n., empagi.

v., okuwangiza, okuwaga, okw egeka, okusigika, okuwana, okuwembejja, okuzizika.

okubunya, okuzaaza.

okusindika, okusindiikiriza, okuvuga.

emmaali, ebintu, ebiyengo, obugagga.

obunnabi.

okulagula.

nnabi, omulaguzi.

okutangirira, okubende gera.

omutango; (for adultery) vide okukansira.

be out of, okulenguka, okuswala.

ekigambo.

okukokkola.

nnannyini.

okutwala, okutoola, okuwamba, okunayira.

put in one's word when it is not appropriate, intrude in a conversation.

interfere in; take for oneself, appropriate; reserve. Leka kubambira bitakukwatako. Don't get involved in matters which do not concern you.

e- (li/ma) draft (of a bill, proposal, plan, etc.); preliminary outline, cf. baga.

e- (li/ma) large body. Eyeerabye ebbiri talagulwa. (prov.) lit. He who sees himself (as having) a mighty body does not accept prophecy. Pride cometh before a fall. cf. omubiri.

beezesa (-beezesezza) v. tr. appl. caus. 1 & 2 cause to be; keep alive; maintain; cause to continue. Yamu- buuzizza ekyamubeezesa n'ebintu ebibbe. He asked him what caused him to be in the possession of stolen property.

a former kingdom in Uganda. Obuganda with concords appropriate to nouns of the bu/- class. the entirety of Buganda, Buganda with all of its peoples, resources, etc. cf. -ganda, Oluganda, Omuganda.

o- (bu/-) prophesy, prophesying. cf. lagula, omulaguzi.

o- (bu/-) beauty; goodness; good; quality, as an adv. well; nicely; effectively; properly, oluguudo lw'obulungi- bwansi, public highway, road built by communal effort, lit. good of the country. Obulungi, bukira obugagga (prov.) Virtue is better than wealth, cf. -lungi, omu- lungi, nnalulungi.

o- (bu/-) [Ste., Ar.~\ relig. prophecy, cf. omunnabbi, nnabbi.

bunyisa (-bunyisizza) v.tr. caus. 1 & 2 spread; scatter; distribute; propagate; spread with/using. Leka kubunya bisasiro wano. Stop scattering trash here. Ebifo byonna ebikulu mu Qulaaya yabibunya. lie covered/visited all the major places in Europe.

o- (bu/-) land rent, ground rent; land tax; property tax.

put in an improper place, okubutika amatama, to say nothing, be speechless.

obs. propose, intend. It has been suggested that this obsolete verb is the simple form from which buulira, buuliri- ra, etc. were derived.

o- (bu/-) ownership; pol. ownership of private property, cf. ^nnyini, nnannyini.

o- (bu/-) sacking, pillage, expropriation of property by force, cf. yaya.

have room; correspond to; be equivalent; be fitting/suitable/appropriate, omuwendo ogugya mu nsawo ya buli muntu, a suitable price, a price which ‘fits' everyone' s pocketbook. Omukazi gwe yawasa tamugyamu. The woman he married is not suitable for him. Oba nno ezo emboga zigyamu nsimbi ki? I wonder what that cabbage is worth.

gwagwa; be i., okuwemuka.

for which see the grammars. One usage which presents serious difficulties to the users of the dictionary must be mentioned here. ka- is the prefix for singular nouns of the ka/bu class. This class contains not only nouns proper to it, but in addition most other nouns can be converted to this class; in the latter case the resultant noun is a diminutive. In many cases sound changes obscure the relationship between the original noun and the diminutive: ente, cow; akate, small cow. ejjinja, rock; akayinja, stone, endabirwamu, mirror; akalabirwamu, small mirror.

a- (ka/bu) delicate, attractive, well-proportioned person (e.g., a woman with soft and beautiful skin), cf. omubiri.

e- (ki/bi) resolution, proposal, bill. c f. ^teesa.

e- (ki/bi) fan; tennis racket; propeller. ekiwujjo kya tenesi, tennis racket. cf. wujja, akawujjo.

more properly ku lwa prep, phrase on behalf of; for the sake of; because of. kulwa ddaaki, also lwa ddaaki adv. finally; at last; eventually; after a while, cf. ddaaki.

o- indef. interrog. ordinal which in relative order? which ‘oneth?' (a word which unfortunately does not exist in English). ekitabo eky'okumeka? which book? The appropriate reply would contain an ordinal such as first, third, etc. cf. -meka.

ndagudde) v.i. prophesy, predict, foretell. Yatuuka wano ng'ensawo ye eragula. He arrived here without any money.

laguiibwa (-laguliddwa) v.i. pass. be prophesied; be advised/warned/told (by a diviner, prophet).

etc.

nnanze) v.tr. announce, give notice of; advertise; blame, accuse; prophesy, predict.

a- plur. (li/ma) property of others (esp. of a chief).

a- adv. hastily, without proper consideration. Lipoota baagisembya matunnunsi. They supported the report without giving it proper consideration, cf. entunnunsi.

a- adv. naturally; properly. cf. obuwangwa.

A- pr.n. Muslim festival celebrating the birth of the Prophet.

e-: ebya mbyone, mischief, improper acts, bad behavior.

e- also occurs as mailo (n/n) special category of landed property. (The mailo system, providing for the confirmation of ownership and allotment of land, was devised at the beginning of the century), omu- kubi wa mmayiro, surveyor, okukuba emma- yiro, to survey, contr. mayiro.

o- (mu/mi) arch, a punting pole used for propelling a canoe. See siirula.

appropriate.

e- (n/n) a warning sound or a sound made to attract attention which is produced by patting the mouth repeatedly with the palm of the hand, okukuba enduulu, to sound the alarm, okwekubira enduulu, to present one's proposals/grievances/demands. cf. akaluulu.

e- (n/n) old person who walks with difficulty; child who totters when he walks, amagulu ag'enkoboggo, small legs, disproportionate to the size of the body.

e- with the -a of rel. almost raw, not properly cooked, emmere ey'enkubuggu, food which is not thoroughly cooked.

huge person, giant of a person, ekkazi linnamu- diguli, a woman of enormous proportions.

nnyinyudde) v.tr. conv. (of nnyika, q.v.) draw out, take out (of water or other liquid). Note: nnyula could properly be placed under nnyika; it does not however conform to the usual method of forming the conversive.

put (something) where it is inappropriate or does not belong.

omukubi wa pokopoko, propagandist, okukuba pokopoko, to propagandize.

ekikokko, ekikokyo; propound, okuko kkola; speak in riddles, okugereesa, okugerenjula.

okwaza; (for things visible) okuwuzuuma, okusakatta.

propel (a canoe) by punting (with a pole, mwoko, q.v.).

hush; calm down; appease; console; pamper; touch up, finish properly, give the finishing touches to.

q.v. v.tr. support, prop up. cf. ensizi.

be put to shame; be disgraced, okuswala amagulu, to have legs which are small in proportion to the rest of the body, okuswala omutwe, to have a small head.

stand up (di srespectfully, inappropriately or in a rebellious manner).

etc.; dig up (earth, rootsK Ekiteeso kya- temerwako ettaka. The proposal was buried/ defeated, okutemera mu myaka..., to be ... years of age. Atemera mu myaka ana egy'obukulu. He is forty years of age.

mpagise) v.tr. support, prop up; wedge in, insert firmly.

mpambye) v.tr. take prisoner; capture; confiscate; commandeer, appropriate; reserve (an item for purchase), ask a merchant to set aside (an item for subsequent purchase, without however making a deposit).

mpanye) v.tr. hold up; support; prop up.

mpomye) v.tr. propup; shore up, underpin; cover (the reed frame of a house with mud and smooth it down), oku- biwomamu omutwe, to become involved in, take a hand in, take a lead in. Kasita nnaabiwomamu omutwe bijja kutereera. As soon as I get involved/take over, things will straighten out. cf. womeka.

sustain; plaster; place (a mixture of mud between the reeds of a house under construction prior to the stage described under womaj.