n., entamu, e bbiga, ekibya, ensaka, ensuwa; unbaked p., omwali; metal p., ssuffuliya.

ekyokunywa.

lumonde, lumonge; (dried) kasodde; vide ekisalala, ekiwoko, ekiwutta, embwagulo, nnakabanda, nnakamogoli, ensekwa; p. bed, omusiri gwa lumonde.

amaanyi, obuyinza.

a maanyi.

omuntuomukuluennyo.

okyokunywa.

ekikaayi, oluggyo.

omugoyo.

omubumbi, omujoona. potter's earth, e bbumba.

eby'ebbumba, ekisittaka.

e- (li/ma) spot; stain; color; mark, brand; birthmark; type, kind, engo y'ama- bala, a spotted leopard, kuggya muntu mu bbala, to alter/damage the appearance of a person (of disease, extreme poverty, etc.) cf. ebibalabala, akabalabala, ekibala, 4mbala.

e- (n/n) teapot.

e- no. plur. (li/ma) clay; potter's clay. cf. bumba.

e- (li/ma) pottery, shop where earthen vessels are made. cf. bumba.

e- spots, redup. plur. of ekibala, q.v.

e- usually plur. (ki/bi) spots. cf. eggondo.

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) ringworm, Taenia versicolor; scalp disease characterized by the flaking of the skin and (in serious cases) the loss of hair and the appearance of white spots on the head.

from -bisi. Alidde ekiwutta eki- bisi be bisibisi. He has eaten a raw/uncooked potato.

e- plur. (ki/bi) crumbly stone used in pottery, cf. lensibo.

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

ekifuba; (woman's) ebbeere, q.v.; vide also nnansble, nnamba laala, empottowotto, lukambulizo, ekiwaama; inflamed breast, ebbanyi.

o- (bu/- ) distended stomach, potbelly, paunch.

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

mmumbye) / form/mold (out of clay); make (pottery); sculpt.

o- (bu/-) gray spots (on fowls ).

o- (bu/-) place to turn. Sikya- lina bwekyusizo. I have no place to turn. also fig. I am in a tight corner/difficult spot. cf. kyuka, -ekyusa.

corn, peas, etc.),

entamu.

e- plur. amalibu (1 i/m a) gap; breach. Omwana ow'amalibu agema enkuba. (prov.) A child with teeth missing prevents rain (from falling). Ow'amalibu akiina ow'engereka. (prov.) The person with missing teeth derides the person who has teeth which overlap. The pot calls the kettle black.

okulima; (a hole) okusima; (d. iip) okusimula, okubigula; (exhume) okuziikula; (potatoes, etc.) okusoggola, okusola; (d. out) okuwuukuula, okuwookoola.

e- (1 i/ma) spot (either permanent, as the spot on a leopard, or temporary as a spot of dirt, etc.) cf. ebigondo. bones, skeletons; dead relative(s). okuvuma amagufa, to insult grossly (by offensive references to a dead relative).

n. (hoe), omuyini; (knife) ekiti; (shield) omuwambiro, omukonda; (jaw) ekigingi; (pot) e'ŋŋ ngo. broken hoe h., ekiyinigi. fix in h., okuwanga. take out h., okuwangula.

envubu.

empala.

omulondolondo.

obunafu.

nafu.

a- (ka/bu) small spot, speck. cf. ebbala.

a- (ka/bu) very small fragment of pottery; tile. Essomero lyaseresebwa bugyo. The school was roofed with tiles. cf. oluggyo.

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

etc. (See kala.) okukalira mu muntu, to stand up to a person, take a firm attitude towards a person (e.g., one who has overcharged you or imposed on you). Enseko zankalira ku matama. The smile disappeared from my face (on hearing something unpleasant), lit. the laughter dried on the cheeks. Yamusindirira n'akalirawo. He fired at him and he died instantly/on the spot.

a- (ka/bu) blemish, stain, spot; defect; grudge, rancor. Omulungi tabulako kamogo. (prov.) A beautiful person does not lack a blemish. Nobody is perfect.

a- "rvnlly pl„r obumyc. (t„ 4,,,) spot(s); speckle(s).

a- (ka/bu) small cooking pot. cf. saka, ensaka.

a- from, essanda sap. Emmere egudde akasanda. The food is cooked, lit. has lost its juice or ‘sap.' (This phrase is particularly used with reference to sweet potatoes and bananas.)

a- (ka/bu) rut in a road, pothole. cf. sirikka, ekisirikko.

a- (ka/bu) small pot/sauce pan. cf. ^entamu.

a- (ka/bu) dot; spot; speck.

a- (ka/bu) evening, (la) kind of sweet potato, rather hard and with a dark red color, cf. wungeera.

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) a kind of insect which is found on sweet potatoes, (la, sing, only) a disease afflicting sweet potatoes.

e- (ki/bi) spot, stain; type, kind; species, cf. ebbala.

e- (ki/bi) mound of earth (esp. that on which sweet potatoes are planted).

e- (ki/bi) [Stt>. ] whip of hippopotamus hide; whip; whipping; lash of the whip.

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

e- no plur. (ki/bi) bad luck, misfortune; impotence, cf. Ifa, firiiza.

e- (ki/bi) place, spot; relig. parish, mu kifo kya, instead of, in place of. ebifo eby'okusomesa ebyereere, vacant teaching positions, cf. obufo, enfo.

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

e- (ki/bi) kind of lemur, potto, Perodieticus potto.

e- (ki/bi) large head pad; large pot pad; ridge of earth dug for planting potatoes. cf. ekkata, enkata.

e- with the -a of rel. hard, solid (e.g., of potatoes).

e- (ki/bi) pupil of the eye. okukuba ekimun''e, to see °ef a D‘limnse of. Olwfl- kubwako ekimunye nga akwatibwa. As soon as he was spotted he was apprehended. cf. emmunye.

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

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) dry, fibrous potato.

e- (ki/bi) kind of insect which has the coloring of soil (ettaka, q.v.)-, rare term for any earthenware pot.

e- (ki/bi) place for a waterpot in a hut. cf. ^teeka.

e-: okunyiga ekitoliro, to overwhelm (an opponent in wrestling); to exploit, treat ruthlessly/despotically.