n., olwazi, ejjinja.

v., okunyeenya, okuyuuguuma, okwesuuba; r. oneself to sleep, okweyibaala.

a njazi.

e- rocky stretch, rocky patch. with the -a of rel. rocky, cf. olwazi.

bya obumba.

ekiteeteeyi.

sway, wobble, rock; toss and turn (of a sick person); feel weak; be spoiled.

e- plur. amayinja (li/ma) rock; stone; colloq. phonograph record, ejjinja ery'omu- wendo, precious stone, jewel, okuyimbisa amayinja, to play phonograph records, kussaako jjinja, to start a conversation. cf. akayinja.

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) corrugation; wrinkle; fold (e.g., in a rock), cf. essunduba.

e- (ki/bi) omunnyu ogw'ekisula, salt in rock/lump form.

o- (lu/n) crack, fissure, fault (in rock, pot, etc.).

o- (lu/n) hollow/empty place (esp. in trees, between rocks); hole; pit. cf. ekiwompogoma, empompogoma.

o- plur. empookowooko; also oluwonkowonko (lu/n) opening, cavity, something which has been dug out. olu- wookowooko mu jjinja, an opening in the rock. cf. wool a.

adj. mighty, powerful, lit. splits (-yasa) rocks (-mayinja). emmundu lwasamayinja, a big gun.

o- plur. enjazi (lu/n) rock. cf. ebyaziyazi.

a- plur. (li/ma) slag, waste from smelting; kind of reddish-brown rock found in barren areas.

e- (n/n) narrow passage; gorge, empago y'amatabi, the place of juncture of branches, the area where branches come together, mu mpago z'enjazi, in the crevices of the rocks.

easy chair, lit. the master is tired, cf. koowa.

e- (n/n) dim. akayoga (ka/bu) kind of small mammal, hyrax, commonly called rock-rabbit, coney.

a large walking lizard of the genus Varanus. The skin is used for covering drums, making shoes, etc. okuwalula enswaswa ku lwazi, to drag a monitor lizard along a rock, i.e., to attempt the impossible, kwefuula nswaswa eteeya- nula, to be lazy/indifferent, lit. act like a lizard which does not come out of the sun.

ridge in a rock. cf. lomugongo.

rock; fig. keep (someone) on the go. Yatusuuba nnyo ng'ali mu ddwaliro. He had us going back and forth all the time when he was in the hospital. swing oneself, okwesuuba mu kifo, to frequent a place. cf. olusuubo.

load (on someone's head); load; lift; hang. v.i. recur. Ennyu- mba bagitisse omuliro. They have set fire to the house. Atamuzadde ye amutikka ejjinja. (prov.) She who has not born it (the child) loads it with a rock. One is aways more solicitous about one's own. Kimutisse. Something has gotten into him. He seems obsessed (e.g., with a great desire to do something).

mpaze) v.tr. pull, drag along, okuwala enswaswa ku lwazi, to be very difficult; to attempt something very difficult, lit. to drag a water lizard over a rock. Omulwadde twasanze biwala ttaka. We found the patient in very serious condition, lit. with the feet (bi- implies bigere) dragging the ground. Mutabani we amaanyi gamuwala. His son is very strong, cf. walula.

mpoowoose) v.tr. calm down; sooth; rock to sleep (a baby), cf. -woowootezi.

ne ntambula zungululuzungululu mu mayinja, and I kept weaving my way through the rocks, cf. zunga.

main, enfuukafuuka ssinziggu, important developments/changes, amayinja amanene gasinziggu, huge/enormous rocks, ensonga ssinziggu, main/chief matters.

unpaved road; (any) road. cf. yasa, olwala.

sway, oscillate. Emmeeme entengee- tera. I feel sick at my stomach. I feel upset/worried.

shake; fig. pester.

rock-s. In cases of this sort the stem begins with y- as do other derivatives: -yinja, kayinja, guyinja, etc.

in wrestling), v.i. be pregnant (of animals). Atalina mwana anaaweeka jjinja, lit. the one who does not have a child will carry a rock, i.e., the anticipated event will be exciting or sensational.

wealthy, byagi w'oguyinja, a huge rock, abasajja babyagi, wealthy men.

-eggunda (-eggunze) v.i. refl. hurl oneself down; be dashed down; rumble; rock heavily. v.tr. refl. hurl oneself on; fall heavily on; land heavily on.