n., ensigo, empeke, akasigirirwa; vide embo, empambo; (offspring) ezzadde.
omwaka ogw'okusiga.
be, okubaamuenkenyera.
e- (n/n) [Eng.] seedbed.
mmonze) v.tr. cause to whirl around, spin, okubonga enje, to spin nje (a game flayed with the seeds of mpafu fruit).
o- (bu/-) simsim oil, cottonseed oil. -ebutuggiza (-ebutuggizza) v.i. refl. move along slowly, drag oneself along.
enjoy life, have a good time; be jaunty/cocky; rattle (of seeds or small bells).
e- plur. amaduli or amalui (li/ma) Indian hemp seed. cf. akaduli, ^akaluli.
obugoogwa; (for smoking) enjaaye; h. seed, obuduli.
a- (ka/bu) (Buddu) hemp seed. cf. edduli, ^akaluli.
a- (ka/bu) hemp seed. cf. edduli, akaduli.
a- (ka/bu) glitter, shine, polish; kind of shrub, false Physalis. The seeds (nsiiti) are used in games by children. cf. nyereketa.
a- (ka/bu) small seed (e.g., of tobacco or mustard) which has germinated. cf siga.
a- (ka/bu) small seed; pill, tablet; grain, akaweke k'omusenyu, a grain of sand, enviiri ez'akaweke, curly/kinky hair. cf. empeke.
e- (ki/bi) something useless, piece of junk; empty bundle from which simsim/sesame seeds have been removed.
e- (ki/bi) self-sown seeds; plant/ crop from self-sown seeds, cf. mera.
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.
ndasizza) v.tr. shoot (an arrow); hit (with an arrow); fire (a shot, a gun); flick, flick away (with the finger); kick with the back legs (of a locust), okulasa eki- faananyi, to take a photograph, okulasa emboozi, to converse, okulasa entula, to press ntula fruit to make the seeds come out. okulasa akasolya, to bend the reeds of a roof to the frame (in building a house).
o- (lu/n) more commonly omusiiti, q.v. kind of shrub which bears hard red seeds (nsiiti). cf. lsiita, ensiiti.
o- (lu/n) necklace made of the seeds of the kitembe (a kind of wild banana plant), q.v.
o- (lu/n) kind of thorny bush whose seeds (mpiki) are used in the game of mweso, q.v. cf. omuyiki.
lit. big feet (magere) of a chicken (nkoko).
a- plur. (li/ma) period of growth; period of sprouting of seeds. Aka- kyama amamera tekagolokokeka. (prov.) The little tree (aka- implies akati) which is crooked when it grows does not straighten up. Evil habits acquired in childhood are not usually eradicated in adulthood. c f, mera.
e- (n/n) seeds of the raffia palm. cf. ^ekibo.
sprout up (of seeds ).
e- (n/n) seed(s) of a gourd (used as a food in time of famine).
e- (n/n) grain, seed; pill. Bwe nnatuuka ku buliri nnabulwa yadde empeke y'otulo mu liiso. When I went to bed I didn't get a single wink of sleep, cf. akaweka.
e- (n/n) seeds used in playing mweso. kukwata mu lya mpiki, to find something missing, cf. oluyiki.
o- (mu/ba) the name of a game common throughout Africa. It is played on a board with holes in it cut in four rows; two persons sit on opposite sides of the board; they have a number of seeds (mpiki) or smooth stones, which they play into holes. Oluganda alumanyi nga mweso. He knows Luganda perfectly, cf. vesa, obweso, omwesi.
e-: enkuba engulansigo, the first rain after the dry season, so called because it is the time for buying (gula) seeds (nsigo) for planting.
e- (n/n) seed of the empafu fruit used as a spinning top. okubonga enje, to spin nje.
e- (n/n) small beads generally made of plant seeds, cf. olukwanzi.
e- (n/n) kind of rattle used as a musical instrument consisting of a small dried gourd in which stones or seeds have been placed. It is associated with the native religious rites (pre-Christian).
e- (n/n) seed; kidney, cf. siga.
e- (n/n) small hard red seeds of the lusiiti shrub; a game played by children. cf. olusiiti, Isiita.
kyemeza, ekimemerezi.
plant seed in. Ata- lisiga kumpi nange z'asiga zirisaasaana. (prov.) lit. The one who does not plant near me, what he plants will be scattered. A person who does not have the same beliefs as I do will never convince me of his ways and his words will have little or no effect on me.
q.v.). cf. olusiiti, omu- siiti, ensiiti.
Bidens leucantha.
kovvu, a lutitti; vide oluyongo yongo; (of paper) abiirivu. become t., okukogga, okukenena, okugejulukuka, okugoogomba, okukondoba, okukundugga, okusoosootoka. be t., okwabirira. to t. out (seedlings), okwabiza.
(-duumye) grow rapidly; spring up rapidly. Ensigo endala ne zigwa mu maggwa; amaggwa ne gaduuma ne gazitta. Other seeds fell among thorns, and the thorns sprang up and destroyed them. cf. omuduumi.
appear; bob up (from under water).
o- (mu/mi) kind of shrub which bears hard red seeds (nsiiti). cf. ^siita, olusiiti ensiiti
dr.] mustard, akaweke ka kalidaali, a mustard seed.
o- (mu/mi) kind of creeping plant, the seeds of which are used in the game of mweso. cf. oluyiki.