagosaago. You joke too much. cf. saaga.
o- (lu/n) kind of tree the wood of which is used for making the shafts of spears.
o- (lu/n) very tall grass, elephant grass, cf. ekisagazi.
o- (lu/n) tall, thin man. cf. -sajja, omusajja.
o- (lu/n) weakling, flabby man, poor specimen of a man. cf. -sajja, omusajja.
o- no plur. (lu/n) affected bravery, cf. -sajja.
o- (lu/n) trench; drain; ditch; ditch used as a boundary for a tract of land. cf. sala.
o- (lu/n) bracelet worn around the legs; necklace; metal collar.
o- (lu/n) quarter (in soccer), cf. samba.
o- (lu/fa) a kick, a kicking. cf. samba.
o- (lu/n) kind of hardwood tree with large yellow flowers, Markhamia platycalyx. The wood is durable and is used for making hut poles and furniture.
o- (lu/n) border of a mat. cf. sandagga.
o- (lu/n) leaf of wild date palm (lukindu), used for plaiting baskets, mats, etc.
o- numer. seven hundred, with the -a of rel. seven-hundredth, cf. -sanvu.
o- (lu/n) jaw. kuta nsaya, to stand .1 1 ' f. - 1 • - I. uptsii-muuwieu in a i'juiiau umniici.
eddagala ery'okuwalusa.
ensalo, embibi, enkingi, omuzibo; (of mat) olusandaggo; (of cloth) olukugiro.
olusalosalo, omwala, omwogo.
okulalusa.
olusalosalo.
olusalosalo.
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.
enkoko, olusaanyi; (any bird) ennyonyi,
a- (la) small lake bird, pratincole; small swamp, cf. olusaalu.
olusambaggere.
e- (ki/bi) kind of marsh grass, rush; patch of rushes; marsh, swamp, cf. olusaalu, essaalu.
e- (ki/bi) tall grass, elephant grass; reeds, cf. olusagazi.
lalu; go mad, okulaluka; make m., okulalusa.
nnakkwale, kajeerejeere, lusa jjalala, nnakampiginyi, nnakalanga.
(the month of) March, cf. kulusa, entungo.
e- plur. of olusa, q.v.
e- plur. of olusansa, q.v.
etc. cf. -nyaalu, -nyaalufu.
ekibatu; (tree) olukoma, olukindu, akatuugo, ekkajjolye njovu, enkago; p. leaf, olusansa.
ettale, eddundiro, olusa.
olusa.
eddagala ery'okuwalusa.
v., okufulumya ebweru, okuwalusa.
n., olusalosalo.
akasambaggano, ekisambandege, ekisambi, ekisambiro, olusamba, olusamba- ggere, essambalugi, essambiro; sambagala, sam bajja.
& tr. appl. 2 stitch hastily/temporarily. cf. olusandaggo, ensandaggo.
e- (li/ma) marsh grass, reed with irritating spicules, mace-reed. cf. ekisaalu, olusaalu.
olusamba.
n., olusalosalo, olunnya, oluwangiwangi.
amaanyi, eggume, olusajja.
v.tr. conv. ~ sansula. Olukiiko lusaana okusansululwa. Parliament should be dissolved. 2 cf. langulukuka (under langa).
bi, vundu; go b., okwonooneka, okuvunda, okutota; go to the b., okuseeguuka, okugwenyuka, okiibiggya. badge, akabonero, olusamba.
o- (mu/ba) man, adult male; husband. musajja wa Katonda, (often in an ironical sense) the poor fellow, musajjamukulu, old fellow, old man. cf. -sajja, olusajja, nnasajja, ssaabasajja.
ekisaagisaagi, olusaago(saago), omusaazi.
[from Eng. blue serge] with t>he -a of rel. dark blue (of clothes).
fan away (e.g., flies); beat (the bush in hunting); recruit. Bakusaggira okolola, ak'obugoba k'oya- gala? (prov.) You are coughing while they are driving out (the game). Do you want to lose (your share of) the profit? Yatuuka olulimi lusagga nsowera. (When) he arrived he was dead tired, lit. the tongue was brushing away the flies.
misrepresent, okusalaganya ebigambo, to spread lies/slander, distort the truth, misrepresent matters. cf. akasale, ekisale, olusalosalo, omusale, omusazi, ensala, ensalawo, ensale, ensa- lika, ensalo.
stem from which the following are formed: (o)musanvu, seven; (e)nsanvu, seventy; (o)lusanvu, seven hundred; (a)kasanvu, seven thousand.
suitable; mild (of tobacco), emiwendo emisaamusaamu, moderate prices, ebibonerezo ebisaamu- saamu, light sentences, moderate punishment. ebbanga essaamusaamu, a short time. Olungereza olusaamusaamu, a smattering of English.
-egulusa or -eguluusa (-eguluusizza) v.i. refl. = guluka. cf. okugulu.
ente ensajja, bull, omukono omusajja, the right hand, ekigere ekisajja or eggere essajja, the big toe. engalo ensajja, the thumb, enjoka ensajja, gonorrhea. omwezi omusajja (= ddumbi, q.v.), the rainy season between August and November. cf. sajjakula, sajjawala, obusajja, olu- sajja, olusajjalala, olusajjasajja, amasajja, omusajja, nnasajja.
obulalu, eddalu, ekiralu, omulalu.