ebigambo, amagambo, ebifaayo;get n. of, okuwulirako.

olupapula lw'amawulire.

e- plur. (ki/bi) news, tidings. cf. 2fa.

e- plur. (ki/bi) twitching in the eyelids. (A twitch in the lower lids means that one will receive bad news; a twitch in the • upper lid signifies good news.) Not to be confused with bisulo, dormitories, the plur. of ^eklsulo, q.v.

make full of; do completely. Amawulire ago gaatubugaanya essanyu. That news filled us with joy.

foreign countries. Minista ow'ensonga ez'ebweru, minister of foreign affairs, ag'ebweru mu bimpi, foreign news in brief (amawulire, news, is implied by ag'). abasibirwa ebweru, parolees. Yabasibidde ebweru. He put them on probation, cf. -(y) eru.

spread over; go/ reach all over; get one's share, get enough; participate; be enough to go around (of food). Abaana bonna babunye. All of the children have gotten enough/their share. Amawulire geeyongedde okubuna wonna mu ggwanga. The news continued to spread all over the country, kubuna kkubo, to stagger along the road (like a drunken man). obudde ne bubuna emiwabo, and it was dawning, lit. was scattering in all directions. Eky'abangi kibuna engalo. (prov.) lit. Something used by many people has finger marks. What is used by many is soon spoiled.

okutegeeza, okubuulira; (H.C.) okussa ekimu, okusembera kummeeza; (R.C.) okusembera.

okutwala, okwetikka; (news) okubuulira, okutegeeza.

e- big piece of news, major item of information. (Sate: the gram. plur. amawu- Iire lacks the augm. force of eggulire.) cf. wulira.

amagezi; (news) amagambo, ebifaayo.

a- (ka/bu) something interesting/ worthwhile/appealing. amawulire omutali kanigguusa, very uninteresting news. Ebyo temuli kanigguusa. All this is just nonsense. There is nothing of any value in this.

a- (ka/bu) small book; booklet, aka- tabo ak'amawulire, newspaper, news magazine. kukuba katabo, colloq., to lie, tell untruths, cf. kitabo.

etc. okukubira omusango/ensonga, to sum up a case/a matter, okukubirako, to add; to make up; to complete, okukubiramu, to give over and above. Tonkubiramu kirala? Aren't you going to give me anything more? empapula z'amawulire ezikubirwa mu Afrika, newspapers which are published in Africa.

ndaalaasizza) v.tr. divulge, reveal; blab, spread (a rum or); pass on (news), cf. laasa.

o- with the -a of rel. regular, steady, permanent, abasomi ab'olulango, regular readers (of a newspaper).

o- (lu/n) [£ng. ] paper; sheet of paper; page, olupapula lw'amawulire, newspaper, empapula z'ensimbi, paper money, paper bills.

o- adv. afterwards; later; (before a following inf.) after, oluvannyuma lw'oku- funa amawulire gano, after receiving this news, with the -a of rel. last, final, mu ssaawa ez'oluvannyuma, in the final hours. Mukasa y'abeera wa luvannyuma mu mugigi. Mukasa is at the tail end of the class. cf. -vannyuma, va, nnyuma.

a- plur. (li/ma) news (which one person tells another as opposed to news in a newspaper), cf. gamba, eggambo, eki- gambo.

a- plur. (ii/ma) news; report; information. olupapula lw'amawulire, newspaper, ow'amawulire (plur. ab'amawulire), journalist; newspaperman, reporter, eby'amawu- lire, journalism, cf. wulira, eggulire, munnamawulire.

e- = n + ggya. Taifa Empya, New Nation (the nameof a Luganda-1 anguage newspaper).

reporter, newspaperman, cf. wulira, amawulire.

founded in 1911. cf. munna-.

be pleasing to; be interesting to, interest; amuse, amawulire agatabanyumira, news which does not interest them.

inform, amawulire geyinenda okubanyumi- zaako, the news I am gping to tell you about.

plur. bissekanyolya) gray heron; the name of a former Luganda- language newspaper.

O- plur. aba. the form of the -a of rel. used after nouns of the mu/ba and la classes. Also used as the initial element of many noun phrases relating to persons. It implies a preceding omuntu (abantu), person(s). amawulire, news; ow'amawulire, journalist (plur. ab'amawulire). ebigere, feet; ow'ebigere, pedestrian.

mpaawaanyizza) v.tr. hold in the mouth (food which is too hot to be swallowed comfortably), oku- waawaanya ebigambo, to delight in spreading gossip or sensational news.

e- adv. far, far away, walako, rather far. wala wa, wala ne, prep, phrase, far from, kukuba wala, to shock, produce a bad effect on. Amawulire gano gankuba wala. This news shocked me. kuggya wala, to be of enormous help to. Yanzigya wala. He did everything possible for me. He is responsible for what I am today, kubiba wala (-bi- implies ebigambo), to be well on one's way. Omusomo nguli wala. I am far advanced in my studies. Kaakati babiri wala. They are far along on their journey by now. cf. -ewala.

ekigambo; (news) amagambo, ebifa; (order) ekiragiro; (promise) okulagaana.

make listen; cause to feel/sense/perceive; make obey; hear news of. Sikyamu- wuliza. 1 don't hear from him any more.

njogedde) v.i. & tr. speak; talk; say. kwogera ku muntu, to talk about a person, kwogera n'omuntu, to talk with a person, kwogera kaati, to speak openly/frankly, kwogera kuno na kuli, to jump from one subject to the other; to be hesitant/ doubtful in what one says, kwogera nkulu bbiri, to be two-faced/intentionally ambiguous in what one says. Oyogedde kirabika ng'ow'e- jjanga abika. You have said the obvious, lit. like a person with chronic conjunctivitis bringing news of a death. okwogera inf,

v.i. be somber/ gloomy; be cold/unresponsive/indifferent. Amawulire gano gankuba wala era n ensi yonna n'enzinzibalira. This news disturbed me very much and the whole world seemed gloomy to me.

to doze, doze off, lit. cut logs, kutema lu- wenda, to cut a path; to mark the end of one's own land; fig. to be a pioneer, a pathfinder. kutema lubimbi, to cultivate intensively/a great deal, kutema mulanga or kutema kiwoobe, to wail loudly, kutema ka- kule or kutema kalali, to burst out laughing, kutema bikata, to hoe/ridge potatoes, kutema mwenge, to cut bananas for making beer, kukatema muntu, tell someone very bad or shocking news, lit. cut (laughter, implied by ka = akakuie) from a person. Yakantema. He told me something that had a shocking effect on me. kutema lizzi, to swim, kutema bigambo, to make unfounded statements.

school); skip a day; fail to come; stay over, okwosa enkya, the day after tomorrow, enduulu ezitayosa, regular/constant alarms. Tayosa kusoma mawulire. He never misses reading the news. Omwana oyo ayosa nnyo okugenda okusoma. The child is very irregular in his school attendance. okwosa inf.

o- (mu/ba) one who goes to forage for food, one who travels about to obtain food either by purchase or in exchange for services.' omusasi w'amawulire, newspaper reporter, one who ferrets out news, omusasi w'ejinambo, gossip, gossiper. cf. saka.

v.tr. conv. 2. contradict/deny the report of a death. Yatu- sanga tuli mu maziga n'atubikulula. He found us in tears and told us that the news of the death was untrue. cf. ekyebikiro.

depress. Amawulire g'okufa kwe gaatuwotookereza. The news of his death depressed us very much.

the parts of a mechanical device); arch, messenger, runner carrying official news. cf. yunga.

as an adj. such and such, ekintu gundi, something or other, such and such a thing. Leka tugambe nti omu- kunnaanya w'amawulire gundi asindise omusasi we ow'amawulire mu kifo gundi. Let us say that such and such a newspaper editor has sent his reporter in such and such a place. c(. gindi, ^-ndL

v.i. & tr. forage for food; go a distance to obtain food either by payment in money or in exchange for services; fig. ferret out, dig up (information), oku- saka amawulire, to go hunting for news, okusaka entalo, to pick a fight, okusaka obulwadde, to contract an illness (which could have been avoided). Yali mu Bu- laaya ng'asaka ku maanyi. He was in Europe recuperating/recovering his strength.

reveal; pass judgment, okutyemula omusango, to pronounce judgment (at a trial), okutyemula akyama, to reveal a secret, okutyemula amawulire, to break the news, okutyemula emmeeme, to frighten; to disturb/worry greatly; to shock.

o- (mu/ba) editor (of a newspaper or periodical); collector, cf. kuŋŋaana, kuŋŋaanya.

brief, mu bi- funze, in short, in brief, in resume, amawu- lire amafunze, news in brief, cf. funda.

a fattened goat, amawulire amasava, juicy news, ekifo ekisava, a good position, a ‘fat' job. cf. savuwala, essava, essavu.

remote; safe; reliable, amawulire agaavudde mu nsonda enneeku- sifu, news which has come from reliable sources, cf. -ekusika.

munnamawulire omumanyirivu mu mulimu gwe, a newspaperman experienced in his work. cf. manya, manyirira, obumanyirivu.

fresh (food, drink, news, etc.). ebigere ebisu, fresh tracks.

-ekimya (-ekimizza) v.tr. caus. refl. pretend to go to get. Kamya bwe yawulira amaloboozi mu ddiiro ne yeekimya amawu- lire alabe baani abo. When Kamya heard voices in the living room he pretended to fetch the newspaper so that he might see who they were.

information, news, etc.).

journalist; ab'amawu- lire, journalists.

boiled, amawulire ama- fumbe, ‘cooked-up' or false news/information. cf. fumba.

indigenous; local; national. amawulire amannansi, local news. cf. obunnansi, ensi.

final, amasakramentu amavannyuma, the last sacraments, amawulire amavannyuma, the latest news. cf. va, nnyuma, oluvannyuma.