ensi.

a nsi.

e- (1 i/ma) place of the lost, place from which there is no return. Ensi eno mabuliro. The world is a desolate place. It is a hard world, cf. bula.

full of food; be self-centered, live in one's own little world.

e- (n/n) [Sw., dr.] world.

lit. became unmarriage able in the yard (of her parents). Ensi endibiridde. The whole world looks gloomy to me.

a- (ka/bu) small horn, akagombe ak'enkomerero, the last trumpet (at the end of the world), cf. ennombe.

the world of the dead, kuggya kkuzimu, to rescue from dire straits; to save from death/ great illness, cf. omuzimu.

o- plur. amatu (ku/ma) ear. okumalira amatu wansi, to be sound asleep, be dead to the world, okukuba amatu or okukubaakuba amatu, to become convalescent, kugwa mabeere mu matu, to have a disease of the ear (believed to be caused by the spilling of mother's milk into the ear); to be obsti- nate/stubborn/pigheaded (esp. of children). okutega amatu, to listen attentively. Amatu agataddemu ebisubi. He is deliberately inattentive/refuses to listen, lit. has placed grass in his ears.

a- (li/ma) the place of the dead; the other world; hell, as an adv. emagombe. okukkirira emagombe, to die, lit. to go down to magombe. okusumattuka amagombe, to be sick and almost die.

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) earth; land; country, nation; world, cf. obunnansi, akasi, ekinnansi, i omunnansi, -nnansi, wansi.

importance, etc. olutindo ssematindo, a huge bridge, ekisobyo ssemasobyo, a great blunder, olutalo ssematalo, a terrific battle/war; world war.

hurl; throw down; overthrow (a government); throw back; knock over; let fall, drop; lose; outdistance, leave behind, okusuulawo ebigambo, to say a few words, abantu abaasooka okwagalana okusuula enjuba, people who at first liked each other very much/extremely, abo bonna abamusudde omukono, all those who have helped him/given him a hand. Yagaana okusuulawo akagambo konna. He refused to give the slightest hint. Sitaani ensi eno ajja kugisuula wala. Satan is going to destroy this world.

e- no plur. (n/n) place of departed souls, world of the dead, underworld, okukkirira ewa Walumbe e Ttanda, to go down to the place of Walumbe in Ttanda, i.e., to die.

Walumbe y akigaba. (prov.) lit. That which upon dying you have not given away, Walumbe gives it away. You can't take it with you. Walumbe amuttutte e Ttanda. He has died, lit. Walumbe has taken him to Ttanda (the place of the dead). cf. olumbe.

v.i. be somber/ gloomy; be cold/unresponsive/indifferent. Amawulire gano gankuba wala era n ensi yonna n'enzinzibalira. This news disturbed me very much and the whole world seemed gloomy to me.

(la) major war; world war. cf. olutalo.

improve, okubennanya ng'olutta ow'etlulu, to be simple, be a snap (like killing a one-eyed man). Ttiimu ya Ssemakula bwe yazze ewaffe okuzannya omupiira okugigoba twabennanyizza bubennanya. When Ssemakula's team came to our place, it was the easiest thing in the world to beat them. Essomero libennanya bubennanya amagezi g'omuntu. School just sharpens a person's wits.

o- (mu/ba) war veteran. The Ugandans who took part in World War 2 belonged to the 7th Army. The number ‘seven' used to appear on the sleeves of their uniforms, cf. sevena.

o- (mu/ba) a priest of the native religion, one who is able to communicate with the lubaales (native deities) and the world of spirits and thereby predict the future and produce other paranormal phenomena. cf. lubaale.

be dropped; escape, kusumattuka magombe, to be ill and narrowly escape death, lit. to escape from the world of the dead, kulya ng'eyasumattuka Kkunsa, to eat a great deal, lit. like the one who escaped from Kkunsa (a very cruel executioner).

obuzibu obutawaa- nya ennyo ensi yonna mu kaco kano, difficulties which are preoccupying the entire world at the present time. cf. akatawaano, omutawaana.