n., ekisimbi.

v., okusimba, okubyala; (place) okuteeka, okussa.

ettooke; (tree) ekitooke; (sweet p.) gonja, manjaaya; vide nnamunnyu, ebigomba, empogola, mutere, omuwumbo, enguju, emmere.

effulungu, ekkookootezi.

olusuku, olusimbo; vide entembo; ennimiro.

e- no plur. (li/ma) kind of climbing plant used in native medicine to cure measles, fever, etc. cf. ekibombo.

e- (li/ma) kind of plant with edible leaves resembling spinach or doodo (q.v.).

lit. it jumps over (buuka) the trunk of a cut-down plantain (mugogo).

etc. Nkubegereyo eryokya? May I serve you a hot portion (of plantains)?

e- plur. (ki/bi) dried plantains when cooked, esp. beer bananas (mbidde) and hard bananas (gonja).

dig up (e.g., potatoes, plants with deep roots, etc.); fig. view with contempt, shrug one's shoulders at (as an expression of contempt).

e- plur. (ki/bi) edible roots of a water plant; young beans.

e- plur. (ki/bi) crops; plants, lit. those (things) which grow. cf. mera.

omuwempe.

olweyo; (the plant) oluvunvu.

o- (bu/-) fluffy substance resembling cotton often used for stuffing mattresses and pillows; the plant from which this substanceis obtained, cf. olufumbo.

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

o- (bu/-) kind of mushrooms which grow on withered plantain leaves (ssanja).

o- adv. like a plantain, kuggya butooke, to calm down, become as meek as a lamb (of persons), lit. become cooked like a plantain, cf. ettooke.

corn, peas, etc.),

omusogasoga; (berries) ensogasoga.

akabira; (of plantains) ekiteekerero.

adj., fumbe. well c., a lulata (of plantains). be c., okuggya, okugulumba. be overcooked, okufumbulukuka, okuyungulukuka, okuserebera.

a (of plant), ekibibi, olukko,

e- plur. amalagala (li/ma) leaf (but not of a plantain); medicine; drug; chemical, in the plur. foliage, eddagala ly'engatto, shoe polish, eddagala eritta ebiwuka, insecticide, eddagala ly'amannyo, toothpaste, eddagala ly'enviiri, hair tonic, eddagala eryerusa, Jjlectuluiig cieain. tsdda- gaia erigonza olubuto or eddagala ly'oku- ddukana, laxative, eddagala^ ly'enjala, nail polish, cf. akalagala, kiragala, olulagaia.

e- (li/ma) cooked plantains, matooke which have been cooked to a turn, omufumbi w'eddigobe, wife.

n., enjuki ensajja; (termites) enswa; (lazy person) omugayaavu. droop, v.i. (of plants), okuyongetuka.

okuzikiriza; (plants) okutta ziizi, okukandula.

e- (1 i/m a) kind of bird, plantain-eater, Ross's turaco; reddish/purple velvet.

ekyayi; (hemp) obugoogwa, kansambwe, kifuula, oluvunvu, olubeera, omuzimbandegeya, ensinga.

v., okubala, okulembeera; (plantain) okussa.

. appl. 2 keep pouring; water (plants).

ennimiro; (plantain) olusuku; (deserted) ekikande, ekifulukwa.

v.tr., okuku ŋŋaanya; (plantains) okuyunja; (fruit, etc.) okunoga; g. up, okulonda, okuyoola, okusonda, okukukumba; g. up skirts, okukwata akalenge.

e- also eggalwe (li/ma) inside fiber of dried plantain bark used for caulking canoes.

the sap of which is repellent to termites, cf. ganduula.

e- (li/ma) type of insect resembling a grasshopper which lives on the young shoots of the plantain. Also called nnabangogoma.

e- usually plur. amawiilugungu (li/ma) kind of plant the bark of which is used in making baskets.

e- also eggolu plur. amawolu (li/ma) leftover plantains; leftover food, leftovers; (in the plur., in addition to the preceding) jilted person, castoff. Amawolu galiibwa mujjukiza. (prov.) Leftovers are eaten by someone who makes his presence or desires known, cf. ^wola, -wolu.

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).

endeku; vide kakudi, ekireere, ekigangaali, empaawo, olutafuka, omukabu, eŋŋunda, ensekula; g. plant, ekiryo; akatanga, akatundwe. govern, okufuga, okutwala.

okukula, okusuumuka; (plants) okumera. g. fat, okugejja. g. lean, okukogga. g. old, okukaddiwa. g. luxuriantly, okugimuka, okubimbijjukana.

okusiga, okusimbamu.

e- plur. amayange (li/ma) much more commonly oluyange, plur. ennyange (li/ma) flower of the corn/maize plant.

nzijanjabye or nji- janjabye) v.tr. nurse, attend (a sick person); take good care of, look after the needs of. okujjanjaba ebirime, to tend plants.

e- plur. amayuuni (li/ma) plant of the arum family, Colocasia antiquorum. The leaves and roots are edible.

a- (ka/bu) plantain leaf used as a receptacle for serving food; saucer, plate. cf. Ibega.

a- (ka/bu) kind of creeping plant with fleshy leaves. It is used to wipe off banana sap.

a- (ka/bu) sensitive plant, plant which contracts when touched; shame. cf. 1 fa, ensonyi.

creeping plant, lit. it spears (fumita) the lepers (bagenge).

lit. the one who cooks them, i.e., plantains (-ga- implies matooke).

a- (ka/bu) kind of wild plant/weed, kukooza kagiri (often with the subject ennaku), to cause to suffer greatly, lit. cause to pluck off kagiri. Yankooza kagiri. He made me suffer greatly. Ennaku y'ensi ebakooza kagiri. They are having very hard times.

o- (ka/bu) kind of plant, osier.

a- also akakaasokanso (ka/bu) small shrub with edible berries, Rhus incana; berry of the plant.

a- (ka/bu) lit. strike-mosquito, a kind of plant which has medicinal uses. cf. kuba, ensiri.

a- (ka/bu) plant used for making brooms.

a- (ka/bu) small plantain/banana leaf; small amount of medicine. Emmere eno ya kalagala. This food is not overly well done. cf. eddagala, 1 kiragala, olulagala.

a kind of creeping plant found in old cattle kraals, Ipomea tenuirostris. enkalu kalandalugo, a technique used in wrestling. cf. llanda, lolugo.

a- (ka/bu) small stump/stem (of a tree, plant), cf. enduli.

a- (ka/bu) kind of bird, lourie, gray plantain-eater. cf. mulya.

a- (ka/bu) tiny flower of embryo plantain; nectar on flowers.

a- (ka/bu) fiber-producing plant, Hibiscus diversifolius; crisis, difficulty, trouble. Awo akanyamberege we kajjira. That is when the trouble started, akanyamberege akaazaala ekkula, lit. a woman of low estate who brought forth a jewel (formerly used of a commoner whose son became a Kabaka, and later used in a more general sense), cf. ennyamberege.

a- (ka/bu) kind of plant, P entaphylla.

a- (ka/bu) degenerate shoot of a plantain.

a- also akasukusuku (ka/bu) kind of mushroom found in plantain gardens, cf. olusuku.

a- (ka/bu) kind of lake plant.

a- (ka/bu) variety of colocynth plant, with fruit something like egg-fruit. cf. entengo.

a- (ka/bu) stew (of plantains, beans, peanuts, etc., or a combination of these); fig. cramped quarters, confined space; difficult/messy situation. Tuli mu katogo. We are in cramped quarters/crowded together or We are in a difficult fix.

a- (ka/bu) kind of plant whose leaves are used for medicinal purposes. cf. oluvunvu.

a- (ka/bu) shoot on a plant. L /. wakalita.