n., ekikuta, ekiwata.

v.i., okugagambuka, okukunjubuka, okuvako enkuta, okusasambuka.

v.tr., okuwaata, okusasambula.

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.

bambulukuka (-bambu- lukuse) v.i. conv. 1 & 2 become unpegged; get unstuck; blister, peel off (of skin). .

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.

bembulula (-bembuludde) v.tr. conv. 1 2 remove (a scab); detach; unstick; peel off (skin). cf. ekibembe, emmembe.

o- (bu/-) splash, spray (e.g., ejected from potatoes or cassava which is being peeled, from plantain fiber which is being beaten).

peel off (of skin, paint, etc.); lose scales (e.g., of a fish, snake); become unstuck; fig. come out of one's shell.

peel off; remove the scales from; unstick; fig. reproach, chide; insult. cf. eggagamba, eggamba, ekigagamba.

peel off.

e- plur. amawaatiro (li/ma) place where food and vegetables are peeled before cooking. (This is usually located in the banana garden located near the house.) cf. waata.

e- (ki/bi) kind of very strong beer (Buddu); kind of medicinal herb; grass used for cleaning the hands after peeling matooke. omulungi kibombo, a very beautiful girl. cf. ebbombo.

e- (ki/bi) skin; peel; rind; husk, ebinyeebwa eby'ebikuta, peanuts/groundnuts in the shell, cf. olukuta.

e- (ki/bi) banana/plantain peels (often fed to domestic animals as supplementary food). Enjuba yagenda okutya ebi- wata. colloq. The sun set, lit. went to eat banana peels, cf. waata.

cut up; peel (e.g., matooke); block up (a hole), okwekonjera amatooke, to peel matooke for oneself.

peel off; cause to moult, etc.

o- (lu/n) skin; rind; peel, okwerya enkutakuta z'emimwa, to eat the skins of one's lips, i.e., to be very hungry, cf. ekikuta.

o- (lu/n) from evvu, ashes, q.v. omunnyu gw'oluvu Iw'obuwata bw'amatooke, salt (extracted) from ashes of plantain peels (used in making soap).

get unstuck.

o- (mu/mi) kind of wild plant used by women to clean their hands after peeling plantains.

cf. subula.

be peeled off (e.g., bark from a tree); fig. quarrel.

strip off (bark from. a tree); peel (skin); skin, flay. cf. nnasubula.

etc. cf. omususi.

peel off. cf. sasambula.

okuwaata emiggo, to beat with sticks, okuwaatwa ennaku, to Suffer.

etc.

njubuse) v.i. be peeled off (of the skin); slough the skin (of a snake).

to peel the mid-rib off of a plantain leaf, remove the stem from the leaf. cf. ekiyubwe.

feathers); come out (of hair); come off, drop off (pieces of wool, etc., from an article of clothing).

reproach ?bitterly. cf. akasasambulabbvva; susumbula.

come off; peel.

v.tr. cause to peel (of the skin); strip off.

(low tone) particle used: 1) as the introductory element in the second of two closely related clauses. The corresponding English may be a verbal participle; in other cases nga may be rendered how, how much. Mbalaba nga batambula mu kkubo. I see them walking in the road. Bwe yalaba ng'akooye n'asaba okuwummula. When he saw how tired he was, he asked to rest. 2) as the equivalent of the English conjunction if. Nga tebatuuse ku ssaawa bbiri, tobalindirira. If they have not arrived by eight o'clock, do not wait for them. 3) as the equivalent of the English conjunction when. Ng'otuuse obandabiranga. When you arrive give them my regards. 4) in conjunction with bwe, meaning while, as. Tunyumye nga bwe tuwaata. Let us converse as/while we are peeling. 5) as the introductory element in a ‘not yet' clause (= neg. + -nna-). Toweereza bbaluwa ezo nga sinnakugamba. Do not send off the letters before I tell you. 6) as an untranslatable element in some compound tenses. Babadde nga bayimba we nnagendeddeyo. They were singing when I went there. (E.O.A.)

v. tr. peel badly/ clumsily; cut off.

operate; act (as). Essimu yali tekola. The telephone was out of order. Akola ng'omu- wandiisi w' ekibiina ky'abakozi. He is working as secretary of the labor union. v.tr. do; make, okukola omulimu, to do a job, to work, okukola emmere, to prepare food, okukola lumonde, to peel sweet potatoes. okukola ebigezo, to take examinations. -kozeeko, used, second-hand, emmotoka ezikozeeko, used cars.

o- (mu/ba) peeler, one who peels; one who husks; one who shells, cf. susa.

colloq. bawl out, excoriate.

peel off, come off.

-egambulula (-egambuludde) v.i. conv. 2 refl. become unstuck; peel off. Note: gambulula resembles gamba in form but not in meaning; they may both be derived from the same verbal root.

-esusa (-esusizza) v.i. refl. peel itself; be peeled (of the skin).