e- (n/n) seed; kidney, cf. siga.

ensigo; (castor oil) ensogasoga; (coffee) emmwanyi.

wankaaki, wansaso; vide ensigo.

ensigo.

ddumbi. first r., engulansigo, enkuba y'omwa nguka.

o- (mu/mi) moon; month, omwezi omuto, the new moon, okulwala omwezi, to be in a menstruation period, omwezi omukazi (- ttoggo, q.v.), the rainy season between February and June, lit. the feminine month, omwezi omusajja (= ddumbi, q.v.), the rainy season between August and November. The Luganda names of the months are: Gatonnya, January; Mukutulansanja, February;. Mukulukusabitungolungo, March; Mugulansigo, April; Muzigo, May; Ssebaaseka, June; Kasambula, July; Mwaka musajja, Muwakanya, August; Mutunda, September; Kafuumuulampawu, October; Museenene, November; Ntenvu, December.

e-: enkuba engulansigo, the first rain after the dry season, so called because it is the time for buying (gula) seeds (nsigo) for planting.

empeke, ensigo.

n., ensigo, empeke, akasigirirwa; vide embo, empambo; (offspring) ezzadde.

amasiga, omusizi, ensigo. For the conv. forms see siguka.

(-duumye) grow rapidly; spring up rapidly. Ensigo endala ne zigwa mu maggwa; amaggwa ne gaduuma ne gazitta. Other seeds fell among thorns, and the thorns sprang up and destroyed them. cf. omuduumi.

-gulirire, obuguzi, egguliro, egguzi, olugula, amagula. omugulirizi, omuguzi, engulansigo, enguzi.