n., essubi (erisereka enju); old t., enkaajumbe.
v., okusereka; vide okusulikira, okusereekerera.
o- (bu/-) kind of tall grass used for thatching and for mashing mbidde.
etc. okuggira essubi, to cut up grass (for thatch- ing)
etc. kugobera munya mu ssubi, lit. to drive a lizard into the grass/thatched part of a house, i.e., to tell a person to do something which he is very glad to do/which he would want to do anyway.
a- (ka/bu) also enkuli. kind of grass used fcr thatching and making Leeu
a- (ka/bu) top ring in the roof of a thatched hut; fig. pinnacle, acme. Atuuse mu katemyo. He has now reached the pinnacle of success.
e- (ki/bi) dry/withered plantain leaves used in making packages, containers, pillows, etc., and in thatching huts. cf. essanja.
e- (ki/bi) dress, skirt, ennyumba ey'ekiteeteeyi, round hut with thatched, sloping roof. cf. akateeteeyi.
o- (lu/n) kind of grass used for thatching roofs; patch of this kind of grass. cf. essenke.
e- (n/n) old straw spread on the floor of a house. It is also used for thatching.
e- (n/n) also akakuli kind of grass used for thatching and making beer.
etc.; use for thatching/roofing.
e- (li/ma) grass, enju y'essubi, thatched house, kukubya ssubi, to excel (a person in doing something), Abaana abawala abalenzi abamu baabakubizza ssubi mu kudduka. The girls excelled some of the boys in running, cf. akasubi, ^eki- subi, olusubi, omusubi, ensubi.
v.tr. (harkcloth tree), okusubula, okuyimbula; (leaves) okumenyeza; (skin) okuyubula; (thatch) okusereekulula; (grain of maize) okukongola; (rib of plantain leaf) okuyubuluza.
o- (mu/ba) thatcher; roofer, one who constructs a roof for a house, cf. sereka.
emphasize; corroborate; do to an extreme degree, n'aggumiza nti, and he emphasized that. Ekifaananyi kyandinnyambye okuggumiza amazima gange. The picture would help me corroborate the truth of my statement. Yazinye n'okuggumiza n'aggumiza. She danced and danced. cf. -ggumivu, omuggumiro.
v.tr. thatch; roof; cover up; make a deposit on (an item which will subsequently be purchased).
v.tr. appl. 2 fill in where the thatch is thin.
reveal. cf. omuseresi, ensereko.