okuba n'ebbanja.

olubuto; lower a., endira.

mbadde) v.i. be. In certain tenses ba is replaced by -li, Both may be used as primary verbs or as auxiliaries in compound tenses. bwe tuba mu ssomero, when we are in school. Yabadde anzise. He nearly killed me. Tuli mu kisenge. We are in the room. Twali tuli mu kisenge. We were in the room, ba and -li may be followed by na (-na in the case of -li) to express possession. Tulina ensimbi. We have money. Twabadde n'ensimbi. We had money.

be asked to pay a debt. Tasasudde ensimbi ezimubanjibwa. He has not paid what he owes.

adj. big, strong, powerful, omusajja binyweera, a strong powerful man.

e- plur. (ki/bi) twitching in the eyelids. (A twitch in the lower lids means that one will receive bad news; a twitch in the • upper lid signifies good news.) Not to be confused with bisulo, dormitories, the plur. of ^eklsulo, q.v.

adj., ewole, eyazike.

ebyenda.

be, okuzitoowererwa;

o- plur. (ka/bu) roe (of fish).

o- (bu/-) power, authority; ability, capacity, ab'obuyinza, the authorities. cf. yinza.

Obukristaayo, Obukristu, eddiini ya Kristo, eddiini ya Kristu. Christmas, Sikukkulu, Okuzaalibwa kwa Yesu Kristo, Okuzaalibwa kwa Yezu Kristu, Nnowele.

v.i. (of flowers), okwewumba; (of evening) okuwungeera, okw eyera, okugolooba, okuziba.

okugatta, okuliwa, okugerula, okusowerera.

okubowa, okukwata mbowe.

eggi ; (of locust) obusowe. e.shell, ekisosonkole. e.yolk, enjuba y'eggi. boiled eggs, amagi ag'empogola.

okuwa amaanyi, okuwa okuyinza.

akakowekowe; falling out of e., obulangula.

ekikowe; disease of e., wamala.

n., ekimuli; (of maize) ejjange, akanuunu, akatundwe.

v., okwanya, okumulisa,

ganyizibwa (-ganyiziddwa) v.i. appl. pass. be allowed/authorized, etc.

enso; (lower) olubengo.

oluviiri, enviiri; (of animal) ekyoya, ekikuzzi, essisi; (caterpillar) eggimbi; (pubes) ekiza; (eye brows) ekisige; (eyelashes) ekikowe kowe.

okukasuka, okusuula; h. along, okusembeesa; h. a sigh, okussa ekikkowe.

be, okuzitowa, okuzitoowe rera; be h. with eating, okugalaata, okugayagana.

v., okubajjamu, okuwowongola, okusokoola; be hollowed out (by water etc.), okuwomoggoka.

olukamu, bibkowe.

e- (li/ma) disease of the eye characterized by a continual flow of tears; conjunctivitis. Ensenke yeegasse n'ejjanga. Ensenke (another disease of the eye) joined with ejjanga. Things went from bad to worse. Matters reached their lowest ebb.

e- plur. amayange (li/ma) much more commonly oluyange, plur. ennyange (li/ma) flower of the corn/maize plant.

e- (li/ma) type of bitter green which produces white flowers. Okalya dda kadda dda, ejjobyo liddira mu mutwe, (prov.) lit. You eat it now, it comes back afterwards, the jjobyo comes back to the head (by producing gray hair). What you do now produces consequences later.

a- = akakongoliro, q.v.

a- (ka/bu) small garden, akalimiro ak'ebimuli, flower garden, cf. lima, obu- limiro, ennimiro.

do insistently, keep on (followed by the inf. of another verb). Nnakanda kulinda nga tajja. I kept waiting but he did not come. Nnakanda kwegayirira nga bwereere. I kept pleading but all in vain.

a- (ka/bu) small, deep wound; open sore. cf. nuuna, ensowera.

a- (ka/bu) tiny flower of embryo plantain; nectar on flowers.

a- (ka/bu) a kind of thomy bush with yellow flowers the leaves of which are used for making a red dye.

a- (ka/bu) grenadilla, fruit of the passion flower.

a- (ka/bu) edible flower of the pumpkin, with the -a of rel. plump.

a- (ka/bu) kind of mint with a flower like that of the heliotrope.

e- (ki/bi) sigh, okussa ekikkowe, to sigh, okussa ku kikkowe, to take a rest/ a breather.

e- (ki/bi) eyelid, okutemya ekikowe, to wink; to blink, nga kutemya kikowe, in an instant, cf. olukowe.

e- (ki/bi) flower, okulya ekimuli, to interrupt; to cut in on. n'atulya ekimuli, and he interrupted us.

e- (ki/bi) kind of yellow flower, resembling a sunflower, from which a reddish dye is obtained; fig. something beautiful/ resplendent. Omwana omuwala oli si kimyula kitalo butalo. That girl is not just beautiful, she is ravishing.

a-: kuba n'essanyu ery'akinfiira, to experience a momentary happiness followed by grief, cf. fa, fiira.

e- (ki/bi) flower stalk. cf. ^noga, nogola.

exceed, be more than; be superior to. Asuubira, akira aloota. (prov.) He who hopes is superior to the person who merely dreams (presumably because hope is followed by action).

e- (ki/bi) cloth; towel; duster; napkin; handerchief; turban, ekitambaala ky'okummeeza, tablecloth, ekitambaala ky'omutwe, head scarf, cf. akatambaala.

e- (ki/bi) part; portion; section; half; district, region; role, part, amazima ag'ekitundu, partial truth, a half truth, ekitundu eky'okuna, one fourth. Okkirizi- bwa okusasula mu bitundutundu. You are allowed to pay in installments, cf. entundu.

e- with the -a of rel. sturdy, well- built. ow'ekiwago, a strong/robust/husky person. Muli nnali nneewulira ekiwago. Inwardly I felt strong and powerful. cf. ^vvaga, akawago, oluwago.

e- (ki/bi) cavity, hollow, something which has been hollowed out; small hut in which calves are kept; fig. (as n. or adj.) stupid, unreliable (person), cf. wowongoka, wowongola.

nzikakkanye) v.i. sit down, take a seat; come down, move to a lower position; become mild; calm down, subside (of an illness, a difficult situation).

e- (li/ma) kind of barkcloth tree which yields very coarse barkcloth.

e- (li/ma) mesh of a net; link (in a chain), mu kkowe lino, in this regard, in this respect.

e- also ekleziya, ekkereziya (n/n) [from Lat. ecclesia] a Roman Catholic church, eklezia enkulu, cathedral. The initial e- is sometimes treated as part of the word, sometimes as the l.V. (initial vowel J. The spelling klezia is in violation of the rules of the orthography but is in common use.

imitate. (Note: tkis is one of the few verbs borrowed from English.)

to; at; among (of place, time and other relationships), ku mmeeza, on the table, ku lunaku luno, on this day. to express the partitive okulya emmere, to eat food; okulya ku mmere, to eat some food/ some of the food, ku lwa (before an infinitive), because of, on account of. Ku Iw'oku- beera omulwadde teyajja. Because he was sick (= because of being sick) he did not come, ku lwa (before a substantive), on behalf of. ku lwange, on my behalf, ku lwa Gavumenti, on behalf of the Government. Ali ku bwa Katonda. He is very seriously ill, lit. he is in the (obuyinza, power, implied) of God. Nze siri ku muntu ayagala okunywa omwenge. I do not care for a person who likes to drink beer. In form and function ku is related to the enclitic -ko, q. v.

o- adv. near, nearby; almost, nearly. followed by ne = near, close to. okumpi n'ennynmba ye, near his house. Kumpi kikakafu nti..., It is almost certain that... kumpimpi adv. rather near, quite close. cf. -mpi, wampi.

bend over (so that the head is lower than the knees); beg everywhere.

e- usually plur. ebyenda (ki/bi) intestines; bowels; viscera, cf. enda, lwenda.

however, but; only, as exclusive pron. & adj. for sing, nouns of the ki/bi class, it alone, by itself, ekitabo kimu kyokka, just one book, only one book. cf. -kka.

ndese) v.tr. permit, allow; leave, abandon, leka has the following uses as an auxiliary verb: 1) followed by the infinitive it means stop, leave off, refrain from. Leka kusoma, Stop reading. 2) followed by the subjunctive it exp res ses a request or exhortation. Leka tugambe nti... Let us say that...

lemesa (-lemesezza) v.tr. caus. 1 & 2 cause to fail; cause to give up/despair; be too much for, be too great a burden/task for; make powerless; hold back, hinder.

n., ekisaanikizo, olubumbiro; (of eye) ekikowe,

v., okulaba, okutunula. l. after, okulabirira. l. closely, okwekkaanya, okubeera. l. for, okunoonya, okwaza. l. hard, okwekaliriza amaaso, l. askance, okutunula ekiyumba. l. about, okumagamaga. l. down, okussa amaaso, okuwomba amaaso, okugenekera enkowe.

ndoopye) v.tr. accuse; denounce; slander; tattle on; expose, reveal, mu ddoboozi eryaloopa obweraliikirivu, in a voice which showed anxiety. Guno nagwo musango muloope. This is a terrible situation.

v., okussaako wansi; l. one self, okwejeeguula.

adv., wansinsi.

o- (lu/n) violent kick, with the -a of rel. big and powerful, olubasi I w'omusajja, a big powerful man.

o- plur. emmengo (lu/n) lower millstone; grindstone; kind of large scale for weighing sacks of coffee, sugar, etc. okuteeka ... ku lubengo ne, to place ... on the scale with, i.e., to compare ... with. cf. benga, Mmengo.