omusota, empiri, embalasaasa, essalambwa, ttimba, ettemankima.

cf. buuka.

okuluma; (of snakes) okubojja.

v., okuloga; (snake) okuvumula; (please) okusanyusa.

very skillful person. Yali ffuluku mu kukwata emisota. He was very skillful in his ability to handle snakes. Abantu bamwogerako nga ffuluku mu kumannya eddagala ery'ekinnansi. The people described him as being an expert in (knowing) native medicine.

peel off (of skin, paint, etc.); lose scales (e.g., of a fish, snake); become unstuck; fig. come out of one's shell.

a- (ka/bu) small snake. Abaserikale baasimbwa Iwa kasota. The soldiers lined up/formed a line, (lw- = \u- which implies olunyiriri, line.)

a- (ka/bu) tail of a snake or lizard; plantain leaf used for covering a pot of ma- tooke which is cooking, kuggyako kawuuwo, to begin serving a meal; to begin a discussion; to kick off fin soccer), cf. wuuwa.

e- (ki/bi) euph. snake, python, lit. it goes naked.

e- (ki/bi) slough, the cast-off skin of a snake, cf. yubuka.

e- no plur. (li/ma) musky odor, smell produced by goats, deer, snakes, etc.

e- (li/ma) coil of snake/serpent, okuzinga ekkata, to coil oneself up. cf. enkata, ekikata.

nnambise) v.i. go straight ahead, v.tr. stretch out, lay out straight; keep/bold straight. Omusota baagusse ne bagulambika mu kkubo. They killed the snake and stretched it out in the road, okulambika ebigambo, to state matters as they are, set matters straight.

o- (lu/n) kind of plant; kind of very long snake.

o- (lu/n) long line, with the -a of rel. long, olukolongo lw'abantu, a long line of people, olukolongo lw'omusota, a long snake, cf. kolonga.

e- also embalabaasa (n/n) kind of small poisonous snake. Mmwe emisota, abaana b'embalasaasa. Ye serpents, ye generation of vipers (Matth. XXIII, 33).

e- (n/n) kind of very poisonous snake.

because of its color, enables it to escape observation.

n.y eddiba, olukuta, olususu. hard s., ekikuyiro. cast off s. (of snake), ekiyubwe. s. garment, oluveera, ekisaato, ekijagali, enkenga, enkete. s. used as mat, enkeeto. s. disease, olukuku, ebisukko; vide rash. escape by the s. of one's teeth, okweyokola emisinde.

omukira; (of snake) akawuuwo; (of fowl) ekyensuti; t. hair, olusinga, emboobo.

e- (li/ma) kind of long, greenish- brown poisonous snake, lit. cut-down-the- monkey. cf. tema, enkima.

mpuludde) v.tr. pull down/ off /e.g., berries from a bush); slip off, unstring (beads from a string). Amannyo gampulula. I have a bad toothache. along/slide along very fast (of a snake, a car, etc.). cf. -emulula (under muluka).

njubuse) v.i. be peeled off (of the skin); slough the skin (of a snake).

a very venomous snake which has the same coloration as dry leaves.

kawenkene w'omukessi, a dangerous spy. kawenkene w'essota, a deadly snake, kawenkene w'emmese, a monstrous rat. kawenkene w'empologoma, a fierce lion.

o- (mu/mi) snake, cf. akasota.

-eyubula (-eyubudde) v.i. refl. slough the skin (of a snake); fig. get out of a difficult situation.

creep away; glide away. lyemululira mu ssubi. The large snake slipped away in the grass, kwemulula ng'omusota, sneak away, move stealthily to escape detection, lit. like a snake. cf. -ewulula.

of a snake); grow, grow up; come out from cover. Omwezi gwali gwakatandika okwesusunkula mu bire ebyali bigukwese. The moon had just begun to come out from among the clouds which were concealing it. cf. sosonkola, ekisosonkole.