n., ekyapa; (emblem) ekifaananyi;(kind) engeri.

e- (li/ma) spot; stain; color; mark, brand; birthmark; type, kind, engo y'ama- bala, a spotted leopard, kuggya muntu mu bbala, to alter/damage the appearance of a person (of disease, extreme poverty, etc.) cf. ebibalabala, akabalabala, ekibala, 4mbala.

amenvu ga bbogoya, bananas of the aforementioned type.

e- (li/ma) type of insect resembling a grasshopper which lives on the young shoots of the plantain. Also called nnabangogoma.

e- (li/ma) type of bitter green which produces white flowers. Okalya dda kadda dda, ejjobyo liddira mu mutwe, (prov.) lit. You eat it now, it comes back afterwards, the jjobyo comes back to the head (by producing gray hair). What you do now produces consequences later.

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

a- (ka/bu) kind of small rattle (esp. of the type placed on the legs of small children who are learning to walk), cf. endege.

a- (ka/bu) type of stepladder used in picking coffee or in constructing a house.

a- (ka/bu) infatuation, intense (but often short-lived) interest or enthusiasm; eagerness, ow'akatinko, a doting type of person, cf. tinka.

a- (ka/bu) kind of very bitter wild fruit of the ntula type.

e- (ki/bi) spot, stain; type, kind; species, cf. ebbala.

e- (ki/bi) type of basket made of papyrus, palm leaves or osiers and lined with the stems of plantain leaves, in the plur. baskets; food, meal, okuba mu bibbo, to be eating. Atulinnyidde mu bibbo. He has interrupted our meal/eating, cf. akabbo, olubbobbo, enzibo.

e- (ki/bi) clan; family; type, kind; form. t or sub-divisions of the clan see ~essiga, omutuba and olunyiriri.

e* (ki/bi) form, structure, build; stature; make-up, appearance; type, kind. cf. kula, ^enkula.

e- (ki/bi) kind, type. Olukiiko lwa Bungereza n'endala ez'ekinywi ekyo, the Parliament of England and others of this type.

e- (ki/bi) reed fence; fence (in general); chief's inclosure/compound; inclosure made of reeds for washing or for use as an outhouse. Types of fencing include: kigombe, crosswise in diamond shapes; kya kasiira, upright and close together; kya nnakabanda, grouped in columns. (Sn., LeV.)

e- (ki/bi) rough bark (the first to be taken off of the barkcloth treej used for burials and other purposes which do not require a finer type of cloth).

e- (ki/bi) category, type, kind, classification.

e- (ki/bi) coarse mat made of plantain or papyrus fibers. This is one of the oldest type of mats known among the Baganda. cf. oluwempe.

e- (ki/bi) [5a'., Pers.~\ print, type; printing press; printing establishment; road sign; poster; patch, ekyapa ky'ettaka, land title, ebyapa by'emmotoka, number plates of a car. kuwandiika mu kyapa, to print / as opposed to writing with normal handwriting). kukuba byapa, to patch up clothing; to repair a tire; to survey land. Lipoota eyo teyakubibwa mu kyapa. This report was not printed/published, cf. akaapa.

e- with the -a of rel. self-sown; wild (of plants). Emmere eno baagisanga mu bibira kuba ya kyemeza. They found this (type of) food in the forests (growing) wild. cf. mera.

a- piur. (ii/ma) illness ol children thought to be caused by specific types of adulterous behavior by either of the parents. cf. kansira.

e- (n/n) kind; type; sort; appearance. cf. ebbala, ^ekibala.

o- (mu/mi) beer made from the juice of a special type of banana (such as mbidde, gonja or kisubi) and fermented with sorghum; beer (in general); liquor, intoxicating drink. cf. obwenge, ebyenge, Ssegamwenge, otwenge.

o- with the -a of rel. loose (of grains of coffee, etc.); unstrung (of the type of coins which had holes in the middle). emmwanyi ez'omwera, loose grains of coffee. ensimbi ez'omwera, unstrung coins.

etc. okunaabira mu maaso, to wash one's hands of. Mw. Katende muzibu, mwannyina amunaabidde mu maaso, era amugobye. Mr. Katende is a harsh person; he has washed his hands of his sister and has sent her away. Balina emyenge egya buli kika ne batuuka n'okuginaabiramu ebigere. They have beers of every type in great abundance, lit. they even wash their feet in it.

e- (n/n) type of narcotic, bhang. See enjaga.

e- (n/n) tall forest tree, Lovoa brownii, yielding a timber resembling walnut. Its trade name is Uganda Walnut. The wood is used extensively for various types of construction.

cf. ekisugga, ensugga.

the commonest type in Buddu.

comparable with Eve in that she brought death into the world. She was the daughter of Ggulu (Heaven), the sister of Walumbe (death) and the wifeof Kintu (the first man), nnambi, as a common noun (la), is a type of beer plantain.

e- (n/n) type of dark green leaves used as a vegetable, bitter but extremely tasty, cf. ekisugga, nnakasugga.

e- (n/n) tarboosh, a type of hat or cap similar to the fez worn by muslims

e- (n/n) type of drum used at royal ceremonies; type of drumbeat, cf. omu- tenga.

e- (n/n) type of fruit resembling an eggplant; testicles, synonym enjagi, q.v. Yatunyumiza entuula obugenyi. He told us a lot of nonsense, cf. omutula.

e- (n/n) with the -a of rel. short (formerly only of barkcloth clothing but note of other types of clothes), obuteeteeyi obw'entundu, short skirts, mini-skirts. cf. ekitundu.

e- (n/n & li/ma) CSto.] lantern; lamp, ettaala ey'amasannyalaze, electric light, ettaala ey'omukono, portable lantern, lantern of the type which can be carried from place to place, ettaala z'oku nguudo, street lights, cf. akataala, ekitaala; ettabaaza.

ye- and yo- differ from other verbs in that their infinitives cannot be predicted from the stem. Some verbs retain the initial y-; the remainder drop it and the ku- of the infinitive is replaced by kw-, e.g., yamba, kuyamba; yagala, kwagala; yenga, kuyenga; yera, kwera; yomba, kuyomba; yokya, kwokya. For verbs of the above type the infinitive is listed immediately after the simple form.

of a pregnant woman to various types of food).

o- (mu/ba) one who plays the ntenga, a type of drum, q.v.

strong cloth.

o- (mu/mi) stem/stalk of a plantain tree; type of necklace made from the flowering stem of the plantain; collar; one afflicted with congenital paralysis (of the spine); yoke (of oxen); pair, couple, omugogo gw'engatto, a pair of shoes, okulwanirira ettooke nga likyali ku mugogo, to fight over a bunch of plantains which is still on the stalk; i.e., to count ones chickens before they are hatched, cf. ggogolo, eki go go, olugogo.

of the type produced by the bells on the anklets of Basoga dancers).

with the -a of rel. descriptive of a type of pattern in the binding line of ceiling reeds.

(la) woman who has very recently given birth to a child; type of plantain. cf. omuwere.

plur. bundiizi kind of small yellow banana which is eaten ripe (as opposed to other types which are employed for making beer).

o- (mu/mi) period from November to December when the nseenene (type of grasshoppers) appear.

plur. kabuuti or zi kabuuti (n/n) long heavy coat (esp. of the type worn by the night watchmen).

(la) type of plant with small yellow flowers and grayish-green leaves; with cop. the nameof a lubaale; a common given name for women; the name of one of the hills of Kampala on which the Anglican Cathedral is located.

o- (mu/mi) the type of noise produced by the tramping of feet, the firing of a gun, the detonation of explosives; thumping; (the sound of) footsteps, emi- sinde is also used as an adverb with the meaning very fast, at great speed, okuta emisinde, okudduka emisinde, okusiikuula emisinde, okutyekula emisinde, all of which mean to move at a great speed. cf. leki sinde.

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.

fix up. Nkanika ebidduka ebya buli ngeri. I give mechanical treatment to vehicles of every type. cf. makanika.

o- (mu/mi) fold; layer; sheet; page; type; kind, omuko gw'amalagala, a cutting or slip of the sweet-potato vine used for replanting, cf. oluko.

e.g., yogera, speak (imperative); okwogera, to speak (infinitive). Verbs of this type are alphabetized under y- rather than o-.

food of every type, mu ngeri eno, in this way. mu ngeri y'emu, in the same way. ngeri is extensively used in the formation of phrases corresponding to English adverbs, mu ngeri ey'okusaaga, jokingly, in a joking way. mu ngeri ey'amaanyi, forcefully, with great force.

e- (n/n) type of drumming/drum beats.

o- (mu/mi) kind of fishing basket with which to trap fish. Ssemuto w'attira eggege w'azza omuya. (prov.) The youth brings back his fishing basket to the place where he caught a large ngege (type of fish).

no plur. (la) type of mat constructed with large strips of palm leaves

o- plur. emyungu (mu/mi) a type of vegetable which resembles squash or cucumbers. It is eaten cooked. Ebiyigibwa yalyanga mungu buteesokoola. He did not have the slightest difficulties with his studies, lit. he ate mungu without having to pick his teeth.

okukuba tayipu, to type, operate a typewriter.

Sw. ] unbleached calico, type of glossy, hard cloth. The variant amerikaani is archaic.

e.g., yera, sweep (imperative); okwera, to sweep (infinitive). Verbs of this type are listed under y- rather than e-. Reflexive verbs with the initial e- are listed immediately under their non-reflexive counterparts: esamba, kick oneself, is contained in the entry for samba, kick. Reflexive verbs which do not have non-reflexive counterparts are alphabetized on the basis of their second letter: -ebaka, sleep, is listed under b.