adv., vide okutontoma.

v., okukubirira.

n., ekiwero; (barkcloth) entungiro; (on goat) bitanga.

make, okutobeka.

omutwe.

enso; tubercle of p., ennyingo y'evviivi.

ekkubo, oluwonda.

okugumiikiriza.

be, okugumiikiriza.

enjogera.

jjajja.

a bajjajja.

omukungu.

obutaka, obusika.

ekifaananyi, engeri, eky'okulabirako; marked with a p., tone; vide mat, okuwunda.

be, okugayira.

obuteefiirayo.

pity, compassion. I am sorry! the poor fellow! the poor woman!

flay; butcher (an animal); cut up; dismember; dissect; operate on (a patient), okubaaga amatooke, to peel bananas so ineptly that part of the meat is left in the skins.

‘paddy' wagon, lit. they have sent me for you.

crack, crackle; give off sparks, flare up; burst, explode; blow up; throb, tinglejfo/ the fingers, etc.); be very hot (of sunshine); come out, debouch (of a small road or path); fig. break out (of war, sickness, etc.). Olutalo lubaluse buto nate mu Bulaaya. War has broken out again in Europe.

e- plur. (ki/bi) spots, patches (on a goat). Embuzi ya bitanga. The goat is spotted.

kukuba budinda, to know thoroughly, have down pat. Oluswayiri balukuba budinda. They know Swahili very well. cf. eddinda, amadinda.

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/-) sympathy, compassion. cf. saasira.

o- adv. tightly, firmly, closely; rigidly, strictly, okukuuma obutiribiri, to guard closely, okukuuma essaawa obutiribiri, to be absolutely punctual. Omusawo omulwadde amukuuma butiribiri. The doctor is keeping a close watch over the patient.

e- rocky stretch, rocky patch. with the -a of rel. rocky, cf. olwazi.

be, okuzibikira, okuziyira.

ekiziyiro, obuteeyabya.

e- plur. amaliba (li /ma) skin; hide; cover (of a book or magazine). Lugaba yabuggyako eddiba. [t dawned. Dawn came, lit. God took the skin/covering off of (day, daytime, implied by -bu- = obudde). okufuna ekigulira Magala eddiba, to make money, get some money, get something profitable. Bwe batusiba mu ddiba erimu tuliyuza. We just do not get along. We are mutually incompatible, lit. if they tie us in one skin we will tear it open (an almost hopeless feat), cf. ^akaliba, ekiriba.

okuwakankula.

n., ebbaluwa.

v., okuweereza, okutuma.

disrespect or scorn; indicate by one's movements an attitude of pride or contempt.

be, okutamiira, okwega yagula, okweseeguka.

obutamiivu.

okufuula ow'eddembe, okufuula owa bowo.

okusonyiwa.

e- (li/ma) kind of mat. (la) kind of mat pattern in which the-plaiting is parallel and horizontal, cf. ggiringiti.

«- (li/ma) kind of mat; kind of mat pattern, cf. leggiri.

obutagumiikiriza, katinko.

be, okubigita.

okusiba ekibi, okutema ekigambo.

a- (ka/bu) blade of grass; in the plur. obuddo, patches of grass; lawn. cf. omuddo.

a- (ka/bu) path, narrow road.

a- (ka/bu) a warning sound or a sound made to attract attention (as in greeting a person at a distance) which is produced by patting the mouth repeatedly with the palm of the hand, okukuba obuluulu, to make the sound described above. cf. enduulu.

a-: emimwa egy'akasamamya, bright red lips (of which the redness may be from pathologic causes).

a- path/ridge of earth before the doorway of a hut.

cause to dry; make firm; fig. make certain of; confirm, affirm; know well; pronounce well; name, nickname, dub. okukaza amaaso, to harden one's gaze; to be watchful, okukaza ekkubo, lit. to dry a path, i.e., to frequent, habituate. Omusajja oyo eya- kazibwako erya Kapere, this man who was nicknamed (erya implies erinnya, name) Kapere. Oluganda alinga alukazizza. He seems to have learned Luganda very well. Omwezi gukazizza bulungi. The moon is shining brightly.

e- (ki/bi) open space, open area; patch of land. cf. banga.

paddy wagon.

e- (ki/bi) tulip tree, Nandi flame tree, Spathodea nilotica & Spathodea cam- panulata. It grows up to forty feet tall and is often planted as an avenue and shade tree.

e- (ki/bi) sympathy; consolation; comfort, cf. kubagiza.

e- (ki/bi) well-trodden path, beaten track (esp. of the sort produced by large animals), cf. kuuta.

e- (ki/bi) raid, foray; scouting patrol, ekikwekweto ekikessi, scouting expedition, reconnaissance mission, cf. kwekweta.

e- adv. mu ngeri ey'ekimpatiira, suddenly, spontaneously.

e- (ki/bi) exhausted potato patch (ready for clearing for another crop), cf. omunnanga.

e- (ki/bi) strip of cloth or piantain bark used as a patch, ekipaapi ky'ekibatu, palm of the hand (esp. One larger than the usual size).

e- (ki/bi) patch, piece of material used to mend or cover a weak spot, okukuba ekiraka, to patch up (e.g., a pair of trousers); to kick a soccer ball and strike (someone); to repair (a tire), okwekubamu ekiraka, to do something to compensate for one's bad behavior, make amends.

e- (ki/bi) kind of marsh grass, rush; patch of rushes; marsh, swamp, cf. olusaalu, essaalu.

e- also ekisaasizi no plur. (ki/bi) pity, compassion, sympathy, mu ngeri ey'ekisaasizi, in a compassionate manner, compassionately, cf. saasira.

e- (ki/bi) overgrown patch of weeds; area under stubble, cf. sambula.

e- (ki/bi) track; path; company on the march, expedition, cf. omusinde.

e- (ki/bi) patch of hair left unshaven on the top of the head; hair combed to stand up. cf. sunsumala.

e- (ki/bi) African print cloth or any similarly patterned material.

e- (ki/bi) mixture, variegated pattern. cf. tobeka.

e- (ki/bi) plant which bears ttungulu (a kind of onion); onion patch. cf. akatungulu, ettungulu.

e- (ki/bi) something which is added on; patch; graft; appendix, supplement (e.g., of a hook); slander, calumny. cf. waayira, akawaayiro.

e- (ki/bi) parched/arid place; bald patch on the head, kukaaba kiwalakate, to go through the motions and sentiments of weeping without actually shedding tears, cf. walakata.

e- (ki/bi) piece of cloth; rag; duster; patch; bandage. Ate linda ggwe, bino bi- kyali biwero. But just wait, this is only the beginning (of what I have to tell you). kuba biwero buwero, to be nothing, be far inferior to the person or thing with which comparison is being made, lit. be mere rags.