omutamiivu.

tamiivu.

also sotyasotya

ente; c. plague, nsotoka.

be, okwerinda, okulembe reza, okulembya, okusotyasotya, okuteezateeza.

v., okusekula, okubetenta, okusotta, okugotta, okugoya, okubwagula, okufumula, okutentena.

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.

crush, pound. cf. ekigotla; sotta.

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

e- with the -a of rel. tasty, savory.

e- (ki/bi) pestle used for grinding flour or mashing vegetables, cf. sotta.

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

a- plur. (li/ma) beer made from millet, particularly popular among the Itesot and other tribes of Northern Uganda.

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

rinderpest.

e- (n/n) kind of fruit like a green berry (synonym for njagi and ntula, q.v.). Ekigere kye kisotta entaligita n'ozirya. Her foot crushes the ntaligita and you (still) eat them, i.e., you like her very much or you think her very beautiful, cf. ligita.

n., kawumpuli; (cattle) nsotoka.

nsotoka.

v., okusekula, okugotta, okubebena, okusotta, okubetenta.

v., okutoŋŋana, okusottana, okuyombagana, okusoowaana, okuyirayirana; pick a q., okwefuubaana.

nsotoka.

omusota.

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

ensotoka.

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.

v.i. work futilely/in vain; go away dejectedly/rebuffed/empty-handed. cf. koggoka; sottoka.

kusotta kagali, to pedal a bicycle.

gotta

v.i. fedup. walk cautiously/apprehensively/gingerly.

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

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.