awamuddala.

omudyolo.

e- also ebitositosi plur. (ki/bi) mud. with the -a o f rel. muddy, cf. ettosi.

omuddu;

0- pr.n. (n/n) [from German deutsch] Germany, cf. Omudaaki.

o- (bu/-) lawn, grassy area. cf. omuddo.

o- (bu/-) slavery, bondage, servitude. cf. omuddu.

o- (bu/-) mud, mortar or clay used for building.

o- adv. like a mudfish, kugoba bumale, to arrive. Nzuuno ngobye bumale. Here 1 am. I have arrived, cf. emmale.

amuse, give pleasure to.

etc. cf. omudaalitnbi.

n'emabega tekyaddika, and it is no longer possible to go back. Yagamba nti ewa muganda we teddika. He said that to return to his brother's was out of the question. cf. obuddiro, obuddizo, obutaddira, obu- teddiza, obuzza, akaddannyuma, amadda, amaddira, omuddirirwa, omuddinnano, omuddinnanwa, muzzannanda, lomuzzi, enziramu.

etc. cf. omudibazi.

speed up; move forward at a great speed, oku- diimuula emmotoka, to drive a car at a great spead. okudiimuula oraupiira, to kick a ball very high/very far.

dye, n., erangi; vide kasalabakesi, muzuukizi, akasaana, ekiwere. dye, v., okunnyika muddagala.

n., omuweereza, omuddu, omuzaana.

make a pounding/thumping sound. Ejinoma zidudula. The drums are pounding, v.tr. beat, pound. Yamududula ennume y'ekigwo. He gave him a mighty fall (in wrestling).

omuduuze, omuduuzi.

order (esp. of the police and military). cf. omuduumi. omuduumizi.

discharge, okuduumuula ensimbi, to waste money, oknduumuula ekyasi, to fire a shot.

okufuula omuddu.

eccupa, omudumu.

omudduse.

enfumo.

dig out; fig. probe.

n., Omudaaki, Omugiri maani.

gimusa (-gimusizza) v.tr. caus. make fertile, fertilize; cause to grow well, ebigimusa, fertilizers. cf. -gimu, -gimufu, obugimu, ekigimusa.

essubi, omuddo, essenke, olumbugu, etteete, olukonzikonzi, embubbu, ebisagazi.

etc.; build/construct at an unusual speed.

emmundu, omuzinga; g. barrel, omudumu; g. cap, ffataaki.

omuddo, oluva.

omuvvuunuzi, omuduumi.

get soaked; become messy (with mud, liquids, etc.) . cf. joobaana.

omudumu.

cf. embogo.

a- (ka/bu) blade of grass; in the plur. obuddo, patches of grass; lawn. cf. omuddo.

make struggle to one's feet.

a- (ka/bu) young mudfish (mmale, q.v.). cf. ekirende.

pus from a boil, wet clothes, etc.). okukamula amziga, to provoke/elicit tears.

a- (ka/bu) a small animal related to the otter which lives near water and is very skillful in catching mudfish (mmale); the second totem of the Otter Clan. Oddizza kaneene mmale. lit. You have given the otter a fish, i.e., you have given something (usually food) to someone who has a great hunger for it/who will appreciate it very much.

a- (ka/bu) mess; muddy area, Ekkubo ly'emugga lyonna lifuuse kasambajjo. The entire road which leads to the well has become muddy, cf. sambajja.

a- (ka/bu) small trap made of grass and used for catching mudfish (mmale). cf. sereekerera.

a- (ka/bu) conical fish trap for catching mudfish.

a- (ka/bu) confusion, confused state, muddle, cf. vvunkana.

e- (ki/bi) guitar, banjo; stringed instrument, abakubi b'ebidongo, players of musical instruments; players in a band, okusuna ekidongo, to play a guitar; to play a guitar very well. cf. omudongo, endongo.

e- (ki/bi) large shapeless mass; something as long as it is wide. Ntege yagejja kati alinga kiduduli. Ntege has become so fat that he looks like a piece of putty, cf. nnamududuli.

e- (ki/bi) young mudfish (mmale, q. v.). cf. akalende.

e- (ki/bi) piece of mud, mud; mud on the foot/shoe. cf. sootola.

e- usually plur. (ki/bi) mud, slush; mud-on the feet. cf. omutoomi, ettoomi.

to puff on/smoke a pipe, kukuumuula lumonde, to eat sweet potatoes, kukuumuula magambo, to pour out a torrent of loud and offensive words. Saalina ankuumuulira gu- bindi. I had no one wishing me bad luck, lit. puffing at a big, ugly pipe for me. cf. -kuumuufu.

nnamudde) v.tr. judge; arbitrate; set a price (on the part of the seller). Bwe bagenda okukola kawungeezi y'alamula. When they go to work they do not come home until evening.

be judged, etc. Akanyego kaalamulwa akasiriikiriro. It was very quiet, lit. noise was judged by silence.

crowd); pour/throw down heavily; bestow in abundance; swamp, overwhelm, okulinnimula emisinde, chase, chase after. Nnatandika okukabassana n'olugandu lw'ebintu ebyatulinnimulirwako okuyiga. I began to struggle with the mass of things which were poured on us to learn (or with which we were swamped/overwhelmed).

a- plur. (li/ma) the datura plant. The poisonous drug extracted from the fruit was formerly used in trials by ordeal. Also, because of its intoxicating effect on guinea fowls, it is used as bait to trap these birds. cf. omuduudu.

a rope), cf. myumyula.

e- (n/n) mudfish, Clarias mossambicus. cf. obumale.

e- (n/n) described in previous dictionaries as: sternum, sternal cartilage; pit of the stomach; internal bodily part. It is now used almost always in a figurative sense: heart, soul, seat of the emotions. It occurs in hundreds of phrases and expressions of which the following is a sampling: mu ngeri ya kawanika mmeeme, in a frightening way. kwekuba mmeeme, to reconsider, emmeeme n'enfa, and my heart sank/I was utterly distressed. Nze emmeeme yangwa wala. I became very depressed. Otukubye wala emmeeme. You have really given us a scare. Emmeeme yamudda mu nteeko. He felt relieved, lit. his heart went back in place, ow'emmeeme etawaana amangu, one who is easily nauseated. Emmeeme entye- muse. 1 am terribly anxious/concerned/ shocked. Kino kyali ng'ekyawanula emmeeme ye. This seemed to relieve him/ calm him down. Emmeeme katale, ky'esiima ky'egula. (prov.) The heart is like going to market — it buys what it wants. Emmeeme gy'esula, ebigere gye bikeera. fprov.J Where the heart sleeps is where the feet- go in the morning, i.e., when you sleep with the intention of doing something, that is what you do. Emmeeme etefumba kigambo ekwo- geza munno ky'atagenda kwerabira. (prov.) lit. The heart which does not fashion well the spoken word makes you say what your friend will never forget. The spoken word can never be retracted.

v., okukungula, okusala omuddo.

omukunguzi, ekyuma ekisala omuddo.

e- (n/n) kind of thick/rough barkcloth; per ext. mudguard.

e- (n/n) kind of harp, = ntongooli, q.v. cf. ekidongo, omudongo.

omuddugavu; vide nnyonga.

confusion, bungled-up situation, cf. dibaga.

huge person, giant of a person, ekkazi linnamu- diguli, a woman of enormous proportions.

a very fat woman, cf. ekiduduli.

e- (n/n) kind of small mudfish resembling an eel in appearance. Ensimbi z'alina zivuluuja nga nsonzi mu mugga. He has a great abundance of money, lit. the money which he has teems like nsonzi in the river.

e- (n/n) holes in which nsonzi (mudfish) gather during the dry season and from which they may be extracted by hand.

ensuwa, omudumu, ensumbi; (wooden) ekyanzi.

omuddusi, omwekwesi.

omuddusi.