n., makkati, masekkati; (sea) obwengula; in the m. of, wakati mu, kireebereebe.

vvubufu(persons).

e- (bu/-) deep water; open water, mu buziba bw'ennyanja, in the middle of the lake.

o- (bu/-) great open space, awe some expanse; middle (of the sea, the heavens), obwengula bw'ennyanja, the open sea, the high seas. Ani eyasooka okugenda mu bwengula bw'ebbanga? Who was the first one to travel in space?

e- also eddumbirizi no plur. (li/ma) middle of the hut; middle of the room.

up to the waist, as far as the waist. Nfukiramu caayi okukomya mu makkati. Pour out some tea for me up to the middle of the glass. Yankomya ku ssomero. He accompanied me to school, gye -komya + inf... gye -komya + inf., the more...the more. Gye tukomya okuyiga ennyo gye tu- komya n'okufuna obubonero obulungi. The more we concentrate on our studies the better our grades will be. \bamu gye baakomyanga okutendereza omwami naye gye yakomya n'okwenyumiriza. The more some people praised the chief, the prouder he became.

e- (ki/bi) cushion, seat; carpet made of skins; middle seat in a canoe where a man sits to bale water.

o- (lu/n) span, distance from the thumb to the middle finger, okuggyamu enta, to give up, lose hope.

o- plur. empagala (lu/n) bunch of bananas split down the middle.

o- plur. rare (Iu/n) long, thin dry banana fiber on which money (in the form of coins with holes in the middle) could be strung, cf. xekyayi.

a- always plur. (li/ma) sides of the stomach; middle, center; middle of a container. Amazzi yataddemu ga mu mabutobuto. He only half filled it with water. cf. olubuto.

a- plur. (li/ma) middle, middle part, mu makkati ga, in the middle of. cf. amassekati, wakati.

a- plur. (li/ma) (the) very center. Afrika ey'amassekali, Central Africa, as an adv. right in the middle, cf. amakkati, wakati.

a- plur. (li/ma) period of construction, time of construction; process of building. Yaleka ennvumba eri wakati mu mazimba. He left the house when it was half built/in the middle of construction. cf. Izimba.

to nod the head, bend the head down, kumenyeza ppamba, to break off the middle bud of a young cotton plant.

o- with the -a of rel. loose (of grains of coffee, etc.); unstrung (of the type of coins which had holes in the middle). emmwanyi ez'omwera, loose grains of coffee. ensimbi ez'omwera, unstrung coins.

pron. used as adv. then, thereupon. olwali olwo nga (used in the middle of a narration), then one day, then on a certain occasion.

cf. -tuuluuvu.

midway, prep, wakati wa, between, with the -a of rel. middle, of the middle, enlebe ey'awakati, the middle chair. Gavumenti eya wakati, the central government. Ennyanja eya Wakati, the Mediterranean Sea. cf. amakkati, amassekati.

o- (mu/mi) middle rib of a banana leaf.

divide in half.

o- (mu/mi) daylight; daytime; sunlight; sunshine; sun. in the plur. emisana, daylight, middle of the day. Twagala oku- kissa mu musana nti... We should like to make it clear that... Omusana gwaka. The sun is shining, cf. akasana, ekyemisana, essana.

o- (mu/ba) arch, paddler in the middle of a canoe.

(li/ma) middle side plank of a canoe.

the middle poles/posts supporting the roof of a house.

o- (mu/mi) the middle part of the upper lip.

-tuuluuvu adj. middle-aged. cf. tuuluula.