olutabu.

go into a state of panic; rush about; flounder; writhe, wriggle; flutter, okupapira ebigambo, to talk without thinking, blurt out.

flutter about, beat (its) wings; rush about; flounder, cf. papa, empapala.

come (from); be adopted/taken over (e.g., of a foreign custom).

eppaapaali; p. tree, omupaapaali.

olupapula.

Omupaapa.

ekitoogo, ekigaaga; (spikes) empunga; (roots) olukongolo; (rope) olutoogo.

e- plur. (ki/bi) sumptuous food; delicacies.

ekinywa bwino.

0- (bu/-) the papacy, cf. Ppaapa.

olupapula, ebbaluwa.

okulabika, okunnyulukuka, okunaawuuka, okupapankuka.

obunyiikivu, amaanyi, empapiro, endasi, entege.

v., okukankana, okupapala, okutemireza.

okupapala, okwewojjoola; be in a f., okupakala.

break up fibers (for rope making); clean out, scrape out (e.g., the insides of a papyrus plant so that the outer fiber may be used for basket making or rope making); groom, trim, clean up (a person or thing).

a- (ka/bu) small piece, fragment, okutuuza akapapajjo, to sit on the edge (e.g., of a chair) or on the carrier of a bicycle, cf. ekipapajjo.

a- (ka/bu) small book; booklet, aka- tabo ak'amawulire, newspaper, news magazine. kukuba katabo, colloq., to lie, tell untruths, cf. kitabo.

a- also akawayiro (ka/bu) scrap; slice; piece, akawayi k'omugaati, a slice of bread, akawayi ak'olupapula, a piece of paper.

e- (ki/bi) basket-like structure made of papyrus which serves as a crib for babies; crib.

e- (ki/bi) type of basket made of papyrus, palm leaves or osiers and lined with the stems of plantain leaves, in the plur. baskets; food, meal, okuba mu bibbo, to be eating. Atulinnyidde mu bibbo. He has interrupted our meal/eating, cf. akabbo, olubbobbo, enzibo.

e- (ki/bi) variety of papyrus.

e- (ki/bi) plant with large, soft leaves which are used as toilet paper.

e- (ki/bi) blotter, blotting paper, lit. drinks-ink. cf. nywa, bwino.

e- (ki/bi) piece; fragment, eki- papajjo ky'oluku, apiece of firewood.

e- (ki/bi) torch; bunch of grass or piece of firewood/paper, etc., which is set on fire and carried about.

e- (ki/bi) stalk of papyrus, cf. bwantoogo, olutoogo.

e- (ki/bi) coarse mat made of plantain or papyrus fibers. This is one of the oldest type of mats known among the Baganda. cf. oluwempe.

e- (ki/bi) spark from a fire (esp. a grass fire); piece of burnt paper flying in the air. cf. omuyonga, nnakayonga.

tear off (e.g., a banana leaf, a sheet of paper). See akagiri.

etc. okukubira omusango/ensonga, to sum up a case/a matter, okukubirako, to add; to make up; to complete, okukubiramu, to give over and above. Tonkubiramu kirala? Aren't you going to give me anything more? empapula z'amawulire ezikubirwa mu Afrika, newspapers which are published in Africa.

empapula eziriko laama, ruled paper.

ekikoola, eddagala; (of plantains) olulagala, omukumbu; (dried) essanja; (of book) olupapula, omuko; l. bud, omuziŋŋoonyo, omubumbu.

o- (lu/n) flat tray (made from the fibers of papyrus or other plants; often used for winnowing). Emimwa gye gya lugali. His lips are flat and spread out (as opposed to thick and protruding). Wa lugali. He has a ‘big mouth.' Nzigyako olugali. Shut your big mouth, cf. walugali.

o- with the -a of rel. regular, steady, permanent, abasomi ab'olulango, regular readers (of a newspaper).

o- (lu/n) [£ng. ] paper; sheet of paper; page, olupapula lw'amawulire, newspaper, empapula z'ensimbi, paper money, paper bills.

o- (lu/n) wooden bowl; round flat papyrus basket; mold (for bricks).

o- (lu/n) wide area of papyrus; papyrus patch, cf. bwantoogo, ekitoogo.

o- (lu/n) rough leaf of Ficus exas- perata (omuwawu, q.v.) used as sandpaper. cf. wawula.

o- (lu/n) with the -a of rel. thin, slender, obupapula obw'oluwewere, thin papers. Amagezi ge ga luwewere. He is stupid.

empape, entangamalaala.

a- plur. (li/ma) news (which one person tells another as opposed to news in a newspaper), cf. gamba, eggambo, eki- gambo.

a- plur. (ii/ma) news; report; information. olupapula lw'amawulire, newspaper, ow'amawulire (plur. ab'amawulire), journalist; newspaperman, reporter, eby'amawu- lire, journalism, cf. wulira, eggulire, munnamawulire.

olupapula oluwandiikeko, ekitabo ekitannaba kukubwa mukyapa,

e- (n/n) fluttering; way of fluttering. cf. papala.

e- (n/n) madcap, giddy/flighty person. cf. papa.

e- also mpambiiro with the -a of rel. scarce, hard to get. Amazzi ga mpapiiro. Water is hard to get.

e- plur. (n/n) spikes of papyrus.

e- = n + ggya. Taifa Empya, New Nation (the nameof a Luganda-1 anguage newspaper).

reporter, newspaperman, cf. wulira, amawulire.

founded in 1911. cf. munna-.

olupapula lw'amawulire.

e- (n/n) root of papyrus.

e- (n/n) mass, pile, large amount, entuutuuli y'empapula, a large pile of documents/papers.

olupapula, omuko; (servant) omugalagala.

olupapula lw'amaliba.

e- (li/ma) papaw [or pawpaw), fruit of the pawpaw tree. cf. omupaapaali.

mangu, kakku, kapapiiro, kafuufu, kkuutwe, kalaako.

omugwa, olumaka; (of grass) omusasi; (of papyrus) olutoogo.

oluwawu.

omuzingo gw'empapula.

ekikunta, ettundubaali; (of paper) omuko.

plur. bissekanyolya) gray heron; the name of a former Luganda- language newspaper.

ruffian; offensivly pushy person.

kovvu, a lutitti; vide oluyongo yongo; (of paper) abiirivu. become t., okukogga, okukenena, okugejulukuka, okugoogomba, okukondoba, okukundugga, okusoosootoka. be t., okwabirira. to t. out (seedlings), okwabiza.

olupapula olwabirira.

okutiribira, okukankana, okupapa, okusaalaala.

amaanyi, eggume, empapiiro, omuteega, ezzime.

amaanyi, ettemu, empapala.