e- no plur. (li/ma) ashes. Olwa Vvu, Ash Wednesday, kukuba vvu, to be scornful, scorn. Tonkubira vvu. Don't treat me scornfully. Omuvubuka yagudde ekigwo eggulo, kati vvu. The youth had a fall yesterday and now he is dead, lit. ashes. Oba tolina ky'oyogera nuuna ku vvu. Stop telling me that nonsense, lit. if you have nothing to say, suck on ashes, cf. kivuvu, oluvu.

e-: okukola ebya vvulugu, to do a

omufumbira ya bigere, mwenna ne mwenkanya evvumbe.

e- (li/ma) scar/crack on a defective gourd; malice, grudge, cf. vunda.

nzivunkanye) v.i. struggle, toil, make a great effort, cf. akavvunkano.

e- (li/ma) piece of earth, lump/ chunk of soil (turned up by a plow), cf. vuunika.

nzivuunuse) v.i. cross, go over (a hill); overcome, surmount (an obstacle, difficulty).

nzi vuunudde) v.tr. interpret; translate; explain, cf. omuvvuunuzi, enzivuunula.

e- (li/ma) fold, wrinkle (e.g., in clothing); fig. rancor. Nkyakulinako ewuunya. I still have a grudge against you/ a bad opinion of you.

e- (li/ma) kind of insect resembling a bee which eats holes in wood. cf. vuuvuuma.

akakongovvule.

akaloosa, e vvumbe, akawoowo, okuwunya.

evvu, omuyonga.

ekiwuka, empanga, essikissiki, evvuuvuumira.

a magumba, kovvu.

o- (bu/-) fatness, obesity; plumpness. cf. gejja, -gevvu.

o- (bu/-) thinness, leanness. cf. kogga.

o- (bu/-) lit. & fig- craziness, insanity, daftness, cf. eddogojjo, aka- logojjo, logojjana.

be lacking, lack; be at a loss for; lose. Yabulwa eky' okuddamu. He was at a loss for an answer. Nnali siyinza kubulwa ddoboozi lye. I could not be mistaken about/fail to recognize his voice. Bwe yamunoonya n'abulwa n' agenda. When he looked for him without success (lit. and he was missing) he went away. Omuntu bw'abulwa by'ayogera anuuna ne ku vvu. (prov.) When a person is at a loss for words he even sucks on ashes. (This is said of a person who talks for the sake of talking).

e- (ki/bi) fool. cf. twagga. kitwekankima, e- (ki/bi) kind of tree, Conopharyngia holstii. kityi, e- (ki/bi) coward, cf. tya, ^omuti. kiviiri, e- (ki/bi) ekiviiri ekigule, wig.

okukangavvula.

ekisirinza; pile of c., ekittavvu.

obugevvu, obunene, ama fondogolo.

gevvu, nene; vide di byoto, omuwaladdume, ssebinaagina, ssekimpanika; become c., okugejja, okusembeesa ebbuto, okusunguka olubuto.

v.tr., okulongoosa, okutuusa; (punish) okukangavvula.

okusikaasikanya, okukavvula, okugajambula, okubwe bwena, okukaanyuula, okukenyula, okumunkula, okumunkunya, okusontera.

n., ekivvulu.

obukovvu.

okutegeeza, okunnyonnyoIa, okuttottola, okuvvuunula; (a dream) okulootolola.

adj., gevvu; (animals) sava, a ssava; vide omugo, nyeefu, agaa gavu, bikokye, bigoto; be very f., okufeeta, okugonnomoka, okw agaagala; grow f., okugejja, okunyeeta, okutinduuka; (animals) okusaatawala, okusavuwala.

akagugumunsi, akasanke, aka seese, kunguvvu, nnakinsige, ende geya.

kovvu.

okukavvula, okwevuubiika, okufenkenya,

okukyusa, okuduuma, okutegeeza, okugerula, okuvvuunula, (dream) okulootolola.

omuvvuunuzi, omuduumi.

a- (ka/bu) ankle.

chastise; discipline, correct; deal harshly with.

a- (ka/bu) large amount; large quantity, akawu k'ensimbi, a great deal of money.

eat ravenously.

a- (ka/bu) confusion, confused state, muddle, cf. vvunkana.

e- (ki/bi) place for depositing ashes; pile of ashes/cinders, lit. that which kills (tta) ashes (wu).

with the -a of rel. grayish. Yali ayambadde ekkooti ya kivuvvu. He had put on a grayish-colored coat. cf. evvu.

e- (ki/bi) parade; demonstration; rally; display.

rare prune. See kongojjola.

kovvu; vide kawalucocco, omutaatiira (gw'omusajja).

adj., kovvu; become l., okukogga; make l., okukozza.

obukovvu.

o- (lu/n) from evvu, ashes, q.v. omunnyu gw'oluvu Iw'obuwata bw'amatooke, salt (extracted) from ashes of plantain peels (used in making soap).

eddalu, obulalu, obulogovvu, akabango, akazoolezoole.

adj., kulu, gevvu.

vvubufu(persons).

okugombya, okuvvuunula obubi.

e- adv. emivvuunuko w'olusozi, over/beyond the hill. cf. vvuunuka.

e- (n/n) large mallet for the second beating of barkcloth; flail, heavy stick used to separate grains from husks, cf. 'vvuula. See ensaasi.

e- (n/n) far side/other side of a hill, enzivuunuko w'olusozi, the other side of the hill. cf. vvuunuka.

e- (n/n) manner/way of translating; translation, cf. vvuunula. nzizi, e- plur. of oluzzi, q.v. nziziiri, e- (n/n) a kind of black beetle found near bodies of water, cf. obuziziiri.

gevvu.

akaloosa, evvumbe, olusu, akasilkiro, olukulukumbo, ekkalalume.

kalifuwa, akaloosa, evvumbe, akaleekereeke, e ddekende.

gevvu, a katundwe.

obugevvu.

v., okukangavvula, okubo nyabbonya, okubonereza.

evvumbe, olusu, ensa, eddekende, ekinogezi, ekisomerezi;

lebevu, langa vvu, jenjeevu; (lazy) gayaavu; get s., okulebera, okulangaala, okujenjeba, okuddirira, okukennemba.

ekke, evvumbe, akaloosa; (of body) olusu, olwayo; vide edduge, akasiikiro.

adj. (thin), kovvu, tono; have s. time, okweteesa, okwessa.

gevvu; vide lubasi; get s., okugejja.

obugevvu, ebbuto.

okuvvuunuka.

kovvu, a lutitti; vide oluyongo yongo; (of paper) abiirivu. become t., okukogga, okukenena, okugejulukuka, okugoogomba, okukondoba, okukundugga, okusoosootoka. be t., okwabirira. to t. out (seedlings), okwabiza.