effumu, ekkabi, ekyanga, ekkobba.

v., okufumita, okusabaggula, okusogga; s. fish, okuswaga.

mmenze) v.tr. fill to the brim; whet, sharpen (a knife, spear, etc.). cf. olubengo, Mmengo.

o- adv. on the move; in flight, okufumita obutanga, to spear (an animal) in the open (as opposed to one which is in a trap).

e- (li/ma) spear; spear tip. cf. fumila, fumuggula, akafumu, ekifumu.

spear; stab, pierce; prick.

hurl (a spear, weapon, stone, etc.).

creeping plant, lit. it spears (fumita) the lepers (bagenge).

a- (ka/bu) small spear.

hurl. Akasuka ly'ali nalyo taba muti. (prov.) lit. He who throws (the spear, effumu) which he has is not a coward. A person who does what he can is worthy of praise.

adj. with effumu. effumu kibaaga, a sharp, broad spear, cf. baaga.

e- (ki/bi) kind of shrub growing in water. The stems float and are used for spearing lungfish.

e- (li/ma) many-pronged spear; fork of a tree.

e- (li/ma) large spear.

e- (ki/bi) kind of long spear. Ebyanga byogera. A battle is going on.

o- (lu/n) [Lunyoro] shaft of a spear.

o- (lu/n) shaft of a spear.

o- (lu/n) kind of tree the wood of which is used for making the shafts of spears.

a- adv. for the sake of appearances; as a bluff. Effumu akntte lya maseeneeko. He has taken a spear (in his hand) just to make an impression. He is holding a spear just as a bluff, cf. seeneeka.

e- (n/n) with the -a of rel. having very poor aim (esp. in hurling spears J. Yali wa nkasu. He had a very poor aim.

e- (n/n) short-bladed spear.

wrap up; bandage. okusabika emiggo, to beat with sticks, okusabika effumu, to pierce with a spear.

spear fa fish); stab, pierce.

okusindika, okusindiikiriza; (with spears) okufumita.

cf. ama- yinnaanyi.

v.tr. spear to death; pierce with a spear or sword.

o- (mu/mi) with the -a of rel. very long, omutiriba gw'effumu, a very long spear.

o- (mu/mi) haft of a spear (with a ferrule) used as a walking stick; walking stick; sharpened stick used in killing lungfish (mmamba).

v. tr. caus. cook lightly/hastily; make short/brief. Nviirako ddala oba oli mugezi sikubanda- gaza effumu lyange Kiribaki. You will leave me alone if you are wise, else I will hurl my spear Kiribaki at you.

thread (e.g., beads); pin, attach; put (on a spit, skewer). Twatungwa emimwa. Our lips were sealed. We were not permitted to speak. Effumu lyatunga omusajja. The spear pierced the man.

v.i. have a stabbing pain.

o- (mu/mi) small savannah tree, growing up to 50 feet, with yellow flowers, used in making walking-sticks and spear shafts, Grewia mollis, cf. enkomakoma.

a- plur. (li/ma) portion of meat (eight ribs) given to the third spearer on a hunt. cf. yiŋŋaanya.

o- (mu/ba) spearman, one who spears in hunting, cf. fumita.

o- (mu/ba) one who has been wounded with a spear or knife, cf. fumita.

o- (mu/ba) hunter who is second to 3 spear a hunted animal, cf. 2wuula.

stab with. cf. -fumite, effumu, akafumu, kafumita- bagenge, omufumisi, omufumite; fumuggula.

-esogga (-esozze) v.i. refl. spear oneself. v.tr. refl. nlunp'e into- pntpr ahrnT-.tlir HI. wali okwesogga amazzi yagwa mu kamwa ka goonya teyadda. On plunging into the water he fell into the mouth of a crocodile and never returned.