importance, etc. olutindo ssematindo, a huge bridge, ekisobyo ssemasobyo, a great blunder, olutalo ssematalo, a terrific battle/war; world war.
head of a household. cf. amaka.
charcoal. Formerly a title of the kabaka. It is used in the expression Ssemanda, agamenya em- bazzi n'okugiyunga, charcoal, that which (can) break an ax and weld it together, i.e., the all-powerful.
olugoye; see also amerikaani, bafuta, ejjowo, kitaani, kkaniki, enguuwo, ekiremba, e ssuuka, ekikwe mbe, leesu, empemba, ssemaaniini.
e- plur. amalimu (1 i/m a) big job, great work, large undertaking, eddimu ssemalimu, enormous job, huge undertaking. cf. omulimu.
ssemaka, nnannyini nju.
a- plur. (li/ma) household, house, home, amaka ge, his home, eby'omu maka, things in the house, household furnishings, furniture, cf. eka, ssemaka, awaka.
n., okuteesa; to no p., busa, mukokko, ssemadaane.
lit. the battle is not small, cf. tala, ssematalo; tabaala.
(la) kind of white cotton fabric.
(la) major war; world war. cf. olutalo.
improve, okubennanya ng'olutta ow'etlulu, to be simple, be a snap (like killing a one-eyed man). Ttiimu ya Ssemakula bwe yazze ewaffe okuzannya omupiira okugigoba twabennanyizza bubennanya. When Ssemakula's team came to our place, it was the easiest thing in the world to beat them. Essomero libennanya bubennanya amagezi g'omuntu. School just sharpens a person's wits.