n., ekikolo, olusika, omuzi; r. of plantain, enkolo.

okusimbula, okukuula.

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) edible roots of a water plant; young beans.

dig up. cf. ekibinuzo; biguka.

o- (bu/-) humanity; manhood, with the -a of rel. humane. Okuwanika omuntu ku kalabba si kya buntu. It is not humane to hang a man on the gallows, eby'obuntu, human nature, mu buntu, in person, personally. okuddamu ak'obuntu, to recover one's composure. Muntu buntu. He is a mere man. buntu is also the plural of kantu, small thing. From the root -ntu are also derived omuntu, ekintu, akantu, etc.

n., ekirooto, endooto.

v. (roots), okutemera.

aze mwene, I myself. Katonda mwene. God Himself. Kye kyange kyenekyene. It is my very own. cf. ^mwene.

e- plur. amayuuni (li/ma) plant of the arum family, Colocasia antiquorum. The leaves and roots are edible.

a- (ka/bu) small root; relationship / of blood, friends hip or association), cf. ^landa, omulandira.

a- (ka/bu) kind of grass with far- spreading roots.

e- also ekigalulira (ki/bi) root of a yam while still young.

e- (ki/bi) root; base of a tree. cf. enkolo.

e- (ki/bi) dream, cf. loota.

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

e- (ki/bi) root of a young yam.

uproot; pull up; pull out. kukuulawo muntu, to beat out/ excel over (an opponent, competitor). Bwe nnaakukwatako engalo, banaakunkuulako bukuuzi. If I get my hands on you, they will have to drag me away.

put up shoots; strike root. cf. obulokwalokwa, endoko.

ssekalootera.

o- (lu/n) fiber-producing plant, kind . of broom, Sida urens or rhombifolia; fig. a very tenacious person (because the plant is very difficult to uproot), luvunvu lukazi, Sida cordifolia, cf. akavunvu.

e- (n/n) root of papyrus.

e- (n/n) root of the water lily eaten in time of famine.

ekitoogo, ekigaaga; (spikes) empunga; (roots) olukongolo; (rope) olutoogo.

q.v.) be uprooted; be seduced.

deracinate; seduce (a woman); lead astray.

etc.; uproot with/by means of. cf. -esimbu, obwesimbu, obusimba, eki- simbe, ekisimbira, olusimbo, ensimba, ensimbo.

adj. tremendous, earth- shaking, lit. tree-uprooting, olukunnaana ssigulamiti, a tremendous rally/meeting. cf. sigula, omuti.

ensambu; root up s., okusambula.

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.

okusimbula, okujjira, okukoola, okusaayirira, okusigula, okusiguukulula.

all of which seem to be related and to have some such common meaning as ‘break, tear, break away (depart), thin out.' They are treated here as separate verbs because even if their ultimate unity is allowed, it would be unwieldy to treat them as a unit. See the following entries: yaba, yabika, yabirira, yabiza, yabula

conv. (of the root -zimu) drive out (spirits), exorcise, cf. omuziinu,

v.i. conv. pass. be uprooted; be seduced.

okusiguukulula gavumenti, to overthrow the government.

omusiguze, omusiguzi.

o- (mu/mi) small root, initial root of a plant or bush. Talina mizi. He is a shallow person. He is lacking in depth.

okukabala amazina, to dance a great deal, dance with enthusiasm.

o- (mu/mi) root; fig. connection, relation, cf. ^landa, akalandira.

v.tr. uproot; weed out. Tugenda kukoola muddo mu luggya. We are going to weed the yard.

a tooth). Yalidde okukuuka. He ate until he could eat no more.

(la) kind of wild plant resembling a lily. It produces a reddish-orange flower and has white carrot-like roots.

v.i. be uprooted/dug up; be levered up.

o- (mu/mi) kindof tree producing light wood, Rauwolfia vomitoria. cf. bajja, engalabi. occurring on the edge of forests, Morinda lucida. .The root yields a yellow dye. cf. bajja.

o- (mu/mi) kind of creeping plant with edible roots.

v.i. start off, depart (of a car or vehicle), kusimbula makanda, to start off, go (away), kusimbula misinde, to start running at a great speed, kusimbula muntu luyi/muggo, to give a person a hard slap/severe beating, nnali nnakasimbula ebigere bisatu, I had just taken three steps, bw'abasimbulako amaaso n'agazza ku ffe, when he took his eyes from them and looked at us, lit. returned them to us.

empagi luwaga, main supporting post in a hut; fig. staunch supporter, stalwart, omulandira luwaga, taproot, cf. lwaga, empagi.

topple over.

v.tr. uproot; overturn; overthrow.

an anomalous verbal root which always takes the subject prefix ka- {the implied noun subject is akabi) and a direct object (usually p ronominal). In meaning it corresponds most closely to Eng. dare, singa kantanda ne nzita ku kamu ku busolo obwo, if I dared kill one of these little animals. Nyjende? Teka- kutanda. Shall I go? Don't you dare.

o- (mu/mi) kind of small bush the roots of which are chewed raw.

v.i. be wiped off; be effaced; fig. be eradicated/uprooted/ eliminated.

uproot, eliminate.

-ndi pron. root denoting indefiniteness. See gundi and gindi.

-egambulula (-egambuludde) v.i. conv. 2 refl. become unstuck; peel off. Note: gambulula resembles gamba in form but not in meaning; they may both be derived from the same verbal root.

-esindula (-esindudde) v.i. refl. become uprooted/overturned.

-nga 1) suffixed to the imperative or simple past indicates renetitive or habitual action. Temugabanga bitali byammwe. Never give away what is not yours. Nga mukyali bato, mwalwananga awatali nsonga. When you were young, you used to fight without reason. 2) suffixed to -li (be) it expresses probability and may be followed by any tense. Alinga alima. He seems to be cultivating. Enkuba eringa eneetonnya. It looks like rain, lit. the rain is like it will fall. Note that alinga nga is often pronounced and written alinna nga. Nninnanga ali mu kirooto. I am just like one who is in a dream. (E.O.A.)

-ko, -yo) before which the vowel of the root is lengthened.