a- ears. plur. of okutu, q.v.

lit. ears of an old man. cf. tuga, omukadde.

a- adv. in a fumbling/unsteady manner.

a- plur. (li/ma) early dawn, mu matulutulu, at early dawn.

a- adv. hastily, without proper consideration. Lipoota baagisembya matunnunsi. They supported the report without giving it proper consideration, cf. entunnunsi.

adj., kulu, gevvu.

v., okukula, okwetuuka, okusuumuka, okwengera.

obukulu.

okutega amatu, okuwulira a. on, okuweereza; a. school or church, okusoma.

e- usually plur. (ki/bi) beans, peas, etc., in the pod and not yet mature, ebijanjaalo ebito ebikyali ebikagga, tender. young beans.

o- (bu/-) small inedible termites. cf. ggala, okutu.

o-: obuggavu bw'amatu, deafness. cf. ggala, -ggavu.

o- (bu/-) deficiency in a child caused by premature weaning, cf. yosera.

okukakamuka, okukalakala, okukuba amatu.

v.i., okuwamatuka, okuwulukuka.

n., emmambya, matulutulu, olubungubungu; every d., buli lukya.

zlbe wa matu, ggavuwa matu, kiggala; become d., okuzindaala, okuziba amatu, okwevumba.

okuzibya amatu.

empulirizo; give ear, okutega amatu.

mumakya, mumatulutulu, munkeera; vide nsonoosi; be e., okukeera, okuzinduuka.

okuwa, okugaba, okutonera, okuweereza. g. birth to, okuzaala. g. place to, okusegulira. g. up, okuleka, okuta. g. oneself up, okwewaayo. g. ear to, okutega amatu, okuwulira. g. out, tr., okulanga, okubuulira. g. judgment, okusala omusango. be much given to, okuweebwa jjaliri.

to.

etc.; stress, emphasize, be firm about; affirm confidently, assert; be hard on, put pressure on. okukaliriza amaaso, to look intently, okukaliriza amatu, to listen intently, okukaliriza olutalo, to prolong a battle.

a- (ka/bu) akatooke akanyaala, a small, immature banana, akaana akanyaala, small, frail child, cf. omunyaala.

a- (ka/bu) premature calf.

o- (ka/bu) fontanel, top of the head, part of the head which is soft in early childhood but becomes hard with maturity.

e- (ki/bi) large bracelet. Bambadde ebinyere mu matu. They are wearing earrings. cf. akanyere.

grow up, mature. Awakula ennume tewakula emu. (prov.) lit. Where bulls grow up, there does not grow (just) one. Perhaps ~ Troubles never occur singly, okukula nga, to be formed like; to resemble. Nnalonda akafo akaakula ng'ekisu ky'akasanke. 1 selected a small place which resembled a finch's nest. Obudde bukuze. The situation is very bad. There is trouble.

o- plur. amatu (ku/ma) ear. okumalira amatu wansi, to be sound asleep, be dead to the world, okukuba amatu or okukubaakuba amatu, to become convalescent, kugwa mabeere mu matu, to have a disease of the ear (believed to be caused by the spilling of mother's milk into the ear); to be obsti- nate/stubborn/pigheaded (esp. of children). okutega amatu, to listen attentively. Amatu agataddemu ebisubi. He is deliberately inattentive/refuses to listen, lit. has placed grass in his ears.

okuwulira, okutega amatu.

a matumpaggwa.

o- (lu/n) arch, loss of a baby through premature birth, cf. ^taasa.

a- plur. (li/ma) husky, deep voice; change of voice in an adolescent boy as he approaches maturity, as an adv. huskily, in a deep voice. Alina amalago- lago. His voice is changing (of an adolescent). cf. obulago.

e- (n/n) goat, okusiba amatu g'embuzi ku muntu, to make a scapegoat of a person, lit. pin the ears of the goat on someone.

enkya, makya, amatulutulu.

a person with large protruding ears; a stubborn, obstinate person.

lit. one who is stopped up. muzibe w'amaaso, blind person, muzibe w'amatu, deaf person. cf. ziba.

amatu ga nnantooke, very small ears, ears which have not developed normally.

e- (n/n) pulse, pulsation, heartbeat. cf. amatunnunsi.

okuwamatuka.

sowole, sogobe.

vide okubiba, okutuba.

okufumita, okubalabaata; p. the ears, okutega amatu.

v., okutunuulira, okulowooza, okutega amatu, okussaamuekitiibwa.

v., okudduka embiro, okufubutuka, okuwamatuka, okutwala nkiki, okupaala, okuboyaana; (of river) okwewagaanya.

etc. Amatu gansaalirira. My ears are humming.

come into manhood, become a man.

mature.

grow up, mature; increase in height, cf. -suumufu.

arch, loss of a baby through premature birth), cf. olutaasa.

strain; set fa trap, omutego); trap; trip (in football), okutega emikono, to stretch out the hands (with palms open to receive something), okutega amatu, to perk up the ears, listen attentively, okutega amannyo, to look foolish, laugh foolishly.

enkuyege; (drone male) enswa, entenga; (warrior) ekkenda; (queen) nnamunswa; for different varieties, vide obuggalamatu, embaala, empawu, amakulubiru, obumpowooko, ense jjere, ennaka, entunda, entakke, ekkonezi.

e- (li/ma) midnight, okutuusa mu matumbi g'obudde, until the late hours of of the night.

up; in the air, in the sky; upstairs; loudly, in a loud voice, obuyigirize obwa waggulu, higher education. amatundiro aga waggulu, stores of a better class, ab'awaggulu, people who are high in the social scale, okumanya okwa waggulu, superior knowledge. Ekiyita waggulu, otegera wansi empungu terya bire. (prov.) lit. What travels on high, you trap (when it is) down, the eagle does not eat clouds (but must come down to eat). What goes up must come down. cf. eggulu, kungulu, engulu.

mpamatuse) v.i. rush forth, rush out, dash out, burst out; be flushed out (as an animal from a bush).

zibulula (-zibuludde) v.tr. conv. 1 & 2 okuzibula amaaso, to open one's eyes; to restore eyesight, okuzibula amatu, to open one's ears; to restore hearing, okutemya n okuzibula, in the twinkling of an eye.

omusale w'amatu, w'ennyindo, etc.

pull out with a rapid movement. cf. fubutuka, fubutula.

ettooke, eryenvu, embidde, enkago, kabula, endizabawuulu, endyabalangira. immature b., akanyaala. wild b., ekitembe. twin b., nnabansasaana. b. plantation, olusuku. b. tree, ekitooke. b. leaf, olulagala.

o- (mu/ba) person with a bodily part cut off. omusale w'amatu, one whose ears have been cut off. cf. sala.

o- (mu/ba) butcher; flayer; rare surgeon. Amatu g'omubaazi gawulira kya ‘Embwa etwala ennyama yo.' (prov.) The ears of the butcher only hear: ‘The Dog is carrying off your meat.' Possibly = To each his own. cf. baaga.

v.i. appear/develop prematurely; occur earlier than normal. Envi zaamutuuba. His hair became gray prematurely. Ekirevu kyamutuuba. He developed a beard prematurely.

o- with the -a of rel. young, immature (of bananas, plantains).

cf. -kazi, omukazi.

ring, sing (of noise in the ears). Amatu gampaawaala. My ears are humming.

v.tr. caus. cause to resound; cause to hum. Ebigambo bya bbaawe byamuwaawaaza amatu. The words of her husband made her ears hum.

v.tr. block; obstruct; hinder passage to; bar. v.i. become blocked/obstructed. Ekkubo lizibye. The road has become blocked. Ekkubo balizibye. They have blocked the road. Obudde buzibye. Night has fallen. It has become dark, okuziba amaaso, to go blind; to blind, make blind, okuziba amatu, to become deaf, okuziba emimwa, to become dumb; to make dumb, okuziba ebinnya, to fall in ditches/ holes.

v.tr. pull out; takeout; draw out; pierce right through; abort; give birth to prematurely (of animals only).

has broken off a very young/immature stalk of sugarcane.

plur. bakinvinvi (la) old person; young person who has prematurely gray hair. cf. oluvi.