a- plur. of eggi, q.v.

obulogo.

omulogo.

omulamuzi.

o- (bu/-) witchcraft, magic, sorcery. cf. loga.

o- (bu/-) witchcraft, wild dancing and magical rites performed at night by the basezi. cf. sera, omusezi.

e- plur. amalogo (li/ma) charm, spell, incantation; object or combination of objects used to produce magic effects. cf. loga.

eggi ; (of locust) obusowe. e.shell, ekisosonkole. e.yolk, enjuba y'eggi. boiled eggs, amagi ag'empogola.

geraageranya (-geraageranyizza) v.tr. redup. compare; consider carefully, evaluate; imagine, think of; figure out.

e- (n/n) bogeyman, an imaginary terrifying creature.

e- (li/ma) egg. amagi amasii ke, fried eggs, kukuba za ku magi, to be a coward, act in a cowardly way, lit. strike the hens (enkoko is implied by za) (who are sitting) on the eggs. Kiriba kya nsonyi bwe mulirya eggi. lit. It will be a shame if you eat the egg. This derives from the proverb okulya eggi okwesub.ya omuwula, to eat the egg and miss the meat. The implication is that if one allows an egg to develop into a chicken the gain will be greater. Bulijjo afuna magi mu kubala. He always gets zeros in arithmetic, cf. ekigi.

okulowooza.

a- var. of akasumagizi, q.v.

a- (ka/bu) a small purple king- Mr. Sandman, okulwala akasumagizi or okuba ng' eyalya akasumagizi, to be drowsy/ sleepy (particularly when there is something which needs to be done), cf. sumagira.

e- (ki/bi) image, likeness; picture; photograph; painting, ekifaananyi ekibumbe, statue, omusiizi w'ebifaananyi, artist, ebifaananyi ebisiige, paintings, omukubi w'ebifaananyi, photographer, okukuba ebifaananyi bya..., to take pictures of, photograph. okukukuba ekifaananyi, to imagine. c f. faanana.

akasumagizi.

e- (ki/bi) shell, ebisosonkole by'amagi, eggshells, cf. -esosonkola, -esusunkula.

e- (li/ma) place where barkcloth is beaten (it resembles a shed but has open sides), cf. komaga.

omukomago, omukomazi.

make the sound characteristic of a cock; fail to grow (of a banana tree). N'ezikookolima, gaali magi, (prov.) The(chickens) which are crowing were (formerly) eggs. From little acorns great oaks grow.

o- (lu/n) the damaging/ruining of plantain trees by stripping off most of the leaves; the tendency to beat/bully other people. Alina olukuunya. Heisabully. cf. kuunya.

a-: amagi amasumba, unfertilized eggs.

e- with the -a of rel. amatooke ag'empogola, plantains cooked without removing the skins, amagi ag'empogola, boiled eggs. cf. muliibwampogola.

e- (n/n) gorilla; bogey, monstrous imaginary figure.

e-: amagi ag'enziriza, insufficiently incubated eggs which become rotten, cf. ziriza.

a magimbagimba; be s., okusaasaana, okwabulukuka, okutanta, okutaataagana, okugumbulukuka.

rub; paint (a picture); infect, contaminate, kusiiga mulwa- dde, to anoint a sick person, administer the last sacraments, kusiiga langi, to paint, color fan object), kusiigako liiso, to see; to meet, okusiiga akazigo ku maaso, to use sweet talk in lying or deceiving, lit. smear a little oil on the eyes. Akusiiga enziro. He is damaging your reputation.

var. of sumagira, q.v.

be, okubongoota, okusimagira.

be sleepy, doze off; fig. be off one's guard, cf. simagira, akasumagizi.

etc. okutambulira ku bu- nkenke, to walk on tiptoe, okutambulira omuntu, lit. to travel around because of somebody, i.e., to obtain magic formulae, medicines, potions, etc., and use them to hex a person, to bend him to one's will or do him bodily harm.

so nga si bwe kiri. You might imagine that it is a big place, but such is not the case.

transform; distort, v.i. perform magic.

v.i. & tr. leave off sitting (of a hen); leave unhatched. Enkoko ezirizza amagi amcka? ilow many eggs has the hen left unhatched? cf. enziriza.

o- (mu/ba) judge; arbitrator, omu- lamuzi omuto, junior magistrate, omulamuzi omukulu, chief justice, cf. lamula

o- (mu/ba) witch, sorcerer, magician; wizard,' remarkably talented person, cf. loga.

o- (mu/ba) one who practices a form of black magic characterized by wild dancing, raising the bodies of the newly-dead and eating portions thereof. These activities occur at night, cf. sera, obusezi.

o- (mu/ba) [Lunyoro~\ magician; medicine man; doctor.

o- (mu/ba) magician, conjurer. cf. fuuka, fuusa.

v.tr. conv. wash off; cause to come off; drive sickness out of (a person by using magical formulae).

etc.

v.i., colloq. go. Bwe twa- mala emirimu ne tunyeenya. When we finished the work we went away, okanyeenya ku galiba enjole, to dance, lit. to shake (the bones, amagumba implied) which will ultimately become a corpse. E Kitende kyali kinyeenya magi. It was an exciting occasion at Kitende, lit. a shaking of eggs.

pretend to be; make oneself appear to be; imagine oneself to be.

-efaanaanyiriza (-efaanaanyirizza) v.i. Sc tr. appl. 2 caus. refl. pretend; compare oneself; imagine oneself; imagine/visualize. Tayinza kubyefaanaanyiriza. He cannot visualize/imagine them. Yali annee- faanaanyiriza omuntu omu gwe yali azze okulindirira. He had thought (mistakenly) that 1 was a person whom he had come to wait for.

-efumiitiriza (-efumiitirizza) v.i. refl. give careful thought; imagine.