n. (bird), enfulubiru.
v., okuvuma, okujunga.
ereerwe, eggaali y'omukka.
o- (bu/-) tracks, traces; footsteps; direction, okugoba obuwufu, to follow the steps of; to track (of a hunter), okuzza obuwufu, to go back, return, okukyusa obuwufu, to change one's course, alter one's direction. Ka tubagwe mu buwufu. Let's trail them. cf. oluwufu.
ekyenda.
e- (n/n or li/ma) [Stu., Hind. ] wheeled vehicle; car; cart; bicycle, eggaali y'omukka, railroad train, cf. akagaali, ekigaali.
rebuke, upbraid, rail against; abuse.
weak. Atambula ajogoba. He walks with a limp. He walks trailing his leg.
a- (ka/bu) akatooke akanyaala, a small, immature banana, akaana akanyaala, small, frail child, cf. omunyaala.
a- (ka/bu) blade of grass. Oyo mutono ng'akasubi. He is as thin as a rail. as a pr.n. Kasubi, a place in Kampala where the tombs of the Kings of Buganda are located, cf. essubi.
e- (ki/bi) [Sie., Hind.f\ large vehicle; railroad car; trailer; cart; ugly old bicycle, kugalangatana nga kigaali kya muyiga, to walk unsteadily; to be unsteady or clumsy in what one is doing, lit., to be unsteady like the bicycle of one who is learning (to ride), cf. eggaali, akagaali.
e- (ki/bi) trailing robe.
e- (n/n) [Eng.] separate seat of a bicycle or motorcycle for a passenger; carrier, trailer.
e- (ki/bi) plump little child; fat, slovenly youngster; trailer (on a car or truck), ebyana by'ennyaanya, tomato seeds, ebyana by'ebiwuka, eggs of insects. Ebijaguzo bijja kubaako n'ekyana. There will be tremendous celebrations, cf. omwana.
e- (ki/bi) trail of an edible rat (musu).
e- (ki/bi) fireplace, hearth, ekyoto ky'eggaali, railroad engine, okulinnya mu kyoto. to refuse angrily, ‘put one's foot down.' okusula ku kyoto, to sit up all night with a sick person. Ennyonyi erina ebyoto bina. The airplane has four motors. ?cf. yota.
o- plur. ennanda (lu/n) trailing shoot, cf. llanda, omulanda.
o- (lu/n) slime (e.g., left in the trail of a slug); sticky saliva, cf. ennaanu.
o- ilu/r.i thin, long stick. lutitti. He is as thin as a rail. cf. ^omuti.
o- (lu/n) trail (esp. of wild animals), cf. obuwufu.
e- (n/n) black rail; water-hen.
ekkovu; trail of s., olunaanu.
n., ekisinde, omukwekwe, obuwufu, olunaanu, omukululu, omukwesese.
v., okukulula.
o- (mu/mi) trail/track of something dragged along the ground.
o- (mu/mi) trail of a rat.
o- (mu/ba) thin, emaciated person, person who is as thin as a rail. cf. kogga.
o- (mu/mi) trailing shoot /esp. of sweet potatoes), cf. ^landa, olulanda.
(n/n) [Eng.] railway.
o- (mu/mi) trail made in the grass by an animal.
o- also omukululo (mu/mi) trail; track, emikululo egy'emmotoka. tire track? (of an automobile), cf. kulula.
(la) kind of black soldier ant which bites fiercely. Eyawukana ku mugendo y'efuuka kaasa. (prov.) lit. (The nsan afu) which separates itself from the trail becomes a kaasa (an ant which is even fiercer). (Said of someone who flouts the accepted standards of the community and engages in questionable conduct.)
o- (mu/mi) track, trail (of animals, esp. ants). Eyawukuna ku mugendo y'efuuka kaasa. (prov.) lit. (The nsanafu, a kind of soldier ant) which leaves the track becomes a kaasa (an even fiercer kind of soldier ant). Yayawukana ku mugendo. He left the beaten track. He struck out on his own. cf. genda.