eŋŋonge.
e- no. plur. (li/ma) clay; potter's clay. cf. bumba.
e- (li/ma) pottery, shop where earthen vessels are made. cf. bumba.
e- plur. (ki/bi) crumbly stone used in pottery, cf. lensibo.
mmumbye) / form/mold (out of clay); make (pottery); sculpt.
v.i., okuyigaana, okukumuka, okusombooka; be crowded, okufembekera, okugoggottera.
a- (ka/bu) very small fragment of pottery; tile. Essomero lyaseresebwa bugyo. The school was roofed with tiles. cf. oluggyo.
a- also akalibuzo (ka/bu) small piece of calabash used to smooth soft pottery.
a- (ka/bu) lot; lottery; vote, omukubi w'akalulu, voter, akalulu k'omukisa, raffle, akalulu k'eggwanga, national lottery, okukuba akalulu, to vote; to hold a lottery.,
a- (ka/bu) a small animal related to the otter which lives near water and is very skillful in catching mudfish (mmale); the second totem of the Otter Clan. Oddizza kaneene mmale. lit. You have given the otter a fish, i.e., you have given something (usually food) to someone who has a great hunger for it/who will appreciate it very much.
a- (ka/bu) kind of small brown lake bird, lily-trotter.
e- (ki/bi) piece of pottery, pottery product, something formed in clay. cf. bumba.
e- (ki/bi) blotter, blotting paper, lit. drinks-ink. cf. nywa, bwino.
e- (ki/bi) large open calabash; piece of calabash used by potters to smooth clay; fig. foolish/stupid person. cf. oluwaawo, empaawo.
akataasa.
o- (lu/n) potter's wheel, cf. bumba.
o- plur. enzigyo (lu/n) fragment of pottery, potsherd, okwetakuza oluggyo, to be very poor, lit. to scratch oneself with a piece of a pot. cf. akaggyo, ekiggyo.
e- (n/n) way/manner of molding; design, form (of a bowl or piece of pottery). cf. bumba.
e- (n/n) old person who walks with difficulty; child who totters when he walks, amagulu ag'enkoboggo, small legs, disproportionate to the size of the body.
God. cf. igereka.
e- (n/n) grog, pieces of broken pots ground up and mixed with clay in making pottery, cf. ebisibosibo.
olubbulo.
omubumbi, omujoona. potter's earth, e bbumba.
eby'ebbumba, ekisittaka.
v., okufeesa, okufiza, okugogottera.
reel, totter; vacillate; bother oneself, take the trouble (to).
reel, totter.
totter, reel; flit about; waver, hesitate, cf. taga, tagala, tagalimba.
okubambaga, okuyuuguuma, okuzunga, okuyenja, okukunkuna, okunnyulula, okutagalimba, okutagatta.
nnyenze) v.i. totter, reel; float about, drift; move about aimlessly, roam around okuyenja inf.
njoze) v.tr, carve, make patterns on (e.g., pottery); bring up (a child); tend to, care for /on animal, a plant, etc.).
to return stolen goods. Kizzeeyol greetings and thanks for a present (e.g., to a potter who brings you a new pot).
v.i. be congested/encumbered/crowded. cf. -gogottevu.
shuffle (playing cards, lottery tickets), okucanga omu- piira, to demonstrate fancy footwork in soccer.
v.i. be shaky/tottering/ weak (of arms or legs). Amagulu gannyu- lula. My legs are shaky.
o- (mu/ba) potter in the service of the Kabaka.
o- (mu/ba) potter, one who works with clay. cf. bumba.
v.i. be inclined/leaning; totter. Emmeeme ensinduu- kirira. I feel nauseated.
e- (n/n) otter. Ekika ky'Eŋŋonge, the Otter Clan.
encumbered, crowded, cf. goeottera.