ekitundu, ekifi, ekitole; (of cloth) ekiwero; (of gourd) ekikaayi; (piecework) ekkatala.

v. (together), okuyunga, okugatta.

do, okubebbabebba.

one of a variety of long pieces of cloth ( 3-4 yards) worn by Baganda women under the busuuti.

crumble; break into pieces.

o- adv. whole, in entirety; in bulk form. Embuzi gifumbe bukolokolo. Cook the goat whole (i.e., do not cut it into pieces before cooking).

o- plur. (ka/bu) bits and pieces of dried leaves floating in drinking, water/ tea/mubisi, etc.; dregs or sediment in any beverage.

e- (n/n) a variety of kikooyi, i.e., a long piece of cloth worn under the busuuti by Baganda women.

v., okugwa, okwetujja ekigwo; (err) okukyama; (rain) okutonnya. f. from hand, okusumattuka. f. backwards, okugalanjula, okugwa bugazi. f. off stalk, okudyebuka. f. in, okwegulukuka. f. into debt, okugwa mubbanja. f. one on another, okwetlnda. f. to pieces, okumogoka. f. apart, okubumbulukuka. f. off head (of load), okutikkuka. f. open, okuwenjuka. fall, n., ekigwo; (roof) okwesulika.

e- (li/ma) small lump of earth, broken-up piece of hard soil.

take to pieces; analyze; disengage; untangle.

e- (li/ma) a brilliant pieceof advice; an excellent idea. The gramm. plur. ama- gezi (q.v.) differs in meaning from, the sing.

e- big piece of news, major item of information. (Sate: the gram. plur. amawu- Iire lacks the augm. force of eggulire.) cf. wulira.

a- (ka/bu) small piece of jute cloth; type of thick fabric made of sisal and resembling fiber glass, used for tying cotton.

a- (ka/bu) sisal fiber; piece of sisal fiber, cf. obugoogwa, ekigoogwa.

a- (ka/bu) small piece of firewood. cf. oluku. See also tyaba.

a- ( ka/bu) piece of jute material; small jute bag; fig. stomach. Kakutiya amuli bubi or Kakutiya amuluma. He is very hungry, cf. ekkutiya.

a- also akalibuzo (ka/bu) small piece of calabash used to smooth soft pottery.

a- (ka/bu) a piece of bluing tied inside of a small cloth.

a- (ka/bu) debris, litter (consisting of very small pieces), cf. londa, londalonda.

plunder, despoil; demolish, destroy, ruin; pull apart; tear to pieces with the teeth.

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 piece.

a- also akasimuuni (ka/bu) [Sif.] a 50'Cent piece, obusimooni obungi, a great deal of money. Musajja wa busi- mooni. He is a wealthy man. cf. simooni.

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) piece of carpentry work; piece of wooden furniture, cf. bajja.

e- (ki/bi) piece of barkcloth; bark- cloth used as a bed covering; sackcloth, cloth worn as a sign of mourning. cf. ^bukuta.

e- (ki/bi) piece of pottery, pottery product, something formed in clay. cf. bumba.

e- (ki/bi) large shapeless mass; something as long as it is wide. Ntege yagejja kati alinga kiduduli. Ntege has become so fat that he looks like a piece of putty, cf. nnamududuli.

e- (ki/bi) rough piece of barkcloth from the nseerere tree. cf. ddundu.

e- (ki/bi) piece/slice of meat; piece of flesh, ekifi ky'ennyama, a piece of meat.

e- (ki/bi) piece of barkcloth (lubugo) used for tying things.

e- (ki/bi) piece of a broken pot, potsherd. cf. oluggyo.

e- (ki/bi) sisal plant; piece of sisal (before being processed); area where sisal grows, cf. obugoogwa, akagoogwa.

e- (ki/bi) piece of gourd used as a scoop.

e- (ki/bi) overgrown piece of land, land that is uncultivable or difficult to cultivate.

e- (ki/bi) something useless, piece of junk; empty bundle from which simsim/sesame seeds have been removed.

e- (ki/bi) piece of cloth, about three or four yards, wom by Baganda women under the busuuti, q.v.

e- (ki/bi) large piece of dead wood; old piece of firewood, cf. oluku.

e- (ki/bi) a large band/piece of cloth tied around the waist as a sign of mourning; in the plur. loins, okusiba (or okwesiba) ekimyu, to gird the loins, take a resolute stand, become very determined.

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

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) piece of mud, mud; mud on the foot/shoe. cf. sootola.

e- (ki/bi) piece of plantain stem used as a sponge; beer drunk after a burial. cf. essuumwa.

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

e- (ki/bi) log; dead branch detached from a tree; old piece of wood. cf. lekiti, ^omuti.

e- (ki/bi) lump; mass; piece; portion, ekitole ky'emmere, a morsel of food, ekitole ky'omusaayi, a blood clot, ekitole kya ssabbuuni, a bar of soap, okulondera mu kitole, indirect election.

e- (ki/bi) large open calabash; piece of calabash used by potters to smooth clay; fig. foolish/stupid person. cf. oluwaawo, empaawo.

e- (ki/bi) part; piece; portion; slice. cf. oluwayi.

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.

e- (ki/bi) lump, mass; piece.

e- (ki/bi) large piece of meat.

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

heal; cause to come out well, do a competent job with (a piece of work), v.i. pay a visit to (a chief, the king). cf. -lamu, lamuka.

break to pieces; split; fig. blurt out, blab out.

o- (lu/n) chip; shaving; piece. cf. bajja, ekibajjo.

o- plur. enzigyo (lu/n) fragment of pottery, potsherd, okwetakuza oluggyo, to be very poor, lit. to scratch oneself with a piece of a pot. cf. akaggyo, ekiggyo.

o- (lu/n) piece of firewood; in the plur. firewood, okukuba oluku mu mutwe, to succeed in, get what one is after. Omusomo yagukuba oluku mu mutwe. He passed the course with flying colors. Omusango yagukuba oluku mu mutwe. He won the lawsuit. cf. obukuukuku, akaku, 2ekiku, olukukku, enkukku.

o- (lu/n) piece of metal in the form of a hoop or ring; rim of a bicycle or automobile wheel.

o- plur. empande (lu/h) piece; portion; strip; strip of cloth.

o- (lu/n) piece; portion; slice, cf. ekiwayi.

o- plur. empenda (lu/n) path; border strip between two pieces of land; way, means, method; plan; opportunity, okutema empenda, to devise means, draw up a plan.

omulimu ogusinga gyonna.

break off; crumble; fall to pieces.

crush to pieces, pulverize.

e- (n/n) way/manner of molding; design, form (of a bowl or piece of pottery). cf. bumba.

e- (n/n) kind of nut resembling a peanut/groundnut; fragment, piece (e.g., of stone). Empande emu eyiwa ekisero, (prov.) One (fallen) mpande causes the whole basket to be spilled (because the person carrying the basket stooDs to nick it up). Excessive attention to small things leads to the loss of large things, cf. ^oluwande.

collapse, break to pieces, fall to dust.

o- (mu/ba) tenant (on a piece of land ).

e- (n/n) piece of barkcloth formed into a cord to tie a corpse before burial; also worn by women around the waist as a sign of mourning.