e- (n/n) kind of banana; kind of insect, lit. eats the princes, cf. lya, omulangira.

omulangira.

to be drunk, lit., to carry ‘Prince Beer' on the head. cf. omwenge.

v.tr. throw in wrestling; defeat; overwhelm. Omulangira ebigezo bya- mumezze. The prince has flunked his examinations.

o- (mu/ba) prince; euphem, measles. Omwana mulwadde mulangira. The child has the measles, cf. -langira.

(-vunze) more commonly vungavunga (-vunzevunze) v.i. & tr. redup. fold up; fold roughly; crumple; bend out of shape; disfigure. Emmotoka ye baagitomera ne yevungavunga. They ran into his car and it was completely twisted out of shape. Omusango gwe yawawaabira omulangira baaguvungavunga. The lawsuit he brought against the prince was completely hushed up.

royal, omusaayi omulangira, royal blood, olulyo olulangira, noble/royal family, cf. omulangira.