ensiriba, ejjembe, akawambo, olusinga.

n. (of gun barrel), omulenge.

omulenzi.

o- (bu/-) overdue pregnancy, cf. omulega.

o- (bu/-) male sex (but not of adults), akaana ak'obulenzi.a baby boy. omwana ow'obulenzi, a male child, cf. omulenzi. contr. obuwala.

omuleesi.

n., omulema, kadduwannema.

e- plur. amalenzi (li/ma) fine strapping lad. cf. omulenzi.

omugo, amabbaii, olubuubuuto, enjegoyego, omuleboolebo; (of cloth) olukugiro ; (sharpness) obwogi, olukulukumbi; be set on e., okunyenyeera.

ejjoba, amajoba, e ddalizi, amasiira, omuleera.

ekisimule.

mulekwa, omufuuzi.

endere, omulere.

etc.; spray (e.g., insects), kufuuyira mbuzi mulere, to waste one's time/breath, lit. blow a pipe for a goat, kufuuyira malenge, to drink a lot without having one's thirst assuaged, kufuuyira mmindi, to smoke an empty pipe while reciting incantations for the purpose of putting a hex on someone; to wish someone bad luck.

a- (ka/bu) small flute; small horn. cf. omulere, endere.

a- (ka/bu) amulet, fetish.

a- adj. with akasana (sunshine) implied, period from about 7:30 to 8-30 A-M. cf. woomera, omulezi.

adj. each, every, kiisi mulenzi yenna ayagala okugula ekitabo, any boy at all who wishes to buy the book.

e- (ki/bi) collection; abundance.

e- (ki/bi) kindof shrub, elder; hollowness, with the -a of rel. hollow. Omulenzi oyo kireereetu. There is no substance to that boy.

e- (ki/bi) excavation, cf. sima, Simula.

omulenzi.

to bargain on a price. cf. -lamule, -lamuzi, obulamuzi, eddamula, omulamuzi, nnamula.

ndeeze) v.tr. tighten; strain; draw taut; stretch, extend; aim. okuleega ennoma, to stretch the cover on a drum, okuleega omutego, to set a trap, okuleega e:r.a""», to ?tr'nD,/tnnp a ham or other stringed instrument. Yamuleegamu ekiso. He aimed a knife at him.

omuleego, omuleezi.

etc. cf. omuleekaanyi, emireekaano.

etc. ebintu ebitale- keka, indispensable things, omulimu ogu- talekeka, an essential task, a job which cannot be left undone. cf. mulekwa; lekulira.

nnemye) v.i. & tr. fail; be too much for. Talirema kujja. He will not fail to come. He will certainly come. Ekyo kyamulema okukola. He failed to do that. That proved too much for him. Eby'obufuzi bimulemye. He has been a failure in politics. As an aux. verb lema is used in the neg. imper. and in the neg. subj. Tuleme kwerabira. Let US not forget. Kwata ekitabo kyo kireme okugwa. Hold on to your book so that it does not fall.

come to a stalemate; (in sports) be tied, result in a draw. cf. -lema, lemala, obulema, kiremya, omulema.

etc. cf. omulenganda, omulenganjuba, omulengo.

ndeze) v.tr. nurse (a child); bring up, rear. Omwana bw'omulera era bw'akula. (prov.) lit. As you bring up a child, so he grows. An adult is the product of his childhood training, okulera engalo, to twiddle one's thumbs, be lazy.

lekesa (-iekesezza) v.tr. caus. 1 & 2 cause to leave/let, etc. Omubbi baamulesa emmundu. They caused the thief to leave the gun behind. Tulekese! Leave us alone!

Omuleevi.

etc. cf. ekirezi, omulezi, endera.

o- (lu/n) talisman, charm, amulet.

o- adv. incessantly, all the time. with the -a of rel. incessant, okwogera olumoonyere, to talk incessantly. lumoonyere ng'omulere gwa Ssuuna, endless, lit. like the flute of (Kabaka) Ssuuna.

e- (n/n) youth, lit. lacking (bula) beard on the chin (kalevu). also as an invar, adj. omulenzi embulakalevu, youth.

e- plur. of omulembe, q.v.

e- plur. of omulerembe, q.v.

lit. the hunter does not miss. Used as an amulet by hunters and fishermen, cf. yigga, subwa.

e- (n/n) border, edge, okuba ku ndeboolebo y'oku..., to be on the point of, be about to... cf. omuleboolebo, enjegoo- yego.

e- (n/n) flute, pipe. Omwana oyo ndere. This child is impossible/hopelessly wiLd. cf. lakalere, omulere.

e- (n/n) edge; brink; limit; shore; outskirts, cf. omwegooyego; omuleboolebo, endeboolebo.

e- (n/n) mule.

e- (n/n) charm, amulet, kusalwako nsiriba, to be very lucky, have a stroke of luck.

n., omulezi, omujjanjabi.

n., mulekwa, omufuuzi.

oluseke, omufulejje; (tobacco) emindi; (flute) endere, omulere; (bhang) ekibindi; p. cleaner, olukaguzo.

omuwendo omulamule.

ebbeetu, olwoso; without r., kamuleebu.

omuweereza, omuddu, omulenzi; (female) omuzaana.

kodo; vide mulenganda; be s., okufutaafuta, okusuuniika; be come s., okukodowala.

omulenganjuba.

oluseke; vide ekiwawangulo, omulenge.

tuukagana (-tuukaganye) v.i. recip. suit each other; suit, fit; harmonize. okutuukana n'omulembe, to be modern, conform with the times, okukola ebitatuukana, to do things one should not. ebigambo ebitatuukanye, incoherent statements; bad language, bwe baatuukaganako, when they confronted each other.

cajole, coax. v.i. keep doing; continue on; keep going; stay on. Twalirizaako. Keep on, don't give up. Mweddemu muleme kutwalirizibwa mamotoka. Take care that you are not taken in by/lose your head over big automobiles.

omuweereza, omulenzi.

omuzabbibu; rubber v., omulemu, nnansaale.

e- (n/n) charm, amulet (often in the form of heads); prayer beads of Muslims.

omuvubuka, omulenzirenzi, eki juujulu; obuvubuka, obuto.

lit. (the winds; empewo is implied by zi-) have j brought him.

wound the feelings of. okutunula bijiijidde, to look tearful/woebegone/off the brink of crying. Yasanga omulenzi atunula bijiijidde n'amubuuza ogubadde. He found the boy on the verge of tears and asked him what the matter was. cf. akajiijiiri.

o- (mu/mi) border, edge. cf. endeboolebo, enjegooyego.

o- (mu/mi) difficult situation/job; hardship; a ‘strain.' cf. leega.

o- (mu/ba) noisy and boisterous person, cf. leekaana.

o- (mu/mi) embroidered design on the front of a kkanzu.

o- (mu/ba) one who brings, bringer; one who causes, omuleesi w'ekiteeso, the author of a proposal, cf. leeta.

o- (mu/ba) one who stretches, stretcher (e.g., of hides), cf. leega.

o- (mu/ba) woman whose pregnancy is overdue, cf. obulega.

o- (mu/mi) lower abdominal swelling.