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

effulungu, ekkookootezi.

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).

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.

akabira; (of plantains) ekiteekerero.

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

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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

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

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- (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) degenerate shoot of a plantain.

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

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) tail of a snake or lizard; plantain leaf used for covering a pot of ma- tooke which is cooking, kuggyako kawuuwo, to begin serving a meal; to begin a discussion; to kick off fin soccer), cf. wuuwa.

a- (ka/bu) mid-rib of a plantain leaf.

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) something flattened out /esp. of food, such as a boiled plantain which has been flattened out, a flat broad a grandchild.

e- (ki/bi) fresh plantain fiber, used as a sponge, cf. olugogo, omugogo.

e- (ki/bi) mash made from dried plantains, consumed particularly in time of famine.

e- (ki/bi) stem of a bunch of plantains.

e- less commonly ekinyiinyinsi (ki/bi) scrapings of the pith of a plantain tree used as a sponge.

e- (ki/bi) dry/withered plantain leaves used in making packages, containers, pillows, etc., and in thatching huts. cf. essanja.

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

e- (ki/bi) clump of plantains; place where rubbish is collected for burning. cf. teekera.

e- (ki/bi) place for disposal of children's feces (e.g., in a hole dug at the base of a plantain tree).

e- (ki/bi) wild plantain, Musa ensete. cf. olutembe, nnakitembe, ttembe.

e- (ki/bi) root of plantain after the stem has been cut off; stump of a plantain. cf. omuteteme.

e- (ki/bi) banana tree, Musa sapien- tum; plantain tree, Musa paradisiaca. ow'omu bitooke, a rustic, greenhorn, okukyala n'osimba ekilooke, to overstay a visit, lit. visit and you plant a banana tree, bitooke bye bigwa, the plantain trees fall, a phrase used to intensify a preceding neg. verb and give it a positive meaning. Talya bitooke bye bigwa. He is a tremendous eater. Tadduka bitooke bye bigwa. He is a great runner, cf. ettooke.

e- (ki/bi) small bunch of plantains/ bananas, hand of bananas. See enkota. c f. waguka.

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.

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- (li/ma') common gray plantain- eater bird, Schizoris zonura.

e- (ki/bi) dried plantain fiber used in making rope, in tying up bundles of food during the cooking process, in tying poles in building, etc. okusala ebyayi, to relieve oneself, cf. olwayi.

revolutionary; solitary, solitary one; kind of plantain, cf. -ewaggula.

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

o- (lu/n) [Lunyoro] young plantain leaf.

o- (lu/n) fresh plantain fiber (as opposed to that which is dried, known as kyayi). cf. ekigogo, omugogo.

o- (lu/n) kind of plantain.

o- (lu/n) the damaging/ruining of plantain trees by stripping off most of the leaves; the tendency to beat/bully other people. Alina olukuunya. Heisabully. cf. kuunya.

o- no plur. (lu/n) excellently cooked mash of plantains.

o- (lu/n) plantain leaf placed in a hole in the ground which may be used as a bath or as a place to keep beer.

o- (lu/n) a funnel-like structure, originally made of plantain leaves, used for capturing termites (nswa).

o- (lu/n) long shaft with a knife at the end used for pruning plantains; pole used in pole-vaulting, okubuusa olusolobyo, to pole-vault, cf. solobya.

o- (lu/n) garden or plantation on which plantains/bananas are grown. cf. akassukussuku.

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).

o- with the -a of rel. very well Cooked (of bananas /plantains). oluvuutu ulrv'ciuuke, ct very well-cooked banana.

o- no plur. (lu/n) thin dusty substance; sawdust; ash-like dust on young plantain leaves, okuwunya oluwugge, to have the smell of a new pot/calabash.

-ewunzika.

a- adv. loosely. 2 majaga (la) kind of long gonja plantain.

e- (n/n) bananas/plantains which have been broken off of the bunch; small bunch of bananas/plantains which have been separated from the main stem; portion of a kiwagu, q.v. cf. waguka.

e- with the -a of rel. amatooke ag'empogola, plantains cooked without removing the skins, amagi ag'empogola, boiled eggs. cf. muliibwampogola.

e- (n/n) flower sheath of the plantain; fetus up to the third or fourth month.

cf. kuba, ekkonde; ndizabawuulu.

liibwa, empogola.

collective) kind of bird, lourie, gray plantain-eater. An individual specimen is akamulya (plur. zimulya).