nene, gazi, a mubiri munene, a kipempe; (of vegetation, etc.) ziivu; (smoke) vide okuttunka.

v.i., okukwata.

ekisaka.

siru; vide simpleton,

speak, okukululiza.

obunene, omubiri.

o- (bu/-) width; breadth; thickness, okugwa obugazi, to fall flat on one's back. cf. -gazi.

o- (bu/-) meal of cassava, millet or corn (maize); thick porridge.

a- (ka/bu) small forest; grove; thicket of shrubs and small trees, cf. ekibira.

a- (ka/bu) small piece of jute cloth; type of thick fabric made of sisal and resembling fiber glass, used for tying cotton.

thick neck.

of a forest). Yeetisse bya kakalakakala. He is loaded down with a whole host of things, cf. -kakavu.

adj. hard; firm, solid; compact, thick, dense. Alina enviiri ez'akaku- memme. He has very thick hair.

e- (ki/bi) whetstone; strop; thick stick (used in beating), cf. balangula.

e- crowdedness, usually as an adv. or with the -a of rel. close together, crowded; abundant, plentiful. Ejinaano ya kifuko. The wheat is thickly sown. Aba- karamoja bazimba kifuko. The Karamoja build (their houses) close together, cf. fuka.

e- (ki/bi) thick layer of skin below the hair (of pigs and similar animals).

e- (ki/bi) kind of large ant. Ebi- nyeebwa ebikutte ekimommo, thick peanut/ groundnut soup.

e- (ki/bi) delicacy, very tasty food; thick sauce.

e- (ki/bi) thick/coagulated mass; crust; scab, with the -a of rel. thick, hard.

e- (ki/bi) thick sauce made of pounded termites, peanuts, etc.; fig. solid, compact mass. Obudde bukntte ekipooli. slang It has become pitch dark outside.

e- (ki/bi) thicket; bush, okuzimba nga kisaka, lit. to swell up like a bush = to become sullen/gloomy/morose/uncom- municative. cf. ^akasaka.

e- (ki/bi) good thick sauce.

e- (ki/bi) something which is short and thick; short thick bundle. Omwana oyo kitutuli. This child is short and stocky.

grow dark; be obscured; be thick/luxuriant; be blocked/ impeded, okukunira amaaso, to go blind; to be blind. Obudde bukunidde. It has grown dark.

o- (lu/n) flat tray (made from the fibers of papyrus or other plants; often used for winnowing). Emimwa gye gya lugali. His lips are flat and spread out (as opposed to thick and protruding). Wa lugali. He has a ‘big mouth.' Nzigyako olugali. Shut your big mouth, cf. walugali.

0- (lu/n) Luganda, the language of Buganda; without caps, brotherhood; relationship. ow'oluganda, relative, relation; member of a brotherhood, amawanga agali mu luganda olumu ne Bungereza, the British Commonwealth, plur. ejinanda, relations, relatives. Ab'oluganda bita, bikonagana ne bitayatika. (prov.) Relatives are like calabashes, they knock together but do not break. Blood is thicker than water, cf. Obuganda, Omuganda, sseruganda.

o- with the -a of rel. thick, dense, olukakaba Iw'ensiko, dense jungle.

e- (n/n) kind of thick/rough barkcloth; per ext. mudguard.

okutuukuuma enviiri, to have thick/bushy/unkempt hair.

vegetation}; be overloaded. v.tr. be laden with; carry. Omuti guwakatidde ebibala. The tree is laden with fruits.

juice, etc.). cf. ebbonda.

ideo. expressing intense thickness or darkness. Obudde bu- kutte be ppoppoppo. It has become completely dark.

o- (mu/mi) thick mud, a great deal of mud. cf. ekitoomi.

cf. -guggubivu.

o- (mu/mi) body (human or animal); body (thickness, substance). Ekiteeteeyi ( kye yayambadde nga tekirina mubiri. The dress she wore was very light/had no body. cf. 2ebbiri, ekibiribiri.

v.i. be impenetrable; be thick (as a growth of foliage).

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.

to speak thickly, slur one's speech (as one drunk).

v.i. move forward/ make one's way noisily through thick bush; travel on and on.

o- (mu/mi) framework structure built around an anthill to help in the catching and collecting of nswa. Thick materials, such as banana leaves, are placed over the structure so that the nswa will not fly away but will collect in holes dug for the purpose. See nvubo.

stir up (a thick substanc e); kick up, churn up (e.g.ti mud).

dr.] flax; a thick, heavy- duty linen (e.g., of the sort used for police uniforms).

dense, cf. kakala.

stocky. cf• guggubira.

impenetrable; firm, strong, cf. ggumira.

cf. gaziwa, obugazi, ekigazigazi.