engatto.

omukozi w'engatto, ffundi w'engatto.

e- plur. amalagala (li/ma) leaf (but not of a plantain); medicine; drug; chemical, in the plur. foliage, eddagala ly'engatto, shoe polish, eddagala eritta ebiwuka, insecticide, eddagala ly'amannyo, toothpaste, eddagala ly'enviiri, hair tonic, eddagala eryerusa, Jjlectuluiig cieain. tsdda- gaia erigonza olubuto or eddagala ly'oku- ddukana, laxative, eddagala^ ly'enjala, nail polish, cf. akalagala, kiragala, olulagaia.

engatto zange kaboga kakobogo, my brand new shoes. Omukyala yawasa muto kaboga. He married a very young girl.

a- (ka/bu) small stump, engatto ey'akakondo, a pair of high-heeled shoes, empale ey'obukondo, pants/trousers with suspenders, cf. ekikondo.

a- (ka/bu) small strip; small layer; string of a musical instrument; shoelace; fringe; shred, cf. olulere.

e- (ki/bi) sheath for a sword or dagger; shoe, boot.

e- (ki/bi) piece of mud, mud; mud on the foot/shoe. cf. sootola.

arch, cobble, make (shoes), cf. omukonyi.

n. (shoe), olukoba, olulere.

ndiraanye) v.i. be adjacent to/next to; adjoin; neighbor. Okuliraana ennyanja si kuliira. (prov.) To be next to a lake is not to eat (relishes). Shoemakers are the worst shod.

collective) swarm of young locusts. An individual specimen is kalu- sejjera, q.v. engatto za lusejjera, tennis shoes, cf. sejjera.

shoemaker, cobbler, cf. ^kona.

wear (shoes, rings, bracelets, etc.) Bakanaanise akaagala. They have put a bracelet (aka- komo is implied by -ka-) on one who wants it. The expression is used when a person is told to do what he wants to do or would do anvwav.

rings, etc.).

rings, bracelets, etc.); fig. depose, oust, remove (from office).

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.

e- the form of -ddugavu, black, used before nouns of the n/n class and plural nouns of the lu/n class, engatto enzirugavu, black shoes.

okuteeka, okussa. p. back, okuzzakyo. p. by, okutereka, okweterekera. p. down, okussa wansi; (off head) okweti kkula. p. on (clothes), okwambala; (shoes, ring) okunaanika. p. outside, okufulumya, okugobera ebweru. p. out, okuzikiza. p. up (lodge), okusuza; (a tent) okusimba eweema. p. up with, okugumiikiriza. p. to rights, okulongoosa. p. to flight, okugoba. p. off (clothes), okwambula; (postpone) okulindiriza. p. the best face on, okusaanya.

e- usually plur. amasanda (li/ma) sap; resin; gum; rubber, engatto ez'amasanda, rubber shoes, cf. akasanda.

o- (mu/mi) stem/stalk of a plantain tree; type of necklace made from the flowering stem of the plantain; collar; one afflicted with congenital paralysis (of the spine); yoke (of oxen); pair, couple, omugogo gw'engatto, a pair of shoes, okulwanirira ettooke nga likyali ku mugogo, to fight over a bunch of plantains which is still on the stalk; i.e., to count ones chickens before they are hatched, cf. ggogolo, eki go go, olugogo.

e- (n/n) shoe; boot; sandal, kukuba ngatto ddagala, to shine shoes, eddagala ly'engatto, shoe polish. Bw'ova ku byange ogenda ku wa ngatto. If you don't listen to my advice you won't succeed in your endeavor, lit. if you depart from mine you go to the cobbler. Yabissaamu engatto n'agenda. He went off, lit. he put his shoes into them (-bi- implies bigere, feet) and went.

engatto enzirugavu, black shoes, cf. ddugala, obuddugavu, Omuddugavu, enzirugavu.

-esazisa (-esazisizza) v.tr. caus. 1 & 2 refl. cause to cut oneself; cause to cut oneself with/using; cause to separate/divide, kwesaza bulala, to be in a flutter, be excited about an anticipated pleasure, kwesaza ng'ow'akagatto akamu (lit. be excited like a person with a single shoe) = kwesaza bulala. Engabi n'ejja yeesaza mu kisaawe. And the bushbuck came cutting across the field.