a- (li/ma) pincers, pliers, as the plur. o/eggalo, ugly, fat, dirty fingers. cf. engalo, nnamagalo.

nnamagalo, entoozo.

nnamagalo.

nnamagalo.

etc. kwanjaza mu nsimbi kali, to be extremely rich, kwanjaza ngalo (or magalo), to finger everything indiscriminately. cf. yanja.

wave about, kuyanza magalo, to keep fingering everything, feel about with the hands. okuyanza inf.

cf. amagalo, engalo.

o- (mu/ba) poisoner; witch, lit. a-give-poison. Avanjaza amagalo ng'omu- wabutwa. He is handling things with his dirty fingers, cf. wa, obutwa.

e- (n/n) finger; hand, engalo ensajja, thumb. Yankutte mu ngalo. He shook hands with me or He took me by the hand. Baamukubira mu ngalo. They applauded him. Alina engalo. He is light-fingered, omuntu ow'engalo, thief, ow'eggalo, expert thief, kufunyira ngalo, to spoil (someone's) chances; to ruin (someone's) plans; to refuse (someone's) requests, cf. eggalo, akagalo, olugalo, amagalo, nnamagalo.