tono nnyo; vide walugungu.

o- (bu/-) tiny particles of matter which accrue at the top of a liquid or some solids; dust of dried herbs.

o- adv. like tiny ants, in the manner of tiny ants, Ebidduka biteevuunya bu nyeera. The vehicles swarm like ants, i.e., there is a traffic jam. cf. omunyeera.

o- (bu/-) tiny speckles on fowl, kumaamira ga butembetembe, to sit/ stay in one place without budging.

o- (bu/-) tiny/very small grasshoppers.

a- usually plur. (ka/bu) tiny fragments and liquid spray which splash off of barkcloth when it is being beaten.

a- (ka/bu) tiny fowl flea, okutwala ssente buloolo, to be very expensive, require a great deal of money. Ku mbaga kwabaddeko abantu buloolo. There were a great many people at the wedding.

a- (ka/bu) tiny flower of embryo plantain; nectar on flowers.

a- (ka/bu) trifle; something tiny/ insignificant.

an insect which makes a cocoon like a tiny bundle of firewood and lives inside it.

a- (ka/bu) tiny/small/minute thing, cf. -sirikitu; katiiriitu.

a- also spelled katinninya (ka/bu) something very small/tiny/insignificant.

a- (ka/bu) something very small/ tiny/insignificant, cf. -tiiriitu.

a- also akateregenya (ka/bu) drop, tiny amount, ‘dash.' with the -a of rel. tiny, very small.

adj. very small, tiny (of persons, animals, fowls). Ampadde akakoko kawalucocco. He has given me a very small chicken.

grain, etc. okulya kawuukuumi, colloq. to become pregnant. cf. wuukuuma.

a limbless reptile with tiny eyes. Also nnamugoya.

sing, used collectively (la) kind of tiny ant. They collect in large numbers on uncovered meat, bones, etc. munyeera w'abantu, a huge gathering of people, kuteevuunya nga munyeera, swarm/ be crowded together like ants (said of a crowded gathering of people). cf. obu- nyeera.

God. cf. igereka.

a limbless reptile with tiny eyes. Also mugoya.

run, jog along; rush, go hurriedly.

o- (tu/-) drop of milk, tiny amount of milk. cf. amata.

tinyimye) v.i. stand; be situated; in translation often equivalent to the preposition from. Yayima Busujju n'atu- wandiikira. He wrote to us from Busujju. Ayima atya e Bulemeezi n'amanya ebifa e Busujju? How can he be in Bulemeezi and know what is going on at Busujju? Yayima ku katebe n'awanula engoye zaffe. He stood on a chair and took down our clothes.

v., okujeema.

bungle (a piece of work), okukubirira emimiro, to make a clicking sound in the throat (to express disappointment or an unpleasant surprise). Ekyazze, okubirira kijja. (prov.) lit. (The animal, ekisolo implied) which has come, it comes (although) you try to drive it away. One cannot alter destiny.

(la) kind of tiny insect found on stagnant water in banana gardens.

v.i. run noisily/awkwardly (like a child).

little, next to nothing. Yazimba akayumba katono mpawekazira. He built a tiny little house. Ekiseera kyayita mpawekazira. A very short period time passed, abagoberezi mpawebazira, a very few followers (note the replacement of ka by ba).

tiny.

tiny, minute; insignificant, unimportant, cf. akatiiriitu.

very small.

tiny; young (esp. of bananas), cf. akanyaala, omunyaala.

very small.