n., olugendo olutono.

v.i., okwesittala.

v.tr., okwesi ttaza, okusiba enkalu, okusiba akakaayi, okusiba ekkoligo.

enkandaggo.

be worth it, leave no regrets. Olugendo lwonna lugenduse. The whole trip has been worthwhile.

e- (li/ma) long voyage/trip, kukuba ggendo, to take a long trip. cf. genda.

a- (ka/bu) striped grass-rat; foul smell, body odor.

a-: okusiba akakaayi, to trip up in wrestling.

a- (ka/bu) strip/fiber obtained from the banana leaf (used esp. in making baskets ).

a- (ka/bu) stalk of ntula, njagi, q.v.; small cob of corn/maize (stripped of the grains), cf. ekikongoliro, kongola.

a- (ka/bu) small corridor/passage; small stripe, cf. ekikuubo, ekkuubo, olu- kuubo.

a- (ka/bu) small strip; small layer; string of a musical instrument; shoelace; fringe; shred, cf. olulere.

a- (ka/bu) small valley. Sijja ku- menya kawonvu na kagga ku ntambula yange, i will not gp into details about my trip, lit. I will not mention the little valley and the little river, cf. ekiwonvu.

a- (ka/bu) a kind of bean which resembles a lima bean but is much smaller, butter bean. Abantu ba kuno baamutwala teyeesibidde na kayindi. The people here sent him packing or (in a political context) they threw him out of office, lit. took him, he did not tie up beans for himself. (Formerly travelers used to take beans of this sort with them on long trips. The person referred to in the example left so quickly that he could not make the usual preparation.)

e- (ki/bi) stripe, streak; strand (in plaiting).

e- (ki/bi) strip of wood; chip of wood: SDlinter. shaving, cf. baiia. olu- bajjo.

difficulty, ‘hitch.' Eby'ol ugendo Iwange byajjamu kigoyeweezinge. A problem developed about my trip. Ebintu byajjamu kigoyeweezinge. Things did not work out very well. Complications developed.

e- (ki/bi) trip, fall; throw in wrestling; wrestling; wrestling match, kukuba kigwo. to throw (in wrestling), kukwata kigwo, to wrestle, omukubi w'ekigwo, wrestler. Ngudde kigwo. I have fallen/tripped, kugwa kigwo, to be wasted/squandered. Essente ze nnawaayo okusomesa omwana oyo zaagwa kigwo. The money I spent to educate that child was utterly wasted, cf. gwa.

e- (ki/bi) large passage/corridor; large stripe, olugoye olw'ebikuubo, striped garment, cf. akakuubo, ekkuubo, olukuubo.

e- (ki/bi) strip of cloth or piantain bark used as a patch, ekipaapi ky'ekibatu, palm of the hand (esp. One larger than the usual size).

e- (ki/bi) dormitory; place of stay, ekisulo ky'abagenyi, hostel, lodging place. Baatambula olugendo lwa bisulo bibiri. They made a trip which required stopovers for two nights, cf. sula.

e- (li/ma) yoke; trip (in wrestling). kukuba kkoligo, to trip/throw (an opponent in wrestling), cf. ekikoligo.

e- (li/ma) passage, corridor; large stripe. ,cf. akakuubo, ekikuubo, olukuubo.

e- (ekkwiiri in Buddu): kusimba kkuuli, to tackle/trip (in soccer).

nnamaze) v.i. make a pilgrimage; journey, go on a long trip. cf. ekiramago, omulamazi.

nnambudde) v.tr. call on, visit; tour; inspect (during the course of an official trip), eby'okulambula, tourism.

ndizze) v.tr. tie, tie up; fasten, okulijja ekigwo, to trip, throw to the ground.

trip (in wrestling and in the game of nziga). Yandippiramu enkalu. He tripped me/gave me a fall.

o- with the -a of rel. striped, ente eya lubombwe, a striped cow.

o- plur. ennendo (lu/n) trip, voyage, journey, cf. genda.

o- plur. empya (lu/n) yard; courtyard. -a kiyita mu luggya, short, brief; temporary, not permanent, lit. passing through the courtyard. Olugendo lwe luno lujja kuba lwa kuyita mu luggya. This trip of his will be a very brief one. Omukulu takulira mpya bbiri. (prov.) A chief is not a chief of two compounds. Even those with great authority have limitations.

o- (lu/n) long corridor/passage; stripe; streak, kukuba luguudo (mu mutwe), to part one's hair, put a part in one's hair. cf. akakuubo, ekikuubo, ekkuubo.

o- (lu/n) the damaging/ruining of plantain trees by stripping off most of the leaves; the tendency to beat/bully other people. Alina olukuunya. Heisabully. cf. kuunya.

o- plur. endere (lu/n) string (of a musical instrument); thong; long, thin strip; bootlace, cf. lakalere.

o- (lu/n) strip of bark from the barkcloth tree. cf. omutuba.

o- plur. empande (lu/h) piece; portion; strip; strip of cloth.

o- plur. empenda (lu/n) path; border strip between two pieces of land; way, means, method; plan; opportunity, okutema empenda, to devise means, draw up a plan.

o- plur. empero (lu/n) top board/ strip of canoe.

o- plur. enjaliiro (lu/n) banana leaf in which bananas are wrapped before cooking; strips of banana stems laid in the area where bananas are crushed into juice. cf. 2yala, yaliira.

o- plur. enneebagyo (lu/n) sash, strip of cloth used as a belt. It is now considered rather old-fashioned, cf. baga, -ebaga.

a- plur. (li/ma) return, return trip. as an adv. on the way back, amagenda n'amadda, round trip. cf. ^dda.

a- (li/ma) ente ey'amagabo, a cow marked with lateral stripes.

e- (n/n) kind of small rodent with longitudinal stripes and a very unpleasant smell.

e- (n/n) dog. Yadduka za mbwa. He ran very fast. Ekika ky'Embwa, the Dog Clan, kusanga mbwa, to have miserable luck; to go on a trip and fail in one's objective, lit. to meet a dog (on the way, a bad omen), cf. obubwa, akabwa, ^olubwa, Wambwa.

etc. Bannange lubamenyedde busa. My friends, you have come here in vain (-lu- implies lugendo, trip).

o- (mu/mi) sneeze; bad omen (it is considered bad luck to sneeze at the beginning of a trip or on undertaking a new enterprise). okutema omwasi, to sneeze. Ya- vuddemu omwasi. He (finally) said something. He (finally) made a statement. Ba- nkuulamu omwasi. They got a response from me. They got a reaction out of me. cf. yasimula.

e- (n/n) Kiganda ladder in the form of a tripod used for stripping barkcloth from the tree; (any) ladder. Twagwisa bwenyi nga nkandaggo. We met each other at such close quarters that we almost bumped into each other. Ebigambo byamala okulinnya ku nkandaggo. Matters had already reached a climax.

pied wagtail, ekijanjaalo ekya nnamunye, kind of bean, so called because its black and white stripes are suggestive of the bird.

e- (n/n) striped hyena.

e- omutuba ogw'enterere, barkcloth tree too young to be stripped.

e- also entontogolo (n/n) fruit of trees of the genus Ficus, (juweddeko entontogolo, ennyonyi ziyita ku ttale. (prov.) tVhen (the tree) has been stripped of all its fruit, the birds pass on to (other) areas. Wealthy people receive many visitors; the poor, none. cf. ekitonto, omutonto.

e- plur. (n/n) strips of bark from the mu tuba tree.

e- (li/ma) large strip of cloth used as a patch; strip/plot of land. cf. eki- paapi.

trip.

trip.

stumble; slip.

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.

strike at; pierce; make stabbing movements at. oku- sokya omutuba, to strip a barkcloth tree. okusokya ekiso, to knife, okusokya omuntu, to nag, needle

bring together; collect (in several trips). Oyo y'asombye ebigambo. He is the one who has caused all the trouble. Asombye obulwadde. He is a carrier of a disease.

n., akayuuyo, ekipaapi, omutanda.

v.i. (undress), okwambula engoye.

v.tr. (harkcloth tree), okusubula, okuyimbula; (leaves) okumenyeza; (skin) okuyubula; (thatch) okusereekulula; (grain of maize) okukongola; (rib of plantain leaf) okuyubuluza.

n., ekiwuuga; (weal) omuzizi.

a lubombwe, a luyina, a magabo.

omuvubuka.

miss out on (with the Luganda subject corresponding to the English object and vice versa). Olugendo lunsubye. I have missed out on the trip, ebikulu bingi ebitasaanye kukusuba, many important things which you should not miss.

strip off (bark from. a tree); peel (skin); skin, flay. cf. nnasubula.

disentangle; straighten out. okutandulula ku ki- gere, to start going, start on a trip, n'ata- ndulula ku kigere mu ssaawa ez'akawungee- zi n'agenda mu kibuga, and he started out in the evening hours and went to the town. cf. lambulula.

strain; set fa trap, omutego); trap; trip (in football), okutega emikono, to stretch out the hands (with palms open to receive something), okutega amatu, to perk up the ears, listen attentively, okutega amannyo, to look foolish, laugh foolishly.

to take apart/strip the layers of the stem of a banana/plantain tree and lay them out in an orderly manner.