n., omuddo; pi. ebirungu.

v., okukoola, okukandula.

zise.

o- (bu/-) kind of weed which spreads rapidly and is difficult to eradicate, oku- simba obwanda or okutuula obwanda, to take up permanent abode, stay for good.

enkumu, omuteeko, ebbenga, emmiino, engululu. dung h., olubungo. h. of weeds, ekirungu. h. of dirt, entuumo.

a- (ka/bu) kind of wild plant/weed, kukooza kagiri (often with the subject ennaku), to cause to suffer greatly, lit. cause to pluck off kagiri. Yankooza kagiri. He made me suffer greatly. Ennaku y'ensi ebakooza kagiri. They are having very hard times.

the leaves of which are used for polishing and cleaning and also for putting on sores and wounds.

of weeds); become exhausted (of land, soil); become old/decrepit (of persons, animals); walk hurriedly.

e- (ki/bi) weed.

e- (ki/bi) kind of creeping grass/weed. cf. ^landa, ennanda.

e- (ki/bi) usually plur. ebirungu weeds.

e- (ki/bi) overgrown patch of weeds; area under stubble, cf. sambula.

sea monster, monster of the deep; whale; kind of weed.

o- (lu/n) kind of weed. Its flowers, dried and powdered, are used in making snuff.

o- (lu/n) lit. it is pleasing to goats, a kind of weed, common in newly- dug earth, which is eaten by goats, cf. wooma, woomera, embuzi.

a- plur. (li/ma) leaves, foliage; period/time for weeding.

clear away, cut down (undergrowth, weeds, grass, etc.). okusaawa oluyi, to slap, okusaawa engere, to walk (often with the idea of quickly and for some distance).

Bidens leucantha.

nzitizza) v.tr. caus. clear (of weeds).

be overgrown, become full of weeds (of vegetation, lawns, etc.).

o- (mu/ba) one who lets his garden go unweeded; exterminator, devastator. cf. zika, nnamuzisa.

v.tr. uproot; weed out. Tugenda kukoola muddo mu luggya. We are going to weed the yard.

cf. Iggya.

v.tr. pull up (weeds); clear (land); rip off; tear away.

o- (mu/mi) iron weed, asterace- OUS shrub, Vernonia amygdalina. Its leaves have a medicinal value.

o- (mu/mi) grass, turf; weeds, cf. obuddo, akaddo.

ne wattira. (prov.) You cultivate a small area and it is well cared for. It is better to be successful in a small job than a failure in a big one.

weed; fig. backbite, slander.