n., ensonda, akasassa, akadondi, akasongezo, ettutu; (gift) ekirabo.

okwewuiiga, okukairwuula, okuwawakgula, okwekaawa, okujenga.

tamiivu; get t., okutamiira.

stand on, okukangalala; walk on t., okutambuza obunkenke.

etc.; make consider, bazaamu, multiply.

vide tipple.

o- adv. softly, quietly; stealthily, surreptitiously; on tiptoe.

o- noun used as adv. on tiptoe, okutambuza obunkenke, to walk on tiptoe, okubeera ku bunkenke, to be on one's toes, be ready for action. Akulira oludda olu- tambuliza Gavumenti ku bunkenke. He is the head of the party which keeps the Government on its toes (i.e., the opposition party).

o- adv. like (the game of) mweso. Ate n'ebyafaayo abimanyi bweso. And as for history, he knows that ‘cold'/to the tips of his fingers, cf. omweso.

ssigga, kasikisa.

be, okuzibikira, okuziyira.

ekiziyiro, obuteeyabya.

to place the palms together; to loaf around, do nothing. Tolikula oliwumba mmindi. You will never grow tip, lit. you will grow up molding clay pipes.

e- (li/ma) spear; spear tip. cf. fumila, fumuggula, akafumu, ekifumu.

sag, tip; bend; move/walk in a sluggish manner.

for which see the grammars. One usage which presents serious difficulties to the users of the dictionary must be mentioned here. ka- is the prefix for singular nouns of the ka/bu class. This class contains not only nouns proper to it, but in addition most other nouns can be converted to this class; in the latter case the resultant noun is a diminutive. In many cases sound changes obscure the relationship between the original noun and the diminutive: ente, cow; akate, small cow. ejjinja, rock; akayinja, stone, endabirwamu, mirror; akalabirwamu, small mirror.

e- (ka/bu) young locust. is an artist (painter) down to his fingertips. Yamukwata mu bwala. He shook hands with him. Abaserikale babagombyemu obwala. The soldiers have apprehended them. cf. ^olwala.

a- plur. obwala (ka/bu) small nail/ talon. Musiizi wa bifaananyi n'akaala. He is an artist down to his finger tips

e- (ka/bu) point, tip; small spool, akadondi k'ewuzi, a small spool of thread. cf. ekidondi.

a- (ka/bu) top of a tree; tip of a branch; branch top. cf. essanso.

a- (ka/bu) gift from a suitor to parents of the intended bride; token of thanks, gift of appreciation; reward, gratuity, tip. cf. siima.

a- (ka/bu) extremity; tip; point; pointed end; pointed tooth, canine tooth, obusongezo bw'engalo, the finger tips. cf. songa.

e- (ki/bi) point, tip; spool, ekidondi ky' ewuzi, a spool of thread, cf. akadondi.

e- (ki/bi) tip of a blade of ssenke grass, cf. ettutu.

e- (ki/bi) blockage; congestion; suffocation; constipation, ekiziyiro mu buta- ssa, asphyxia, interruption of breathing, kufa kiziyiro, to be overcome by the lack of fresh air; to die from lack of air. cf. ziyira.

okuluka; k. one's brows, okwetippa.

v., okutunga; l. self tightly, okwetippa.

e- plur. bissigga (la) kind of reddish- brown centipede. To see one is a bad omen signifying that someone will die.

v.i., okuyimirira. s. up, okugolokoka, okuyimuka. s. fast, okunywera, okugumiikiriza. s. on head, okwefuula, okwesimba nnakakongo, okusimba omutwe, okwevuunika. s. on tiptoe, okukangalala.

v., okuwunya obubi, okucuuma; cause to s., okucuncumula. stipend, omusaala.

okulagaana; s. for, okulemera.

v.tr., okwoza; v.i., vide tipple,

etc. okutambulira ku bu- nkenke, to walk on tiptoe, okutambulira omuntu, lit. to travel around because of somebody, i.e., to obtain magic formulae, medicines, potions, etc., and use them to hex a person, to bend him to one's will or do him bodily harm.

ebbinika ya caayi, ttipoota.

v., okusiba, okulijja, okumiimuula, okutugga, okugongola, okuyimba. t. a knot, okufundikira. t. tightly, okumyumyula, okutippa.

e- (n/n) feng.] teapot.

e- (li/ma) tip of ssenke grass (very sharp, like a thorn), cf. ekitutu.

proliferate, multiply, v.tr. (rare) disown.

(la) kind of centipede.

v.i. be impeded/blocked/ prevented; be encumbered; be congested/ crowded; be constipated; be dark/impenetrable (to vision).

o- (mu/mi) tip; blade (of a sword, knife, etc.). omasa gw'ekitala, the blade of a sword.

ekikere kyayaza ennyama ku mutwe. (prov.) That which is inedible does not fail to become more abundant, the the frog has more flesh on the head (than elsewhere). Perhaps = the best things are the least abundant. okwala inf.

v.tr. caus. multiply; cause to increase/spread; increase/spread by means of/with.

be cocky; be self-confident.

o- (mu/mi) time, occasion; kind, type, category, mulundi gumu, once, emi- rundi mingi, often, emirundi egimu, sometimes. emirundi, multiplication table, ku mulundi guli, on the last occasion, the last time.

v.tr. tie tightly; hold tightly.

n., okubala emirundi.

(ka/bu) onomat. motorboat.

v.tr., okubala emirundi.

feel at ease; snap, break, burst; relieve oneself, obuteyabya, constipation.

tighten up the muscles (e.g., before receiving an injection). amagezi ne gannetippa, and 1 was at a loss/my wits failed me. cf. -etippu.

cf. tippa.