erangi, eddagala.
v., okusiigako erangi, okutona.
bembulukuka (-bembulukuse) v.i. conv. 1 & 2 come off (of a scab, scales); peel (of skin); become unstuck, get detached. Langi yonna yabembulukuka ku kisenge. All the paint came off of the wall.
peel off (of skin, paint, etc.); lose scales (e.g., of a fish, snake); become unstuck; fig. come out of one's shell.
e- (ka/bu) young locust. is an artist (painter) down to his fingertips. Yamukwata mu bwala. He shook hands with him. Abaserikale babagombyemu obwala. The soldiers have apprehended them. cf. ^olwala.
e- (ki/bi) image, likeness; picture; photograph; painting, ekifaananyi ekibumbe, statue, omusiizi w'ebifaananyi, artist, ebifaananyi ebisiige, paintings, omukubi w'ebifaananyi, photographer, okukuba ebifaananyi bya..., to take pictures of, photograph. okukukuba ekifaananyi, to imagine. c f. faanana.
e- (ki/bi) red earth/ocher used in painting canoes.
rub; paint (a picture); infect, contaminate, kusiiga mulwa- dde, to anoint a sick person, administer the last sacraments, kusiiga langi, to paint, color fan object), kusiigako liiso, to see; to meet, okusiiga akazigo ku maaso, to use sweet talk in lying or deceiving, lit. smear a little oil on the eyes. Akusiiga enziro. He is damaging your reputation.
siigisa (-siigisizza) v.tr. caus. 1 & 2 cause to smear/paint, etc.; smear/paint with/using.
color, decorate with colors, tint.
erangi (n/n) [Sw. ] color; paint; dye.
o- (mu/ba) one who tints/colors/ paints/decorates, cf. ^tona.
o- (mu/ba) painter, omusiizi w'ebi- faananyi, painter (of pictures), artist, omusiizi w'ennyumba, house painter. cf. Isiiga.