amafuta.
v., okuteekamuamafuta.
okugabira; (spoil) okugereka; (tax) okulobola.
ensigo; (castor oil) ensogasoga; (coffee) emmwanyi.
e- plur. (ki/bi) soft/mushy/soggy substance (of food, soil, clay, etc.).
e- usually plur. (ki/bi) spoiled food; leftovers (not neces sarily spoiled). Yagenda wa jjajja kulya bigagu. He went to his grandmother's where he knew that he would be pampered, lit. eat bigagu. cf. gaga.
spoil; make an idol of; have as a favorite, cf. -biite, akabiite, omubiito; biibiita.
e- plur. (ki/bi) soft/mushy/ soggy substance (of food, soil, clay, etc.).
foam, foam up; overflow. Ebibimba bikka. Things which boil up (ultimately) simmer down. What goes up comes down. Kyabimba (nga) si kisaanikire mu maaso ga kkanisa. There was an enthusiastic/lively crowd in front of the church.
n., ejjute.
v.tr., okufumba.
v.i., okwesera, okutokota, okujagajjira; metaph., okwetabula.
also boyaana (-boyaanye) v.i. be dizzy; be delirious, rave (of a sick person); toss about restlessly; be disturbed/ troubled; seethe, be in a turmoil, boyaanya (-boyaanyizza) v.tr. caus. make dizzy/delirious, etc. cf. akaboyi; boyonga.
v., okwokya, okukalirira, okusilka.
o- (bu/-) dirt or soil which remains on the feet, legs or clothing after one has been tilling, cf. lima.
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.
o- (bu/-) simsim oil, cottonseed oil. -ebutuggiza (-ebutuggizza) v.i. refl. move along slowly, drag oneself along.
o- (bu/-) misery, suffering; poverty, the state of being curled/coiled folded, obwezinge bw'enviiri, the way the hair is curled, cf. zinga, -ezinga.
be boiling; fig. be cheerful; become exulted; get excited.
omusogasoga; (berries) ensogasoga.
n., ekkata.
v., okukuba ekkata.
e- no plur. (li/ma) soil, earth, ground, cf. lima.
etc. cf. omudibazi.
okugaba, okugabira; d. among selves, okugabana; d. spoil of war, okugereka.
go to waste, be bungied/messed up; taik nonsense.
etc. cf. dabankana.
spoil; become sour (of beer).
(soil), ettaka; (land) ensi; go to earth, okusowottoka.
eggi ; (of locust) obusowe. e.shell, ekisosonkole. e.yolk, enjuba y'eggi. boiled eggs, amagi ag'empogola.
adj., tereevu; be e., okutereera, okwenkanankana; make e., okutereeza, okwenkanyankanya; (soil) okusaanya.
toil, exert oneself; bother, trouble oneself.
e- (li/ma) small lump of earth, broken-up piece of hard soil.
okuziyiza, okufubira, okuteba.
pamper, indulge, give excessive freedom to.
confusion, turmoil. cf. omugogolo.
eaten after being baked or boiled. A single specimen is omugonja, plur. emigonja.
sway, wobble, rock; toss and turn (of a sick person); feel weak; be spoiled.
etc.; spoil, mar. Enkuba nayo egoyaanye enteekateeka zaffe. The rain has spoiled our plans.
essamasami.
e- no plur. (li/ma) unconcern; thoughtlessness, okukuba ejjaliri, to be carefree/easy-going; to act spoiled. Twala en ejjaiirt. Stop acting so spoiled.
e- plur. amayute (li/ma) boil. Sserukama mayute: olunyiga ku lirye ng'akaaba. (prov.) lit. Mr. Squeezer-of- boils: when his is pressed, he cries. He can dish it out but he can't take it. cf. mwasajjute.
a- (ka/bu) turmoil, disturbance, crisis; disagreement, fracas, feud. cf. gulumba.
plunder, despoil; demolish, destroy, ruin; pull apart; tear to pieces with the teeth.
pus from a boil, wet clothes, etc.). okukamula amziga, to provoke/elicit tears.
of weeds); become exhausted (of land, soil); become old/decrepit (of persons, animals); walk hurriedly.
a- (ka/bu) riot; disturbance, commotion; strike; turmoil, unrest, cf. sambattuka.
a- (ka/bu) scoop formed from a banana leaf used for drinking soup; scoopful (of paraffin, cooking oil, etc.). cf. ekiwujjo.
a- (ka/bu) commotion; turmoil; state of unrest, cf. yuuguuma.
a- plur. rare (ka/bu) unrest, turmoil, disturbed/uneasy state; hubbub; extreme business, cf. -etala.
(ki/bi) a solid lump of soil.
e- with the -a of rel. oily, omubiri ogw'ekifuta, oily body/complexion. cf. amafuta.
e- (ki/bi) something flattened out /esp. of food, such as a boiled plantain which has been flattened out, a flat broad a grandchild.
e- (ki/bi) spoiled egg. cf. eggi.
e- (ki/bi) plant with large, soft leaves which are used as toilet paper.
e- (ki/bi) heap of grass and soil piled on the border of a garden to separate it from another garden, cf. ^kuba.
e- (ki/bi) core; core of a boil. Bye yayogedde temwabaddemu kinyisi. There wasn't anything at all to what he said.
e- (ki/bi) kernel; core of a boil. By'oyogera temuli kinyusi. There is nothing at all to what you say. cf. ekinyisi.
e- (ki/bi) pit; mine; insect hole, ekirombe ky'ensanafu, termite hole, ekirombe ky'enjuki, bees' nest, ekirombe ky'amatofaali, kiln, place where bricks are made, ekirombe ky'amafuta, oil well. cf. ennombe.
e- (ki/bi) kind of insect which has the coloring of soil (ettaka, q.v.)-, rare term for any earthenware pot.
e- (ki/bi) toilet, latrine.
e- (ki/bi) oil; ointment; lotion. cf. 2ziga, lomuzigo.
e- (ki/bi) swelling; tumor; boil. cf. 2zjjuba.
e- (li/ma) coil of snake/serpent, okuzinga ekkata, to coil oneself up. cf. enkata, ekikata.
e- (li/ma) -fruit of the mukobe q.v. (It has a thin skin, a texture resembling that of the potato and is eaten boiled.) Ekika ky'Ekkobe, the Kkobe Clan, kukomba ku kya kkobe eky'ettungulu kiwoomerera, to be frustrated in accomplishing one's objective; fail to obtain what one wants, lit. to lick at the skin (kikuta is implied, by kya) of the kkobe, (whereas) the skin of the ttungulu is the one that is sweet.
e- (li/ma) castor-oil plant.
etc.; act for, do for the benefit of; do a disservice to, spoil things for.
hinder; frustrate; sabotage, subvert; spoil; arch. bewitch, cf. kkotoggo.
flow down, run down (usually, but not always of liquids); fig. pass (of time), okukulukuta kw'ettaka, erosion of the soil.