stride along; advance by climbing or clinging to an object; spread.

hurl down; floor, lay low.

ettandaluwa.

ekitanda, ekiriri, obuliri.

akatanda.

n., ekitanda, ekiriri.

okusuula, okukanyuga, okukasuka, okusimbaggula; f. down, okutandaggira; f. oneself about, okwaziirana.

emmere, eby'okulya; (for journey) entanda; f.money, pposo.

nzigye) v.tr. take; take away/ off/out, etc. (The enclitics -ko, -mu, -wo are frequently suffixed to ggya, performing a role analogous to that of the adverbs following take, i.e., away, off, etc.). Ggyawo ekitanda. fake the bed away.. Ggyako ekikopo. Take the cup off (e.g., of the table), okuggyako, except, excepting, okuggya ku mabeere, to wean, okuggya omwoyo ku kintu, to neglect/forget something. okuggya akagere, to start walking, try one's first steps, okuggya obutiko, to pick mushrooms, okuggyawo omusango, to dismiss a case (at law). Kyanzigya enviiri ku mutwe okulaba nga... It made the hair stand up on my head to see that... Ebigambo bye yayogera byamuggya n'amaziga mu ki- wanga. The things which he said made her cry, lit. took tears from her skull. Temuggya okwo, mugende mu maaso. Don't stop there, go on. Keep up the good work.

Magombe, Ttanda.

okusuula, okukasuka, okukanyuga; h. down, okutandaggira, okugonnomola, okulindigga.

a- (ka/bu) carrier on the top of a vehicle, akatanda k'omwana, a baby's crib. cf. ekitanda.

a- (ka/bu) table or platform on which coffee is dried; rack on which plates and cups are dried.

e- (ki/bi) bed. cf. akatanda.

to showoff, put oneself in the limelight. Laba erikuleese. Go away. Get out of here, lit. See (the road, ekkubo is implied by eri-) which brought you. Gundi oyo talaba! So-and-so is very proud/putting on airs. Ng'olabye. I am sorry for you now. I sympathize with you. Nkukubye nga ndaba. I have hit you on purpose/intentionally. Obalaba. Say hello to them for us. En- nyumba yaabwe eraba buvanjuba. Their house faces east. Bwali tebunnalaba. It was before dawn (bu- implies obudde). Ndaba ku ki? lit. What do I see? (A friendly greeting to a guest, particularly an unexpected one). Bo bakola nga bwe balabye. They do just as they please, mu kulaba kwange, in my view, according to the way 1 see it. Tandabamu kantu. He despises me/ has no respect for me. Onookiraba. You will be sorry. You will find out, lit. you will see it.

o- (lu/n) arch, crack, chink, rent.

v., okukola; (create) okutonda; (compel) okuwaliriza, okukaka; also the c. forms of verbs. m. a bed, okwala ekitanda. m. up a number, okuweza. m. way, okwesega, okusegulira. m. off, okudduka, okusenguka. m. time, vide okwerekereza. m. a profit, okuviisa amagoba, okugoba. m. sail, okuwanika amatanga.

e- (n/n) way of spreading out. enjala y'ekitanda, the way of making a bed.c f. nyala.

e- (n/n) food taken on a journey. Ataalugende, entanda akusibira ya menvu. He who is not going (on the journey) prepares for you a lunch of ripe bananas (which will spoil before you reach your destination).

ekifo, ekibanja; p. of departed, e ttanda; get out of p., okwebandula.

okuwanvuya; (life) okuwangaaza; be prolonged, okuyitirira, okuwangaala, okutandagga.

emmere; (for journey) entanda.

emmere, pposo, entanda.

leave (on a trip), v.tr. lift, raise, okusitula olutalo, to start a fight/battle, okusitula oluyombo/empaka, to start or. argument/verbal conflict, okusitula enkundi, to raise a fuss, start quarreling, ‘raise hell.' okusitula embeera z'abantu, to improve the conditions/raise the standards of the people, okusitula ebbala, to look well, ekyuma ekisitula, elevator, lift.

ekitanda, ekitebe.

n., ebendera.

v.., okutanda; take long s., okunyabnyuuka.

n., akayuuyo, ekipaapi, omutanda.

v., okukasuka, okukanyuga. t. away, okusuula, okuyiwa. t, down, okubemula, okutandaggira, okulekula, okuligajjula; (in wrestling) okumegga. t. up (earth), okufukula. t. over shoulder (cloth), okusuulira. thrush, ebbuukamugogo; (disease of infants) engeru, enkuyu.

e- no plur. (n/n) place of departed souls, world of the dead, underworld, okukkirira ewa Walumbe e Ttanda, to go down to the place of Walumbe in Ttanda, i.e., to die.

e- (li/ma) [Su>. Yawning, canopy (of canvas or canvas-like material), emmotoka eya Volkswagen ng'ettandaluwa libikkuddwa, a convertible Volkswagen.

Walumbe y akigaba. (prov.) lit. That which upon dying you have not given away, Walumbe gives it away. You can't take it with you. Walumbe amuttutte e Ttanda. He has died, lit. Walumbe has taken him to Ttanda (the place of the dead). cf. olumbe.

v.i. appl. pass. be used as a model/pattern/standard of measure/standard of comparison.

o- (mu/mi) standard, degree, level (e.g., of education); quality, grade (of produce); kind, sort.

v.i. become clear/understood; be understandable; be explained. cf. ennyinyonnyola.

an anomalous verbal root which always takes the subject prefix ka- {the implied noun subject is akabi) and a direct object (usually p ronominal). In meaning it corresponds most closely to Eng. dare, singa kantanda ne nzita ku kamu ku busolo obwo, if I dared kill one of these little animals. Nyjende? Teka- kutanda. Shall I go? Don't you dare.

(la) kind of black soldier ant which bites fiercely. Eyawukana ku mugendo y'efuuka kaasa. (prov.) lit. (The nsan afu) which separates itself from the trail becomes a kaasa (an ant which is even fiercer). (Said of someone who flouts the accepted standards of the community and engages in questionable conduct.)

o- (mu/mi) strip of cloth; measurement of length, the distance covered by the two arms when fully stretched out. emitanda gy'embugo, strips of barkcloth.

0- (mu/ba) a title of the Kabaka.