e- (n/n) domestic bovine, cow, bull, ox; in the plur. cattle, ente enduusi, cow. ente ennume, bull. Ekika ky'Ente, the Cow Clan. cf. obute, akate. akooye, easy chair, sofa. cf. akatebe, ekitebe, omutebe, ssentebe.

e- plur. of oluteega, q.v.

e- (n/n) rare virgin, embeera ey'enteeka, celibate state.

e- (n/n) preparation(s), arrangements); plan; program, enteekateeka y'eby'obufuzi, constitution, cf. ^teeka, teekateeka.

e- (n/n) discussion, talk; dialogue; negotiation, cf. ^teesa, teesaganya.

e- (n/n) strength; energy.

e-, entegetege see olutegetege.

e- (n/n) manner or way of preparing/ arranging; arrangement; preparation; program, plan, entegeka y'obufuzi, constitution (of a nation), entegeka y'emyaka etaano, five-year plan, entegeka y'emmeeza, setting of the table, cf. tegeka.

e- (n/n) newly planted plantain garden, lusuku lwa ntembo, iden. cf. tembula.

e- (n/n) arch, short barkcloth coverlet.

e- (n/n) felled plantain tree.

peacefully, quietly.

e- (n/n) type of drum used at royal ceremonies; type of drumbeat, cf. omu- tenga.

e- (n/n) nnaka (a kind of termite) after it has lost its wings and fallen to the ground.

e- adv. kuyimirira ntengerera, to stand rieid/at attention, cf. tengerera.

e- (n/n) fear, fright; terror; nervousness. cf. tengera.

e- (n/n) colocynth berries; game played by children with these berries, ma- tama kuba ntengo, to be silent when questioned (particularly when one is being accused). Yatuukira ku kubuuza Nsimbye- gwire gy'ali kyokka nga omukyala amatama ntengo. He asked where N. was, but the wife only kept silent, cf. akatengotengo.

e- (n/n) kind of large antelope, eland.

e- omutuba ogw'enterere, barkcloth tree too young to be stripped.

scaly, olugave.

ensolo; also vide ensunu, entalaganya, enjobi, etc.

you know; of course, oh, but; well now. cf. nanti.

conj. then, thereupon. interj. response to weebale, thank you. ebyo nga bikyali awo that being the case; meanwhile.

pity, compassion. I am sorry! the poor fellow! the poor woman!

etc.; interrupt.

mmambagizizza) v.i. interrupt; interfere; inject oneself into a discussion.

what a pity, how unfortunate; the poor thing (referring to a person).

interfere in; take for oneself, appropriate; reserve. Leka kubambira bitakukwatako. Don't get involved in matters which do not concern you.

e- (li/ma) carpenter's workshop. cf. bajja.

e- (li/ma) space; room; time, inter- val; opportunity, chance, amagye ag'omu bbanga, air force, mu bbanga lya myaka mitono, in the course of a few years, E — waliyo obuduukaduuka obwesudde ama- banga. At: — there are numerous poor little shops scattered around, cf. banga.

e- (li/ma) training center. cf. bangula.

they are. Be babazzi. They are the carpenters.

ennyama y'ente.

particularly in the sense of team, abound. Oluggya lu- bemberedde abajaasi. The courtyard is swarming with soldiers.

full of food; be self-centered, live in one's own little world.

omugagga bifeekeera, an extremely rich person, cf. feekeera.

dig up (e.g., potatoes, plants with deep roots, etc.); fig. view with contempt, shrug one's shoulders at (as an expression of contempt).

adj., koŋŋontevu.

make, okukoŋŋonteza, okubangulula.

be, okukoŋŋontera; (point) okufuubetera;

groan (in intense pain); overflow, flood.

e ggumba; b. of contention, akabattanya.

nyirivu, tukuvu; (intelligence) b magezi; (joyful) sanyufu.

for which see the grammars. The following usages are important for lexical purposes because the derivatives formed cannot all be included in the dictionary. 1) bu + la ~ negative infinitive, often equivalent to an English noun which is not an infinitive in form. okumanya, to know; obutamanya, not to know; ingnorance. 2) bu + stem of a noun from another class often produc es an adverb which must be rendered by a phrase in English, enkofu, guinea fowl; bukofu, like a guinea fowl, kukaabya bukofu, to make cry like a guinea fowl, i.e., to cause to suffer. 3) bu + reduplicated stem of a noun of another class indicates plurality with the added notions of indefiniteness, scattered state or even contemp t. essomero, school; obusomerosomero, small, scattered schools which are inferior in quality. 4) normal verb form + bu + verb stem + i. Abalala bagamba nti... others say that; Abalala bagamba bugambi nti... others just/ simply/only say that.

be full of; surround, go all around, v.i. be or feel satisfied/contented. Baatugabula ffenna ne tuwulira nga tubugaanye. They entertained us and we felt contented.

o-: mu bugenderevu intentionally, on purpose, cf. genda, genderera.

o- (bu/-) strong interest/concern. cf. jjumbira.

o- (bu/-) very high interest; usury; extortion, c f. lliika.

ente ennume, sseddume.

ente endaawo.

crumble, disintegrate. cf. -bumbe, ebbumba, ebbumbiro, ekibumbe, olubumbiro, emmumba, emmumbwa, omu- bumbi.

make disintegrate; wear away.

o- (bu/-) contempt, disdain. cf. nyoomooia.

o- (bu/-) quality of being interest- int/entertaining/enjoyable. cf. -nyuvu.

o- adv. like a grasshopper. Omubbi awenjebwa buseenene. The thief is being hunted everywhere, lit. like a grasshopper, cf. enseenene.

oluyonkante.

unconfined (of an animal); free, having no commitments (of a person); on the loose, at large (of a criminal); free, offering freedom of movement and expression (of a country), okulya obutaala, to be untethered/free, etc. Omubbi akyalya butaala. The thief is still at large.

o- (bu/-) freehold estates of the clans; ancestral home; place where one was born, home, kugwa butaka, to be fruitless, have no result. Enteesaganya zigudde butaka. The negotiations have fallen through. Ssente zaffe zigudde butaka. Our money has been wasted. cf. ettaka, omutaka.

o- (bu/-) neg. inf. of-li, not to be. mu butali bugenderevu, unintentionally, mu butali butongole, unofficially.

o- adv. unintentionally, accidentally, mu butanwa, iden. cf. ztana.

o- adv. like cattle, kugumba bute, to huddle/cluster together like cattle, as a noun obute is the plur. of akate, q.v.' cf. ente.

o- (bu/-) intelligence, discernment, understanding, cf. tegeera.

obs. propose, intend. It has been suggested that this obsolete verb is the simple form from which buulira, buuliri- ra, etc. were derived.

exhort.

o- (bu/-) tracks, traces; footsteps; direction, okugoba obuwufu, to follow the steps of; to track (of a hunter), okuzza obuwufu, to go back, return, okukyusa obuwufu, to change one's course, alter one's direction. Ka tubagwe mu buwufu. Let's trail them. cf. oluwufu.

etc.; cause pain (of an internal physical nature); break; beat. Omutwe gumbwatula. I have a splitting headache, okubwatula engalo, to applaud, break out into applause, okubwatula emiggo, to beat severely (with sticks/canes). cf. -bwatufu, kibwatukira.

o- (bu/-) steepness, precipitousness; slantedness. cf. -esulika, -esulifu.

o- (bu/-) sharpness; acuteness (of the senses); fig. sharpness, brightness (of intellect), with the -a of rel. -a yogi, sharp, cf. -yogi, yogiwa.

intensifier which usually occurs after a poss. pron. or adj. own, very own. mikwano gyange bwoya, my own friends.

omubazzi.