okwaŋŋanga, okuguma, okw ewanga; d. to attack, okutantala.

nnangayidde) v.i.

ennanga.

ennanga, entongooli, endongo; play the h., okukuba ennanga.

ennangaazi, ennyimeera.

a- (ka/bu) mouth organ, harmonica. cf. lennanga.

e- (ki/bi) exhausted potato patch (ready for clearing for another crop), cf. omunnanga.

nnangadde) v.i. stand motionless; stand idle. cf. obulanga, nnangaazi.

nnangazze) v.i. stand by idly; loiter; loaf; be tall; be slim.

ennanga.

omukubi w'ennanga.

e- (n/n) hartebeest. The word is of Lunyoro origin and much less frequently used than Luganda ennangaazi, q.v.

ennanga.

omukubi w'ennanga.

okwaŋŋanga, okwetulinki rira, okwetema; (suppose) okulowooza; p. on one's strength, okweginika.

ekiwanga, ekiwalaŋŋanga.

okugezaako, okwaŋŋanga, okwetantala.

e ddoboozi ly'ennanga.

o- (mu/ba) one who plays a nnanga (harp, organ, piano).

e- (n/n) organ; harp, okukuba ennanga, to play an organ/harp. cf. 3 akalanga, ^ omulanga.

e- (n/n) anchor.

e- (n/n) kind of African antelope, hartebeest. cf. langaala.

nnyaŋŋanze) v.tr. face; confront; stand up to; presume; dare, dare to try. okwaŋŋanga inf.

o- (mu/mi) sweet potato, cf. ekinnanga.

-nga 1) suffixed to the imperative or simple past indicates renetitive or habitual action. Temugabanga bitali byammwe. Never give away what is not yours. Nga mukyali bato, mwalwananga awatali nsonga. When you were young, you used to fight without reason. 2) suffixed to -li (be) it expresses probability and may be followed by any tense. Alinga alima. He seems to be cultivating. Enkuba eringa eneetonnya. It looks like rain, lit. the rain is like it will fall. Note that alinga nga is often pronounced and written alinna nga. Nninnanga ali mu kirooto. I am just like one who is in a dream. (E.O.A.)