e- (n/n) shape, form, appearance; kind; character; nature; way of growing. cf. kula, ekikula.

e- (n/n) rhinoceros, cf. obukula.

e- (n/n) development; progress; advancement, cf. ^kula, kulaakulana.

ddugavu. very b., ddugavuzigizigi. be b., okuddugala. go b. (fruit), okuswankula.

o- adv. like a rhinoceros, kujja bukula, to come with great speed and fury/ violence, cf. ^enkula.

cf. swankula.

okwetikka; (on back) okuweeka; (on shoulders) okukongojja, okwambala; (in front of one) okutembeeta; c. off, okunyaga, okuwakankula; c. all before one, okwerula.

okuwakankula.

okusikaasikanya, okukavvula, okugajambula, okubwe bwena, okukaanyuula, okukenyula, okumunkula, okumunkunya, okusontera.

v., okuyuwa, okuyiwa, okuggyamubyonna, okufufunkula; adj., e.handed, bekkotoggo, bwaggu, manolo, katwe kasa, kkope.

adj., kugu; become e., okukenkula.

pour out the contents of (e.g., a bag).

q.v.

gujuba, lumenku; eat g., okwevuubiika, okugujuba, okutuuba, okumenkula.

okumirungula, okufunkula.

very large, kabundi w'enkula, a huge rhinoceros.

Neoboutonia m elleri.

e* (ki/bi) form, structure, build; stature; make-up, appearance; type, kind. cf. kula, ^enkula.

e- (ki/bi) shell, ebisosonkole by'amagi, eggshells, cf. -esosonkola, -esusunkula.

etc.; get for, provide; give greetings for another. Omundabira. Give him my regards. kulabira mu maddu, to be overjoyed to see (something, somebody). okulabira ku..., judging from, compared with. Kino kitono nnyo okulabira ku nkuba etonnya wano mu K. This is very little compared with the rain that falls here in K. kulabira awo (a high-frequency phrase which is difficult to reduce to any simple English equivalent): to get or see something by surprise or unintentionally; to do something without having made plans. Simanyi oba nga nnaagenda, leero nnaalabira awo. I do not know if I am going, I shall have to see/I really have no definite plans. Nnaalabira awo nga bandeetedde ku kamere. I was surprised when they brought me a little food. Baalabiraawo nga bazannya. They happened to be playing. Ndabira awo ekitabo kyange. You see that book of mine over there, give it to me. awo nga nkulabira or awo we nnalabira (stylized ending for a fable or tale). So the tale endeth.

o- adv. okulya olumenku, to eat slowly and deliberately, cf. menkula.

omulyolyomi; v. okw ekenenkula.

obukulu; grow to m. okwesusunkula.

chew; eat; ruminate, cf. olumenku.

eat ravenously; eat with zest/ gusto.

avii, naku; vide lucoolo, lunkupe, lupere, munkula, munkuseere, nseraweeru, enswenke; become p., okwavuwala, okuseega.

okusitula, okuyimusa; (price) okuwanika. raise to life, okuzuukiza. r. the alarm, okukuba enduulu. r. oneself to a position, okwesusunkula.

enkula.

okwesusunkula.

v., okukuba n'engalo, okukuba oluyi; s. the slips, okweswanta, okuswankula, okwenuguuna.

remove bit by bit; delve into. cf. -esu- sunkula, sokonkola.

okutabula, okugoya; (fire) okuseesa; s. up > (mob), okusasamaza, okusaanuula; (dust.) okufuumuula; (mud) okufuukuula; (quarrel) okuwakankula ennyombo.

v.i. & tr. eat/chew noisily.

ba<} habits); be contaminated by; take over, appropriate; get by stealth. cf. papankula, wakankula, wakula.

v.tr. eat rapidly and in an uncouth manner.

revive (e.g., past memories). oku- simula ebigambo, to use elegant or unusual language. Twasimudde emboozi. We had a long and interesting conversation. cf. ekisimule, omusimi, ensimu; simunkula.

(-simunkudde) also simonkola v.tr. dig up. cf. sima.

obukulu, obukuza, obwekuzi, ekikula, amakulu, omukulu, omukuza, omwekuza, omwekuzo, ^enkula, enkulaakulana.

v.i. -ekininkula (-ekininkudde) v.i. refl. be lax in the performance of one's duties; baby oneself.

appropriate, pick up (esp. something undesirable or foreign, such as customs, ideas, etc.) Ebyo ebigoye ebikadde obi- wakan kudd e wa? Where did you ever dig up those old clothes? Awakankudde emize. He has picked up bad habits. cf. wakula, kakankula, papankula.

v.i. become fat/o/ani- mals); become spoiled (of beer).

o- (mu/ba) colloq. terror, something terrible, omuganda w'obulwadde, a terrible disease, omuganda w'enkula, a monstrous rhinoceros.

imitate (e.g., a foreign custom). cf. kakankula, wakankuka, wakula.

v.i. make a gurgling sound; break wind.

pwankula.

act starved and eat everything available. cf. swankula.

essika; sikambula, sikankula, si kula.

of a snake); grow, grow up; come out from cover. Omwezi gwali gwakatandika okwesusunkula mu bire ebyali bigukwese. The moon had just begun to come out from among the clouds which were concealing it. cf. sosonkola, ekisosonkole.

hold oneself back (from appropriate action); try to avoid involvement. Leka kwekenenkula otyo, genda oyoze engoye. Don't keep stalling like that, go and wash the clothes.

papankula, wakankula.