n. (plant), ensibuka, ettenga; (plantain) endu, ensukusa.

v., okukuba emmundu, okulasa.

okwesusunkula.

kibonoomu.

hit. kubabika luyi, to slap, kubabika miggo, to beat with sticks, kubabika ssasi, to shoot.

o- outgrowths, shoots. cf. loka, bu- (3).

e- (li/ma) type of insect resembling a grasshopper which lives on the young shoots of the plantain. Also called nnabangogoma.

a- (ka/bu) degenerate shoot of a plantain.

a- (ka/bu) shoot on a plant. L /. wakalita.

a- plur. obwebindu (ka/bu) shoot(s) of the jjuuni, a plant of the arum family, Colocasia antiquorum, kumerako bwebindu, to put on airs, make oneself important, lit. to grow shoots.

e- plur. amateme an insect resembling a caterpillar which attacks young shoots, esp. those of the cotton plant.

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).

etc.; shoot/fire with/using. cf. kalasamayanzi, ekiraso, omulasi.

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

o- (lu/n) long tail, emmunyeenye ez'enkira, shooting stars, comets, cf. omukira.

o- plur. ennanda (lu/n) trailing shoot, cf. llanda, omulanda.

fly off (as a spark); slip, slip off, slip down; shoot up (as a star).

set off (a trap or spring); snap; shoot (an arrow); eject, cause to fly off. cf. mansuka.

throw off sparks, sparkle; shoot (of pain); dart away, make off like a flash. Eggulu limyansa. It is lightning.

e- (n/n) sprout, shoot for transplanting. cf. loka.

e- (n/n) young shoot; young banana/ plantain shoot, endu y'ekitooke, young plantain shoot.

e- (n/n) sprout; shoot, cf. sibuka.

e- (n/n) target, mark, okukuba ssabbaawa, to shoot at a target, fire at a target, engage in target practice.

vide shoot,

o- (mu/mi) trailing shoot /esp. of sweet potatoes), cf. ^landa, olulanda.

v.tr. cause to shoot up; cause to slip; throw off; get rid of.

o- (mu/ba) archer; one who shoots, rifleman, cf. lasa.

shooting star, comet, lit. something which is seen (bona) by only one person (omu). cf. bona.

o- (mu/mi) bud, shoot; core of a boil.

motorcycle); shoot up (of young grass, plants ).

v.i. become tall; grow tall and stately; shoot up.

incite, induce, ku- sindika kyasi, to fire a shot, kusindika busaale, to shoot arrows, kusindika munya mu ssubi, lit. to push a lizard into the grass; also kusindika mwana wa jjajja we; lit. to send a child to his grandparent's. both expressions mean to tell someone to do something which he would be happy to do anyway.

conjecture; count on, reckon on. kuteeba ggoolo, to shoot a goal (in soccer).

have its source (of a river); originate, have its origin.

(la) kind of insect resembling a grasshopper which lives on the young shoots of the plantain. It is the second totem of the Grasshopper Clan. See eggolo.

o- (mu/ba) marksman; shooter; one who shoots for a goal (in football), cf. teeba.

act according to one's own wishes.