n., e ttaka.

v.tr., okwonoona, okusiiga ettaka; get soiled, okwonooneka, okukongeera, okutoobaana.

e- plur. (ki/bi) soft/mushy/soggy substance (of food, soil, clay, etc.).

e- plur. (ki/bi) soft/mushy/ soggy substance (of food, soil, clay, etc.).

o- (bu/-) dirt or soil which remains on the feet, legs or clothing after one has been tilling, cf. lima.

e- no plur. (li/ma) soil, earth, ground, cf. lima.

(soil), ettaka; (land) ensi; go to earth, okusowottoka.

adj., tereevu; be e., okutereera, okwenkanankana; make e., okutereeza, okwenkanyankanya; (soil) okusaanya.

e- (li/ma) small lump of earth, broken-up piece of hard soil.

of weeds); become exhausted (of land, soil); become old/decrepit (of persons, animals); walk hurriedly.

(ki/bi) a solid lump of soil.

e- (ki/bi) heap of grass and soil piled on the border of a garden to separate it from another garden, cf. ^kuba.

e- (ki/bi) kind of insect which has the coloring of soil (ettaka, q.v.)-, rare term for any earthenware pot.

flow down, run down (usually, but not always of liquids); fig. pass (of time), okukulukuta kw'ettaka, erosion of the soil.

o- (lu/n) red earth, red soil; fig. the grave fbecause it is dug at least as deep as the red soil), okulannamira olu- kuusi, euph. to be dead and buried, cf. ekikuusikuusi.

o- also lunnyo (lu/n) stretch of barren soil, olunnyunnyu, scattered area of barren soil, with the -a of rel. infertile. Ekitundu ekimu kigimu, ekirala nga kya lunnyu (or lunnyo). One area is fertile, whereas the other is barren, cf. omunnyu.

a- plur. (li/ma) period/time for turning up the soil preparatory to planting. cf. galanjuka, galanjula.

e- arch., with the -a of rel. infertile, barren (of soil).

gagga; vide bijooto, bikokye, ssebintu, mwome, nnagajja, ssegaali; (of soil) gimu; get rich, okugaggawala, okufuggala.

become soiled; act foolishly; talk nonsense, talk in an annoying way.

e- no plur. (li/ma) ground; land; earth; soil, okukuba ettaka, to survey; to apply mud in house building, omukubi w'ettaka, surveyor, eby'omu ttaka, minerals, mineral wealth, eby'ettaka, land affairs, cf. o butaka, ekitakataka, omu taka.

e- (li/ma) piece of earth, lump/ chunk of soil (turned up by a plow), cf. vuunika.

be abundant/ flourishing (esp. of products of the soil). okwera inf.

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

v.i. become dirty/ filthy/soiled.

bring into disrepute. cf. -fumye.

wash away, okukuluggusibwa kw'ettaka, erosion of the soil. cf. kulukuta.

mess up; trample; crumple/ fold roughly; be harsh/hard on.