n. (of flower), ekiti, akati; (of maize) ekisoolisooli; vide ekikolo komba.
v. (in hunting), okwekobya, okusooba.
e- plur. .(ki/bi) waste stalks, waste products of sesame.
v., okugwa, okwetujja ekigwo; (err) okukyama; (rain) okutonnya. f. from hand, okusumattuka. f. backwards, okugalanjula, okugwa bugazi. f. off stalk, okudyebuka. f. in, okwegulukuka. f. into debt, okugwa mubbanja. f. one on another, okwetlnda. f. to pieces, okumogoka. f. apart, okubumbulukuka. f. off head (of load), okutikkuka. f. open, okuwenjuka. fall, n., ekigwo; (roof) okwesulika.
a- (ka/bu) stalk of ntula, njagi, q.v.; small cob of corn/maize (stripped of the grains), cf. ekikongoliro, kongola.
e- (ki/bi) flower stalk. cf. ^noga, nogola.
e- (ki/bi) com/maize stalk (after the ears havp been removed), cf. kasooli.
e- (ki/bi) stalk of papyrus, cf. bwantoogo, olutoogo.
e- (ki/bi) plant which produces tall straw stalks; large straw used for drinking beer.
fall down (as fruit from a stalk); become detached.
e- (n/n) post; pole, empango y'eki- kajjo, stalk of sugarcane; stick of sugarcane.
lit. chief's gourd.
walk stealthily, move carefully, advance in a stalking manner.
o- (mu/mi) stem/stalk of a plantain tree; type of necklace made from the flowering stem of the plantain; collar; one afflicted with congenital paralysis (of the spine); yoke (of oxen); pair, couple, omugogo gw'engatto, a pair of shoes, okulwanirira ettooke nga likyali ku mugogo, to fight over a bunch of plantains which is still on the stalk; i.e., to count ones chickens before they are hatched, cf. ggogolo, eki go go, olugogo.
v.i. go off; walk off. Ya- kuuna n'ebintu byange. He went off with/ stole my things. Enjala eri mu Buyindi ekuuna. In India famine is stalking the land.
has broken off a very young/immature stalk of sugarcane.
etc.); creep up to, stalk (game in hunting), v.i. have a guilty look.