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Bibliography

Fieldwork sources

Azaalwa, Jacqueline, et al. ―K 1: Omuntu ni ki?‖ (Transl.); ―Act 1: What is a person?‖

Mak-NUFU Folklore Linkage Project in Busoga, 2007-2012. Nsinze Seed School riddle

event. Nsinze. 21Aug 2009. Performance. Audio-visual.

---. ―K 111: … .‖ (Transl.); ―Act 111: …‖ Mak-NUFU Folklore Linkage Project in Busoga,

2007-2012. Edhikolyoka riddle event. Nsinze. 21 Aug 2009. Performance.

Audio-visual.

---. ―K 2: Omufu agenza omulamu.‖ (Transl.); ―Act 2: The dead who tends the living.‖


event. Nsinze. 21 Aug 2009. Performance. Audio-visual.

---. ―K 25: Oyandhaire agaala osaba ki?‖ (Transl.); ―Act 25: You‘ve spread your large fingers

what do you want?‖ Mak-NUFU Folklore Linkage Project in Busoga, 2007-2012.

Nsinze Seed School riddle event. Nsinze. 21 Aug 2009. Performance. Audio-visual.

---. ―K 3: Omukaire ow‘empisa embi.‖ (Transl.); ―Act 3: An older person with bad manners.‖



---. ―K 39: Ndine ibulangiti lyange aye bwe ndyooza tilikala.‖ (Transl.); ―Act 39: I have my

blanket but when I wash it does not get dry.‖ Mak-NUFU Folklore Research Project in

Busoga Nsinze Seed School riddle event. Nsinze. 21 Aug 2009. Performance.

Audio-visual.

---. ―K 4: Amagezi amangi.‖ (Transl.); ―Act 4: Much wisdom.‖ Mak-NUFU Folklore Linkage

Project in Busoga, 2007-2012. Nsinze Seed School riddle event. Nsinze. 21 Aug 2009.

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Performance. Audio-visual.

---. ―K 45: Maama ankubye naamusooka ku poliisi.‖ (Transl.); ―Act 45: Mother has beaten me

and I have got to police ahead of her.‖ Mak-NUFU Folklore Linkage Project in Busoga,

2007-2012. Nsinze Seed School riddle event. Nsinze. 21 Aug 2009. Performance.

Audio-visual.

---. ―K 47: Bbo!‖ (Transl.); ―Act 47: Bbo!‖ Mak-NUFU Folklore Linkage Project in Busoga,


Audio-visual.

---. ―K 48: Kantu katono kazira mani kalya eisubi.‖ (Transl.); ―Act 48: It is a small thing it has

no liver it eats grass.‖ Mak-NUFU Folklore Linkage Project in Busoga, 2007-2012.


---. ―K 5: Kyotasinga kwenda ku mubiri gwo.‖ (Transl.); ―Act 5: What you most hate on your

body.‖ Mak-NUFU Folklore Linkage Project in Busoga, 2007-2012. Nsinze Seed

School riddle event. Nsinze. 21 Aug 2009. Performance. Audio-visual.

---. ―K 52: Maama agabeele!‖ (Transl.); ―Act 52: Oh my/dear huge breast!‖ Mak-NUFU

Folklore Linkage Project in Busoga, 2007-2012. Nsinze Seed School riddle event.

Nsinze. 21 Aug 2009. Performance. Audio-visual.

---. ―K 55: Madiina munhaga.‖ (Transl.); ―Act 55: Madiina is dirty.‖ Mak-NUFU Folklore

Linkage Project in Busoga, 2007-2012. Nsinze Seed School riddle event. Nsinze.

21 Aug 2009. Performance. Audio-visual.

---. ―K 74: Kapinini kapiso.‖ (Transl.); ―Act 74: Snippet small needle.‖ Mak-NUFU Folklore



---. ―K 77: Omuko ni Katonda aani asinga kitiibwa?‖ (Transl.); ―Act 77: A son-in-law and God

who is most dignified?‖ Mak-NUFU Folklore Linkage Project in Busoga, 2007-2012.

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Baamugha, Erizaafaani Piisoni, et al. ―K 104: <<eky‘ole omaze okighandiika?>> .‖ (Transl.);

―Act 104: <<Have you finished writing that of the other one? >> Mak-NUFU Folklore



---. ―K 105: Nanti nkalu yazimba ku nanti mbisi.‖ (Transl.); ―Act 105: Miss Dry Stick built on

Miss Wet SticK ‖ Mak-NUFU Folklore Research Project in Busoga Nsinze Seed School

riddle event. Nsinze. 21 Aug 2009. Performance. Audio-visual.

---. ―K 109: Ge [y]ania ge yebwika.‖ (Transl.); ―Act 109: What he defecated is what he used to

cover himself.‖ Mak-NUFU Folklore Linkage Project in Busoga, 2007-2012.


---. ―K 27: Ngya kaanningiriire ndira kaanningiriire.‖ (Transl.); ―Act 27: I go while he/she/it is

Looking at me I return while he/she/it is looking at me.‖ Mak-NUFU Folklore Research

Project in Busoga, 2007-2012 Nsinze Seed School riddle event. Nsinze. 21 Aug 2009.


---. ―K 28:Kw‘itale nkonhgo ni kw‘itale nkonhogo.‖ (Transl.); ―Act 28: It is sticks over there and

it is sticks over there.‖ Mak-NUFU Folklore Research Project in Busoga, 2007-2012.


---. ―K 71: Gwa mu lukonko obundaale.‖ (Transl.); ―Act 71: Fall in the trench and take cover.‖



---. ―K 73: Wowowowo!‖ (Transl.); ―Act 73: Wowowowo!‖ Mak-NUFU Folklore Linkage



---. ―K 76: Vundha akalume ghe kanaagwa.‖ (Transl.); ―Act 76: Pave where the male will fall.‖

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---. ―K 81: Agaakuba igulu gaabita gha?‖ (Transl.); ―Act 81: what beat Igulu (‗heaven‘) where

did it pass?‖ Mak-NUFU Folklore Linkage Project in Busoga, 2007-2012. Nsinze Seed


---. ―K 86: Bitambite.‖ (Transl.); ―Act 86: Pass and I pass.‖ Mak-NUFU Folklore Linkage



---. ―K 90: Ndini mukazi wange bwa agya ewaibwe aira ali nda .‖ (Transl.); ―Act 90: I have my

wife when she goes to theirs she returns pregnant.‖ Mak-NUFU Folklore Linkage



Babirye, Kadija, et al. ―K 164: Abaghala musanvu baaja okugherera enku.

Amaadhi gaagwa beigama mu gubaale… me bayemba, ‗Mudondo nantamera

ibeere.‘‖—Lugero. (Transl.); ―Act 164: Seven girls went to collect firewood. It rained

and they took shelter under a rock…. then they sang―Mudondo who never develops

breast…‖ – Story. Mak-NUFU Folklore Linkage Project in Busoga, 2007-2012.

Edhikolyoka riddle event. Nsinze. 24 Aug 2009. Performance. Audio-visual.

---. ―K 167: Kolodhi n‘ensude n‘agaliibwa; ―Maama yankoba nga ati, ―Kolodhi otaja mu

nimiro ya beene Kolodhi.‖‖ -- Lugero. (Transl.); ―Act 167: Kolodhi and the ogres and

the eatables... ―Mother used to tell me that, ―Kolodhi do not go in other people‘s

gardens, Kolodhi.‖‖—Story. Mak-NUFU Folklore Linkage Project in Busoga,

2007-2012. Edhikolyoka riddle event. Nsinze. 24 Aug 2009.Performance. Audio-visual.

---. ―K 2: Bbando kitundu.‖ (Transl.); ―Act 2: Half posho.‖ Mak-NUFU

Folklore Linkage Project in Busoga, 2007-2012. Edhikolyoka riddle event. Nsinze.

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---. ―K 24: Koba mutabane wa nnaani ave ku mutabane wange.‖ (Transl.); ―Act 24: Tell so and

so‘s son to leave my son alone. Mak-NUFU Folklore Linkage Project in Busoga,

2007-2012. Edhikolyoka riddle event. Nsinze. 24 Aug 2009. Performance. Audio-visual.

---. ―K 35: Alindabira liiso ddene ndi muwa ente.‖ (Luganda).‖ (Transl.); ―Act 35: Whoever

will see big eye / God for me I will give him/her cattle.‖ Mak-NUFU Folklore Linkage

Project in Busoga, 2007-2012. Edhikolyoka riddle event. Nsinze. 24 Aug 2009.


---. ―K 46: Katyaime ku magezi.‖ (Transl.); ―Act 46: It is sitting on wisdom.‖ Mak-NUFU



---. ―K 50: Omuzungu yelabira ki ewaibwe?‖ (Transl.); ―Act 50: What did the European forget

at theirs?‖ Mak-NUFU Folklore Linkage Project in Busoga, 2007-2012.


---. ―K 55: Ntambula mpodoire.‖ (Lusiginyi). (Transl.); ―Act 55: I walk opening my bottom.‖

Mak-NUFU Folklore Linkage Project in Busoga, 2007-2012. Edhikolyoka riddle event.


---. ―K 57: Kasuntumaire tikaakulye.‖ (Transl.); ―Act 57: it is squatting it will not eat you.



---. ―K 75: Kuno lusozi ni kuno lusozi ghagati kiina.‖ (Transl.); ―Act 75: This way it is a hill and

this way it is a hill the middle is a hole.‖ Mak-NUFU Folklore Linkage Project in

Busoga, 2007-2012. Edhikolyoka riddle event. Nsinze. 24 Aug 2009.


---. ―K 9: Kankudunkudu omulogo wali omuboineku?‖ (Transl.); ―Act 9: Squatting-like-a-

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tortoise had you ever seen a wizard?‖ Mak-NUFU Folklore Linkage Project in Busoga,

2007-2012.Edhikolyoka riddle event. Nsinze. 24 Aug 2009. Performance. Audio-visual.

Diikuula, et al. Okusinda (okusiidha) omukwano.‖ (Transl.); Love Riddle Mak-NUFU Folklore

Linkage Project in Busoga, 2007-2012. MKN. Iganga. 4 Jan 2008. Performance.

Audio-visual.

Gobola, Julius, et al. ―K 17: Bungutu talya bungutu.‖ (Transl.); ―Act 17: Bungutu does not eat

bungutu.‖ Mak-NUFU Folklore Linkage Project in Busoga, 2007-2012. Nsinze Seed


---. ―K 19: Samba kulakita.‖ (Transl.); ―Act 19: Kick tractor.‖ Mak-NUFU Folklore Linkage



---. ―K 20: Dawudi muleeyi.‖ (Transl.); ―Act 20: David is tall.‖ Mak-NUFU Folklore Linkage



---. ―K 37: Kaakali i!‖ (Transl.); ―Act 37: It is over there!‖ Mak-NUFU Folklore Linkage



---. ―K 46: <Aha!>‖ (Transl.); ―Act 46: <Aha!>‖ Mak-NUFU Folklore Linkage Project in

Busoga, 2007-2012. Nsinze Seed School riddle event. Nsinze. 21 Aug 2009.


---. ―K 49: Obukaire bulwanira emiyandhu.‖ (Transl.); ―Act 49: The older persons fighting from

behind.‖ Mak-NUFU Folklore Linkage Project in Busoga, 2007-2012. Nsinze Seed


---. ―K 54: Ndini minisita aye amawa na agamukuuma.‖ (Transl.); ―Act 54: I have a minister

but thorns are his protection.‖ Mak-NUFU Folklore Research Project in Busoga,

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Audio-visual.

---. ―K 56: Hm hm hm!‖ (Transl.); ―Act 56: Hm hm hm!‖ Mak-NUFU Folklore Linkage



---. ―K 57: Gubone!‖ (Transl.); ―Act 57: See it! <big or demeaning object>‖ Mak-NUFU



---. ―K 60: Kungulu munofu munda igumba.‖ (Transl.); ―Act 60: On top it is flesh inside it is

bone.‖ Mak-NUFU Folklore Linkage Project in Busoga, 2007-2012. Nsinze Seed


---. ―K 61: Ntambula ke mbaliga.‖ (Transl.); ―Act 61: I walk while waddling.‖ Mak-NUFU



---. ―K 63:Kampinimpini jambo ni pasipalamu wuuyo .‖ (Transl.); ―Act 63: Kampinimpini salute

and pasiperum is there.‖ Mak-NUFU Folklore Research Project in Busoga, 2007-2012.


---. ―K 78: Ekyebeeyi kiba kya beeyi.‖ (Transl.); ―Act 78: what is valuable is valuable.‖ Mak-

NUFU Folklore Linkage Project in Busoga, 2007-2012. Nsinze Seed School riddle event.


---. ―K 79: Pampalampalapampa!‖ (Transl.); ―Act 79: Pampalampalapampa!‖ Mak-NUFU



Gulere Cornelius, Wambi, et al. ―K 59:<Eh! Ni iwe aise?>.‖ (Transl.); ―Act 59: Eh! Is it you

who has killed?‖ Mak-NUFU Folklore Linkage Project in Busoga, 2007-2012. Nsinze

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Seed School riddle event. Nsinze. 21 Aug 2009. Performance. Audio-visual.

---. ―K 72: <Baaba akaatwongerayo.>‖ (Transl.); ―Act 72: <Father is still adding more to us.>‖

Mak-NUFU Folklore Linkage Project in Busoga, 2007-2012. Nsinze Seed School


---. ―K 82: Konkodionkodionkologomutabanewakosiyamagalankologo.‖ (Transl.);

―Act 82: Konkodionkodio-Nkologo-son-of-Kosiya-Magala- Nkologo.‖ Mak-NUFU



Isabirye, Gerald, et al. ―K 29: Baaba ekilevu kili kuluya.‖ (Transl.); ―Act 29: Daddy the beard is

outside.‖ Mak-NUFU Folklore Linkage Project in Busoga, 2007- 2012 Nsinze Seed


---. ―K 40: Buganda tewa idoodo.‖ (Transl.); ―Act 40: Amaranths is never gets finished from

Buganda.‖ Mak-NUFU Folklore Linkage Project in Busoga, 2007-2012. Nsinze Seed


---. ―K 43: Nagiira mu buutu nairira mu buutu.‖ (Transl.); ―Act 43: I went by the boot and I

returned by the boot.‖ Mak-NUFU Folklore Linkage Project in Busoga, 2007-2012.


---. ―K 44: Toola pinini ote ku pinini ofune pinini.‖ (Transl.); ―Act 44: Take pinini put on pinini

to get pinini.‖ Mak-NUFU Folklore Linkage Project in Busoga, 2007-2012. Nsinze Seed


---. ―K 53: Ndin‘abaisilukale bange bakubira kulala seluti .‖ (Transl.); ―Act 53: I have my

soldiers they salute at the same time.‖ Mak-NUFU Folklore Linkage Project in Busoga,


Audio-visual.

Kigenyi, Hussein, et al. ―K 103: Ndini nhumba yange eziraku mulyango .‖ (Transl.); ―Act 103:

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I have my house it has no door.‖ Mak-NUFU Folklore Linkage Project in Busoga,


Audio-visual.

---. ―K 106: Abalenzi bwe balwaala abaghala baja baababona aye abaghala bwe balwaala

abalenzi tibaja kubabona.‖ (Transl.); ―Act 106: When the boys fall sick the girls go and

check on them but when the girls fall sick the boys do not go to check on them.‖ Mak-

NUFU Folklore Linkage Project in Busoga, 2007-2012. Nsinze Seed School riddle event.


---. ―K 110: Oluwu lw‘embiidhi.‖ (Transl.); ―Act 110: A skin of a pig. Mak-NUFU Folklore



---. ―K 111: Banaatuleetera emperekeze?‖ (Transl.); ―Act 111: Will they bring for us escorts?‖



Isma. ―K 103: Katonda agwire n‘ensi ye .‖ (Transl.); ―Act 103: Gid has fallen with his world.



---. ―K 86: Ebikire bikirana.‖ (Transl.); ―Act 86: Equivalents have no equivalence.‖



---. ―K 89: Bitambite.‖ (Transl.); ―Act 89: Pass and I pass.‖ Mak-NUFU Folklore Linkage



Kimoimo, Joel, et al. ―K 108: Naani eyayegesa omuzungu okukola eiganduula?‖ (Transl.);

―Act 108: Who taught the Europeans to make a gown?‖ Mak-NUFU Folklore Research

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---. ―K 18: Sabaani mu loole.‖ (Transl.); ―Act 18: Shaban in a lorry.‖ Mak-NUFU Folklore



---. ―K 21: Dundu mukuunhule.‖ (Transl.); ―Act 21: Dundu plucked.‖ Mak-NUFU Folklore



---. ―K 22: Kyakweghuunia!‖ (Transl.); ―Act 22: It is a wonder!‖ Mak-NUFU Folklore Linkage



---. ―K 33: Alindabira ensonda ya Dina ndi muwa ente.‖ (Luganda). (Transl.); ―Act 33:

whoever will see Dina‘s corner for me I will give them cattle.‖ Mak-NUFU Folklore

Research Project in Busoga, 2007-2012. Nsinze Seed School riddle event. Nsinze.


---. ―K 34: Nibwolikola otya!‖ (Transl.); ―Act 34: However much you try!‖ Mak-NUFU



---. ―K 35: Kagya kati kaagya kati kaagya kati.‖ (Transl.); ―Act 35: It goes like this then it goes

like this it goes like this.‖ Mak-NUFU Folklore Linkage Project in Busoga, 2007-2012.


---. ―K 36: Nibwolyesuuta!‖ (Transl.); ―Act 36: However much you praise yourself.‖



---. ―K 38: Mbaire kw‘itale naalengera empaata ya baaba.‖ (Transl.); ―Act 38: I was over there

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and I saw daddy‘s bald head.‖ Mak-NUFU Folklore Research Project in Busoga,


Audio-visual.

---. ―K 64: Ndini mukazi wange aye bw‘afumba awunia.‖ (Transl.); ―Act 64: I have my wife but

when she cooks she burns it.‖ Mak-NUFU Folklore Research Project in Busoga,


Audio-visual.

---. ―K 65: Ndini mukazi wange bwa afumba ataaku ne eiva.‖ (Transl.); ―Act 65: I have my

wife when she cooks; she also puts sauce.‖ Mak-NUFU Folklore Research Project in



---. ―K 67: Paasipalamu mpale mbolu.‖ (Transl.); ―Act 67: Pasperum wet pair of shorts.‖



---. ―K 96: Ogutawumulwa.‖ (Transl.); ―Act 96: That without rest.‖ Mak-NUFU Folklore



---. ―K 99: Nabirye afundikiire abaana be.‖ (Transl.); ―Act 99: Nabirye is covering (basking)

her children.‖ Mak-NUFU Folklore Linkage Project in Busoga, 2007-2012. Nsinze Seed


Kutyabwami, Bumaali, et al. ―K 110: Ndinaakasolo kange nkalyamu byenda .‖ (Transl.);

―Act 110: I have my animal I only eat intestines from it. Mak-NUFU Folklore Linkage



---. ―K 101: Baaba yangulira bwa masowaani asatu‖ .‖ (Transl.); ―Act 101: Daddy just bought

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for me three plates.‖ Mak-NUFU Folklore Linkage Project in Busoga, 2007-2012.


---. ―K 115: Ndin‘omusaadha wange mulaala ati << alaga akaala akansubi>> aye azira

gw‘atya.‖ (Transl.); ―Act 115: I have my one man like this <<shows little finger>>

but he fears no one.‖ Mak-NUFU Folklore Linkage Project in Busoga, 2007-2012.


---. ―K 116: Ndin‘akasolo kange nkasalira ghano aye omusaayi gutiiriikiria ele.‖ (Transl.);

―Act 116: I have my animal I slaughter it from here but the blood spills over there...‖



---. ―K 123: Ndin‘omwana wange aboneka nkyo na igulo.‖ (Transl.); ―Act 123: I have my child

he/she is seen only in the morning and the evening.‖ Mak-NUFU Folklore Linkage



---. ―K 130: Baaba yagwire empaata aye eivu n‘elyasoose ku mutwe.‖ (Transl.); ―Act 130:

Daddy has become bald headed but it is ash that covered his head first.‖ Mak-NUFU



---. ―K 133: Enhende ogiliira mu butiko.‖ (Transl.); ―Act 133: You eat worms in mushrooms.‖



---. ―K 135: Bantu baali basatu baaja baakyala mu igulu. Wakayima, Wampala ni Nawumbuli

Wampala n‘eyayenda omughala. Mpelaati Wampala yakoba Nawumbuli ati, ―tukoze

tutya okutuuka eyo mu igulu?‖ Nawumbuli yakoba ati, ―wuuzi yino tugye.‖ Aye

Wakayima endhala bwe yamuluma yalya emere yasiga amasavu ku munhwa gwa

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Nawumbuli… Bwe baamubuuza yakoba ati , ―Nawumbuli neyali agiliire. Tomubona

masavu ku munhwa!‖ Olwo Nawumbuli bamugobagania ku bugeni yabaleka eyo mu

igulu yaira. Wakayima yakola atya okwika ni Wampala?‖ (Transl.); ―Act 135: Three

people went to visit in heaven.‖ Mak-NUFU Folklore Linkage Project in Busoga,


---. ―K 137: Ndin‘omwana wange aye naakaali asinga kukola bisisiino aye awunha

okumukubaku nti nninga bw‘ele.‖ (Transl.); ―Act 137: I have my child but he is full of

wonders but he smells that to beat him like this I have to look away.‖ Mak-NUFU



---. ―K 138: Nibwolikola otya! ‖ (Transl.); ―Act 138: However much you try.‖ Mak-NUFU



---. ―K 14: Ndina akasolo kange nkabaagisa ibaale.‖ (Transl.); ―Act 14: I have my animal

I skin it using a stone.‖ Mak-NUFU Folklore Linkage Project in Busoga, 2007-2012.


---. ―K 140: Ndi n‘ekisenge kyange kili mu nhandha enene einho einho aye tikighomoka.‖

(Transl.); ―Act 140: I have my room in a very vast lake but the floor is not shuttered.‖



---. ―K 141: Omusaadha yali n‘elyato lya kilo kikumi. Yataaku ente elyato tilyadimira.

Bweyatuuka mu nhandha ghagati ente yania obusa. Yakola atya okutuuka ku bukalu nga

tadimiire?‖ (Transl.); ―Act 141: A man had a boat that could carry 100 kg. He put in it a

cow and it did not sinK When it reached the middle of the lake, the cow defecated on

the boat. What did he do to reach the dry land safely without drowning?‖ Mak-NUFU

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---. ―K 142: Nali n‘omulwaire wange naamutambuza mu malwaliro gonagoona byalema.

Naagya ku musawo omughalabu yakoba ati, ―muna omulwaire wo kyenda onoonie

emithungwa ghe gili ghonaghoona omuleetere. Kasita, aye ku kyalo kwali kuzira

muthungwa waire. Ogwaali okumpi gwali mu nhandha ezira lyato lyonalyona. Aye ku

muti kwali kwasengaku omulalu. Nakolantya okufuna omuthungwa ndeetera omulwaire

wange aghone?‖ (Transl.); ―Act 142: I had my patient...‖ Mak-NUFU Folklore Linkage



---. ―K 144: Idiini ki elikasinze bulungi?‖ (Transl.); ―Act 144: Which religion is still the best?‖



---. ―K 145: Ndi n‘abaisilukale bange aye ntoolaku mulala naakuba emundu.‖ (Transl.);

―Act145: I have my security guards but I take only one who shoots with a gun.‖



---. ―K 146: Ku bbali kuwoomerera, ku baali kuwoomerera, wakati wakaawirira. (Luganda).

(Transl.); ―Act 146: On the side it is sweetish, on the side it is sweetish, in the middle it

is bitterish.‖ Mak-NUFU Folklore Linkage Project in Busoga, 2007-2012. Edhikolyoka


---. ―K 147: Ekyazindwire maama tikyamuliire.‖ (Lusiginy). (Transl.); ―Act 147: What

frightened mother it did not eat her.‖ Mak-NUFU Folklore Linkage Project in Busoga,


---. ―K 150: Woo! ‖ (Transl.); ―Act 150: Woo!‖ Mak-NUFU Folklore Linkage Project in

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Busoga, 2007-2012. Edhikolyoka riddle event. Nsinze. 24 Aug 2009. Performance.

Audio-visual.

---. ―K 151: Pikipiki maniole.‖ (Transl.); ―Act 151: Motorcycle maniole.‖ Mak-NUFU Folklore

Linkage Project in Busoga, 2007-2012. Edhikolyoka riddle event. Nsinze. 24 Aug 2009.


---. ―K 155: Ndi n‘abaana bange bati <<alaga engalo ibiri>> balumuka aye baannema.‖

(Transl.); ―Act 155: I have my people << shows two fingers>> they run but they have

defeated me.‖ Mak-NUFU Folklore Linkage Project in Busoga, 2007-2012.


---. ―K 158: Baaba yazaala abaana bati << alaga engalo ibiri>> aye bendaku mulala.‖

(Transl.); ―Act 158: Daddy produced these << shows two fingers>> children but they like

only one of them.‖ Mak-NUFU Folklore Linkage Project in Busoga, 2007-2012.


---. ―K 165: Eyayemba olwemba olutakoma eyeghangulira omukazi nga alodha ati, ―jilya

gimalawo jiira!‖-- Lugero. (Transl.); ―Act 165: One who sang a song that never ends

and he won for himself a wife while telling the story that, ―They ate they finished they

returned.‖ – Story. Mak-NUFU Folklore Linkage Project in Busoga, 2007-2012.


---. ―K 17: Ndina akasolo kange katono aye nkalyamu bwa supu .‖ (Transl.); ―Act 17: I have my

animal it is small but I only eat soup from it.‖ Mak-NUFU Folklore Linkage Project in


Audio-visual.

---. ―K 22: Mukazi omulala eyakwana abasaadha abasatu.‖ (Transl.); ―Act 22: One woman who

seduced three men.‖ Mak-NUFU Folklore Linkage Project in Busoga, 2007-2012.


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---. ―K 28: Neezikookoolima gaali magi.‖ (Transl.); ―Act 28: Even the crowing were once eggs.‖



---. ―K 29: Aa! Bakubye Kenya aye Uganda eli kulira amaziga mangi!‖ (Transl.); ―Act 29: Aa!

They have beaten Kenya but Uganda is crying many tears.‖ Mak-NUFU Folklore



---. ―K 38: Janga ndidha.‖ (Transl.); ―Act 38: Go meanwhile I am coming.‖ Mak-NUFU



---. ―K 42: Ndine enhumba yange bwe nali ngizimba nafuna abazimbi bangi inho inho inho aye

kya kwewuunia, bwe nangira ezira yagyamu okutoolaku ogu: mulala!‖ (Transl.);

―Act 42: I have my house when I was building I got very many builders but it is a

wonder, when I entered no one entered except <<indicated with pointing finger>>: one.‖



---. ―K 53: Ndini mukazi wange bwaagya ewaibwe amadu aira na ngoye .‖ (Transl.); ―Act 53:

I have my wife when she goes to hers naked she returns with clothes.‖ Mak-NUFU



---. ―K 59: Nayokya oluyiira aye olusibiro lwa dhaadha lwalema okuya.‖ (Transl.); ―Act 59:

I burnt the bush but grandmother‘s belt failed to get burnt.‖ Mak-NUFU Folklore



---. ―K 63: 2006.‖ (Transl.); ―Act 63: 2006.‖ Mak-NUFU Folklore Linkage Project in Busoga,

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---. ―K 67: Baaba akalangwike obweni.‖ (Transl.); ―Act 67: Daddy has hardened in the face.‖

Mak-NUFU Folklore Research Project in Busoga, 2007-2012. Edhikolyoka riddle event.


---. ―K 68: Akadiba ka Musitaafa kaidwire.‖ (Transl.); ―Act 68: Musitaafa‘s pond has got full.‖



---. ―K 73: … ‖ (Transl.); ―Act 73: …‖ Mak-NUFU Folklore Linkage Project in Busoga, 2007-

2012. Edhikolyoka riddle event. Nsinze. 24 Aug 2009. Performance. Audio-visual.

---. ―K 74: Kaakalee!<asonkesa akaala akansubi>.‖ (Transl.); ―Act 74: It is over there!<he

points with the little finger>.‖ Mak-NUFU Folklore Linkage Project in Busoga,


---. ―K 76: Tambula otuuke ku isomero obone obwana bwe busibye ebikalu.‖ (Transl.); ―Act 76:

Walk and reach at school you see how the children have tacked in.‖ Mak-NUFU



---. ―K 77: Kasaiza kampikampi kankubire.‖ (Transl.); ―Act 77: A somewhat short man has

beaten me.‖ Mak-NUFU Folklore Research Project in Busoga, 2007-2012. Edhikolyoka


---. ―K 79: Ndine kyuzi kyange buli bwe ndhuba eisubi lisebika mangu.‖ (Transl.); ―Act 79:

I have my garden whenever I dig it up the grass sprouts quickly.‖ Mak-NUFU Folklore



---. ―K 80: Omubi naira ku mulungi.‖ (Transl.); ―Act 80: The ugly one comes after the beautiful

one. Mak-NUFU Folklore Linkage Project in Busoga, 2007-2012. Edhikolyoka riddle

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---. ―K 81: Abaisirikale batyaime ku butebe .‖ (Transl.); ―Act 81: The soldiers are sitting on

small chairs.‖ Mak-NUFU Folklore Research Project in Busoga, 2007-2012.


---. ―K 83: Ekyebeeyi kiba kya beeyi.‖ (Transl.); ―Act 83: What is of value is of value.‖



---. ―K 90: Bita Iganga nze mbite Nambaale twagaanane.‖ (Transl.); ―Act 90: You pass through

Iganga and I pass through Nambaale and we meet.‖ Mak- NUFU Folklore Linkage



---. ―K 94: Tukazingize tukaite.‖ (Transl.); ―Act 94: Let us surround it and kill it.‖ Mak-NUFU



---. ―K 96: Katono kati aye tikatya mwami.‖ (Transl.); ―Act 96: It is small like this but it does

not fear a chief.‖ Mak-NUFU Folklore Research Project in Busoga, 2007-2012.


Miliyonsi, A, et al. ―K 12: Ndina akasolo kange aye kazwaire mooya meereere.‖ (Transl.);

―Act 12: I have my animal but it is wearing only feathers.‖ Mak-NUFU Folklore



---. ―K 139: Maama azimbye akabina.‖ (Transl.); ―Act 139: Mother‘s behind has swollen.‖



---. ―K 168: Babirye n‘ensaali; ―Nguli Waiswa aligho nguli twezaanhira‖ -- Lugero. (Transl.);

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―Act 168: Babirye and the cherries. ―If Waiswa was there we would be playing.‖

–Story. Mak-NUFU Folklore Linkage Project in Busoga, 2007-2012. Edhikolyoka riddle


---. ―K 26: Ndin‘ akasaadha kange kampi aye kankuumira amaka.‖ (Transl.); ―Act 26:

I have my man he is short but he keeps my home for me.‖ Mak-NUFU Folklore Linkage



---. ―K 30: Kw‘itale nkonhogo ni kw‘itale nkonhogo.‖ (Transl.); ―Act 30: It is sticks over there

and it is sticks over there.‖ Mak-NUFU Folklore Linkage Project in Busoga, 2007-2012.


---. ―K 45: Nazimba nhumba yange elimu omuti mulala.‖ (Transl.); ―Act 45: I build my house

which has one tree / pole.‖ Mak-NUFU Folklore Linkage Project in Busoga, 2007-2012.


---. ―K 58: Kavundhe kagye .‖ (Transl.); ―Act 58: Pave for it and it goes.‖ Mak-NUFU Folklore

Linkage Project in Busoga, 2007- 2012. Edhikolyoka riddle event. Nsinze. 24 Aug 2009.


---. ―K 60: Bampe enkata.‖ (Transl.); ―Act 60: let them give me a head cushion.‖ Mak-NUFU

Folklore Linkage Project in Busoga, 2007- 2012. Edhikolyoka riddle event. Nsinze.


---. ―K 66: Wangalangula wangalangula.‖ (Transl.); ―Act 66: You turn me over you turn me

over.‖ Mak-NUFU Folklore Linkage Project in Busoga, 2007-2012. Edhikolyoka riddle


Muloiva, Budala, et al. ―K 26: Ntambula mpodoire.‖ (Lusiginyi). (Transl.); ―Act 26:

I walk with an open behind / bottom.‖ Mak-NUFU Folklore Linkage Project in Busoga,


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Audio-visual.

---. ―K 51: Kantolintoli / kantulintuli amaiso munaana.‖ (Transl.); ―Act 51: Kantolintoli / small

holes eight eyes.‖ Mak-NUFU Folklore Linkage Project in Busoga, 2007-2012.


---. ―K 85: Bogolibogolibogo bo.‖ (Transl.); ―Act 85: Bogolibogolibogo bo.‖ Mak-NUFU



---. ―K 87: Singa!‖ (Transl.); ―Act 87: If!‖ Mak-NUFU Folklore Linkage Project in Busoga,


Audio-visual.

Nabirye, Cissy, et al. ―K 10: Tugye Iganga tuyege/tuyenge s(h)ampoo.‖ (Transl.);

―Act 10: We go to Iganga and learn / make or mix s(h)ampoo.‖ Mak-NUFU Folklore



---. ―K 100: Ndin‘enimiro yange ya ‗kayiso.‘‖ (Transl.); ―Act 100: I have my garden it is of

‗a needle‘s eye.‘‖ Mak-NUFU Folklore Linkage Project in Busoga, 2007-2012.


---. ―K 100: Ndini nhumba yange, twazimba bangi, nsulamu mulala.‖ (Transl.); ―Act 100:

I have my house, we built many of us, I sleep there alone.‖ Mak-NUFU Folklore

Research Project in Busoga, 2007-2012. Nsinze Seed School riddle event. Nsinze.


---. ―K 101: Ndini nhumba ya muti mulala.‖ (Transl.); ―Act 101: I have a house with one pole.‖



---. ―K 102: Ndini nhumba yange ya nsonda ina.‖ (Transl.); ―Act 102: I have my house it has

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four corners.‖ Mak-NUFU Folklore Research Project in Busoga, 2007-2012.


---. ―K 105: … .‖ (Transl.); ―Act 105: …. Mak-NUFU Folklore Linkage Project in Busoga,


Audio-visual.

---. ―K 107: Ndin‘omukazi wange aseerera mu… .‖ (Transl.); ―Act 107: I have my wife she is

slippery in… / somewhat slippery.‖ Mak-NUFU Folklore Linkage Project in Busoga,


Audio-visual.

---. ―K 107: Naani eyayegesa omuzungu okukola lweere?‖ (Transl.); ―Act 107: Who taught the

Europeans to make the railway?‖ Mak-NUFU Folklore Research Project in Busoga,


Audio-visual.

---. ―K 11: ‗Gyanga ndi kwidha‘.‖ (Transl.); ―Act 11: ‗Be going I am coming‘.‖ Mak-NUFU



---. ―K 12: Ntambula neghumba.‖ (Lusiginyi) .‖ (Transl.); ―Act 12: I walk while folding up.‖



---. ―K 13: Kantolintoli amakina maleedhe.‖ (Transl.); ―Act 13: Kantolintoli tight dance.‖



---. ―K 131: Ntambulira ku wuuzi me naamala nairira ku wuuzi.‖ (Transl.); ―Act 131:

I walk on a string then I return by the string.‖ Mak-NUFU Folklore Linkage Project in


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Audio-visual.

---. ―K 14: Serengeta emanga olabe obuwala obwesiba enviiri.‖ – Luganda. (Transl.);

―Act 14: Slope down and see the girls plaiting hair / with plaited hair.‖

Mak-NUFU Folklore Research Project in Busoga, 2007-2012. Nsinze Seed School riddle


---. ―K 148: … .‖ (Transl.); ―Act 148: ...‖ Mak-NUFU Folklore Linkage Project in Busoga,


---. ―K 15: Ndin‘omuntu wange akuba engoma bw‘amala yakina.‖ (Transl.); ―Act 15: I have

my person who plays the drum and dances.‖ Mak-NUFU Folklore Linkage Project in



---. ―K 16: Keekulungula keeliipa.‖ (Transl.); ―Act 16: it is rounded it is up tight.‖ Mak-NUFU



---. ―K 20: Ghansi nhanda ghagati lutambi ghaigulu mpiso.‖ (Transl.); ―Act 20: Lake below,

wick in the middle needle on top.‖ Mak-NUFU Folklore Research Project in Busoga


---. ―K 23: Katonda mu kikebe.‖ (Transl.); ―Act 23: God in a tin.‖ Mak-NUFU Folklore



---. ―K 24: Kasaadha kampikampi kavaire eikoti elikoma ghano.‖ (Transl.); ―Act 24:

A somewhat short man wearing a coat up to this level.‖ Mak-NUFU Folklore Research



---. ―K 25: Ndin‘omwana wange bwe mmutuma tagya aye bwe ngya nga annonereza.‖ (Transl.);

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―Act 25: I have my son when I send him he doesn‘t o but when I go he follows me.‖



---. ―K 3: Toola dingu ote mu dinini ofune dingu.‖ (Transl.); ―Act 3: Take dingu put on dinini to

get dingu.‖ Mak-NUFU Folklore Linkage Project in Busoga, 2007-2012. Edhikolyoka


---. ―K 30: <Ni nze>.‖ (Transl.); ―Act 30: <It is me>.‖ Mak-NUFU Folklore Linkage Project in



---. ―K 31: Kali mu nsonda.‖ (Transl.); ―Act 30: It is in a corner.‖ Mak-NUFU Folklore



---. ―K 32: <<kasiriikiriro>> Mmaze.‖ (Transl.); ―Act 32: <<silence>> I have finished.‖



---. ―K 41: Ekikaadho goowa.‖ (Transl.); ―Act 41: Gowan sugar-cane.‖ Mak-NUFU Folklore



---. ―K 42: Maama omuto ankuba aye omukulu ansiba.‖ (Transl.); ―Act 42: My step mother

beats me but the elder one ties me up.‖ Mak-NUFU Folklore Research Project in



---. ―K 50:<Oiliza nze.> ‖ (Transl.); ―Act 50: You return to me.>‖ Mak-NUFU Folklore Linkage



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---. ―K 51: Suntumala nkulye ebilengeedha.‖ (Transl.); ―Act 51: Squat and I eat off you the

dangling things.‖ Mak-NUFU Folklore Research Project in Busoga, 2007-2012.


---. ―K 58: Bikalaayi bikalaayi.‖ (Transl.); ―Act 58: Ugly basins ugly basins.‖ Mak-NUFU



---. ―K 6: Fudubiri taliira mu nsaka.‖ (Transl.); ―Act 6: Fudubiri (‗a short one‘) does not eat

from a pot.‖ Mak-NUFU Folklore Linkage Project in Busoga, 2007-2012. Nsinze Seed


---. ―K 61: Bogolobogoli.‖ (Transl.); ―Act 61: Bogolobogoli Mak-NUFU Folklore Linkage



---. ―K 62: Nkumi ibiri muleera.‖ (Transl.); ―Act 62: Two thousands hem.‖ Mak-NUFU



---. ―K 64: Toola dingu ote mu dinini ofune dingu.‖ (Transl.); ―Act 64: Take dingu you put on

dinini you get dingu Mak-NUFU Folklore Linkage Project in Busoga, 2007-2012.


---. ―K 65:Kibookisi kibookisi.‖ (Transl.); ―Act 65: Box box.‖ Mak-NUFU Folklore



---. ―K 66: Kansikinsiki kansikiride kanzije omukwano; ‗ka Namayanja ka Namayanja tukole

omukwano.‘ (Luganda). (Transl.); ―Act 66: It pulls it has pulled me, it has drawn my

love; ‗little Namayanja little Namayanja lets make love.‘‖ Mak-NUFU Folklore

Research Project in Busoga, 2007-2012. Nsinze Seed School riddle event.

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---. ―K 68: Akadiba ka Musitaafa kaidwire.‖ (Transl.); ―Act 68: Musitafaa‘s pond has got full.‖



---. ―K 69: Baaba ali mu nhumba ebirevu bili ku luya.‖ (Transl.); ―Act 69: Daddy is inside the

house the beards are outside.‖ Mak-NUFU Folklore Linkage Project in Busoga,


---. ―K 69: Ndi n‘abaisilukale bange bambala ngoye dhifaanana.‖ (Transl.); ―Act 69: I have my

soldiers they wear uniform.‖ Mak-NUFU Folklore Research Project in Busoga Nsinze

Seed School riddle event. Nsinze. 21 Aug 2009. Performance. Audio-visual.

---. ―K 7: Saghangha.‖ (Transl.); ―Act 7: Saghangha.‖ Mak-NUFU Folklore Linkage Project in



---. ―K 70: Nagya ewaife makidi naira nvaire.‖ (Transl.); ―Act 70: I went to ours naked

I returned when I am dressed.‖ Mak-NUFU Folklore Linkage Project in Busoga,


Audio-visual.

---. ―K 70: Maama bamwenda aye asooka yo nze.‖ (Transl.); ―Act 70: Mother is wanted but she

first sends me there.‖ Mak-NUFU Folklore Linkage Project in Busoga, 2007-2012.


---. ―K 75: Kwikirikirikiiki!‖ (Transl.); ―Act 75: Kwikirikirikiiki!‖ Mak-NUFU Folklore



---. ―K 8: Weghembule nkusoogoote.‖ (Transl.); ―Act 8: Uncover and I poke you.‖ Mak-NUFU


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---. ―K 80: Toola bukutu ote ku bukutu ofune bukutu.‖ (Transl.); ―Act 80: Take bukutu you put

on bukutu you get bukutu.‖ Mak-NUFU Folklore Linkage Project in Busoga,


Audio-visual.

---. ―K 83: Ndin‘omulwaire wange mulwaire wa kifuba.‖ (Transl.); ―Act 83: I have my patient

suffering from the chest.‖ Mak-NUFU Folklore Research Project in Busoga, 2007-2012.


---. ―K 84: Atambula empola atuuka eghala.‖ (Transl.); ―Act 84: The one who walks slowly

reaches afar.‖ Mak-NUFU Folklore Linkage Project in Busoga, 2007-2012. Nsinze Seed


---. ―K 85: Ba maama abakulu tibannhenda aye abato bannhenda.‖ (Transl.); ―Act 85: My elder

mothers do not like me but the younger ones like me.‖ Mak-NUFU Folklore Research



---. ―K 88: Nibwolikola otya!‖ (Transl.); ―Act 88: However much you try /do that?‖



---. ―K 89: <<Kwakukwakukwaku>>.‖ (Transl.); ―Act 89: <<Kwakukwakukwaku>>.‖



---. ―K 9: Kaseepikikamadyoliyo?‖ (Transl.); ―Act 9: Sauce-pan-of-water-are-you-there?‖



---. ―K 91: Saala ng‘olabye!‖ (Transl.); ―Act 91: Sarah as it‘s a pity!‖ Mak-NUFU Folklore

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---. ―K 92: Maama ankubye naamulingaku.‖ (Transl.); ―Act 92: Mother has beaten me and

I have looked at her.‖ Mak-NUFU Folklore Linkage Project in Busoga, 2007-2012.


---. ―K 93: Maama ankubye yamala yambeeka.‖ (Transl.); ―Act 93: Mother has beaten me and

afterwards she carried me (on her back).‖ Mak-NUFU Folklore Linkage Project in



---. ―K 93: Bita eyo ife tubite eno tuzinge muka Kabaka.‖ (Transl.); ―Act 93: Pass that way we

pass this way to surround the queen.‖ Mak-NUFU Folklore Research Project in Busoga,


---. ―K 94: Saala abinga Saala, aye Saala tagema Saala.‖ (Transl.); ―Act 94: Sarah/Charles

chases Sarah/Charles, but Sarah/Charles does not catch Sarah/Charles.‖ Mak-NUFU



---. ―K 95: Namperekeragyanga.‖ (Transl.); ―Act 95: My-she-companion goes-ahead-of-me.‖

Mak-NUFU Folklore Linkage Project in Busoga, 2007-2012. Nsinze Seed School


---. ―K 97: Kunama nkusoogoote.‖ (Transl.); ―Act 97: Turn your behind and I poke you.‖



---. ―K 97: Agya te ayagha .‖ (Transl.); ―Act 97: The one who goes while picking (vegetables).‖



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---. ―K 98: Wabinga isaadha.‖ (Transl.); ―Act 98: You chased a huge man.‖ Mak-NUFU



Naikoba, Alayisa, et al. ―K 104: Atyama nga aluluma.‖ (Transl.); ―Act 104: He sits (down)

while complaining.‖ Mak-NUFU Folklore Linkage Project in Busoga, 2007-2012.


---. ―K 108: Ndin‘omwana wange aye bw‘atyama omudondo gufubba.‖ (Transl.); ―Act 108:

I have my child but when he/she sits down the navel becomes shorter. Mak-NUFU



---. ―K 11: Katyaime makidu.‖ (Transl.); ―Act 11: It sits naked.‖ Mak-NUFU Folklore Linkage



---. ―K 113: Obukaire bukubagana.‖ (Transl.); ―Act 113: The old ones are fighting.‖



---. ―K 117: Kakinhira mu ibanga.‖ (Transl.); ―Act 117: It dances in the air space.‖ Mak-NUFU



---. ―K 119: Atambula akakanhaire.‖ (Transl.); ―Act 119: He / she walks stiffly.‖ Mak-NUFU



---. ―K 124: Atyaime ku lubibi.‖ (Transl.); ―Act 124: He/she is sitting on the boundary.‖



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---. ―K 125: Niwakeesuuta! ‖ (Transl.); ―Act 125: However much you praise yourself.‖



---. ―K 126: Ndin‘omwana wange bw‘atambula awulirisa.‖ (Transl.); ―Act 126: I have my child

when he/she walks he/she listens.‖ Mak-NUFU Folklore Linkage Project in Busoga,


---. ―K 127: Ntambula ng‘obutuntunu bukunkumuka.‖ (Transl.); ―Act 127: I walk when

gooseberries are falling down.‖ Mak-NUFU Folklore Linkage Project in Busoga,


---. ―K 134: Batambula nga bawaawaala.‖ (Transl.); ―Act 134: They walk while shuffling.‖



---. ―K 136: Ndin‘omuvubuka wange aye aidwire budholodhondho.‖ (Transl.); ―Act 136:

I have my boy but he is full of dots.‖ Mak-NUFU Folklore Linkage Project in Busoga,


---. ―K 143: Ndini mukazi wange aye yesiimooza buli saawa.‖ (Transl.); ―Act 143: I have my

wife but she jeers all the time.‖ Mak-NUFU Folklore Linkage Project in Busoga,


---. ―K 149: Ndin‘omwana wange akina matyama.‖ (Transl.); ―Act 149: I have my child who

dances while sitting.‖ Mak-NUFU Folklore Linkage Project in Busoga, 2007-2012.


---. ―K 152: Kiki ekyayegesa omuzungu okukola siteelingi?‖ (Transl.); ―Act 152: What taught

a European to make a steering?‖ Mak-NUFU Folklore Linkage Project in Busoga,


---. ―K 153: … ‖ (Transl.); ―Act 153: ...‖ Mak-NUFU Folklore Linkage Project in Busoga,

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---. ―K 154: Ndin‘omukazi wange atambula akuba muzira.‖ (Transl.); ―Act 154: I have my wife

she walks while sounding ululations.‖ Mak-NUFU Folklore Linkage Project in Busoga,


---. ―K 156: Ndin‘abalenzi ku kyalo aye bwe basituka kunkyo beevuma/beewuunia.‖ (Transl.);

―Act 156: I have boys on the village but when they stand up/ wake up in the morning

they quarrel / wonder.‖ Mak-NUFU Folklore Linkage Project in Busoga, 2007-2012.


---. ―K 157: Baaba tankuba nga tiyegheseemu.‖ (Transl.); ―Act 157: Daddy does not beat me

without bending over.‖ Mak-NUFU Folklore Linkage Project in Busoga, 2007-2012.


---. ―K 159: Nalini maama aye bwe yafa baamufulumyamu.‖ (Transl.); ―Act 159: I had a mother

but when she died she was taken outside.‖ Mak-NUFU Folklore Linkage Project in


Audio-visual.

---. ―K 160: Abalenzi bwe balwaala abawala baja baababona aye abawala bwe balwaala

abalenzi tibaja kubabona.‖ (Transl.); ―Act 160: When the boys fall sick the girls go and

check on them but when the girls fall sick the boys do not go to check on them.‖



---. ―K 161: Baaba atyaime abaana bazaanha.‖ (Transl.); ―Act 161: Daddy sits as the children

play.‖ Mak-NUFU Folklore Linkage Project in Busoga, 2007-2012. Edhikolyoka riddle


---. ―K 162: Katonda yampa ebitone bibiri nga mbyenda aye ali kwenda malayika antooleku

ekindi aye malayika ky‘ali kwenda okuntoolaku tikyendi kwenda atwaale.‖ (Transl.);

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―Act 162: God gave me two gifts which I love but he wants an angel to take one of them

from me but what the angel wants to take from me is not what I want the angel to take.‖



---. ―K 163: Ndin‘omwana wange bwe bamuniinaku awunha tyenda kumuwunhiza.‖ (Transl.);

―Act 163: I have my child when they step on him/her he/she smells I don‘t like to sense

the smell.‖ Mak-NUFU Folklore Linkage Project in Busoga, 2007-2012. Edhikolyoka


---. ―K 166: Abaghala abana abaagonerwa eighemba okuva mu magi agaali mu nkombe.

—Lugero.‖ (Transl.); ―Act 166: The four girls hatched out of eggs in a tree by a dove.‖

– Story. Mak-NUFU Folklore Linkage Project in Busoga, 2007-2012. Edhikolyoka


---. ―K 18: Neekonie muganda wange yaa(wu)lira.‖ (Transl.); ―Act 18: I have knocked myself

and my brother has (heard) cried.‖ Mak-NUFU Folklore Linkage Project in Busoga,


---. ―K 23: Bonaboona balimu amalibu.‖ (Transl.); ―Act 23: All of them have gaps in their

teeth.‖ Mak-NUFU Folklore Linkage Project in Busoga, 2007-2012. Edhikolyoka riddle


---. ―K 37: Bavaire bonabona aye kuzira musipi.‖ (Transl.); ―Act 37: They are all dressed but

without a belt.‖ Mak-NUFU Folklore Linkage Project in Busoga, 2007-2012.


---. ―K 4: Bwangata talya bwangata.‖ (Transl.); ―Act 4: Bwangata does not eat bwangata.‖



---. ―K 41: Nze ndin‘omwana wange aye asunia amabeere buli saawa.‖ (Transl.); ―Act 41:

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For me I have my child but she grows breasts all the time.‖ Mak-NUFU Folklore



---. ―K 49: Kiki ekyayegesa omuzungu okukola koolaasi?‖ (Transl.); ―Act 49: What taught

a European to make tarmac?‖ Mak-NUFU Folklore Linkage Project in Busoga,


---. ―K 5: Kabaka yeka! (Luganda).‖ (Transl.); ―Act 5: The King alone!‖ Mak-NUFU Folklore



---. ―K 54: Bamwaghula batya?‖ (Transl.); ―Act 54: How do they differentiate him/her?‖



---. ―K 71: Tughaya naye.‖ (Transl.); ―Act 71: We converse with him/her.‖ Mak-NUFU



---. ―K 78: Ankuliireku.‖ (Transl.); ―Act 78: He/she has grown upon me.‖ Mak-NUFU Folklore



---. ―K 87: Kaaniala koonakoona.‖ (Transl.); ―Act 87: It slimmed totally.‖ Mak-NUFU



---. ―K 88: Mwino mweene naani?‖ (Transl.); ―Act 88: Who is your real friend?‖ Mak-NUFU



---. ―K 92: Tutambula nga tutemya.‖ (Transl.); ―Act 92: We walk while blinking.‖ Mak-NUFU

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---. ―K 95: Kaghunha lusu.‖ (Transl.); ―Act 95: It stinks.‖ Mak-NUFU Folklore Linkage Project

in Busoga, 2007-2012. Edhikolyoka riddle event. Nsinze. 24 Aug 2009. Performance.

Audio-visual.

---. ―K 99: Bonaboona bali kuseka.‖ (Transl.); ―Act 99: All of them are laughing.‖ Mak-NUFU



Nanyange, Agnes, et al. ―K 120: Kapinini kapiso.‖ (Transl.); ―Act 120: Kapinini small needle.‖



---. ―K 121: Akeeghera eidume.‖ (Transl.); ―Act 121: What challenge a big male.‖ Mak-NUFU



---. ―K 122: Ndini maama wange bw‘abona abagenhi angira mu nhumba bwe bavaawo

yafuluma.‖ (Transl.); ―Act 122: I have my mother when she sees visitors she enters

the house and when they are gone she comes out.‖ Mak-NUFU Folklore Linkage Project

in Busoga, 2007-2012. Edhikolyoka riddle event. Nsinze. 24 Aug 2009. Performance.

Audio-visual.

---. ―K 129: Ndin‘abaana bange boonaboona bafaanagana.‖ (Transl.); ―Act 129: I have my

children they all resemble.‖ Mak-NUFU Folklore Linkage Project in Busoga,


---. ―K 98: Bbando omutundu.‖ (Transl.); ―Act 98: Half posho.‖ Mak-NUFU Folklore Linkage



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---. ―K 19: Kawala ng‘olabye enaku!‖ (Luganda) (Transl.); ―Act 19: Little girl you‘ve indeed

suffered!‖ Mak-NUFU Folklore Linkage Project in Busoga, 2007-2012. Edhikolyoka


---. ―K 21: Kasolo bakalya bwe kagya.‖ (Transl.); ―Act 21: Animal eaten as it goes.‖



---. ―K 36: Wansi mere, wakati nku, wagulu nva.‖—Luganda. (Transl.); ―Act 36: Below is food,

the middle is firewood, above vegetable.‖ Mak-NUFU Folklore Linkage Project in


Audio-visual.

---. ―K 56: Muka Kabaka abongoire.‖ (Transl.); ―Act 56: The king‘s wife has shaved her face.‖



---. ―K 6: Bilikomagha? ‖ (Transl.); ―Act 6: Where will these things end?‖ Mak-NUFU



---. ―K 7: Kyatughubania! .‖ (Transl.); ―Act 7: It confused us! Mak-NUFU Folklore Linkage



---. ―K 84: Muka Kabaka ava mu nsiko amakina gamwokya.‖ (Transl.); ―Act 84: The queen

comes from the bush burning with dancing.‖ Mak-NUFU Folklore Linkage Project in


Audio-visual.

---. ―K 91: Odinga anyiga Odinga Odinga naanyiga Odinga Odinga naanyiga Odinga.‖

(Luganda). (Transl.); ―Act 91: Odinga/Peter presses Odinga/Peter Odinga/Peter then

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presses Odinga/Peter Odinga/Peter then presses Odinga/Peter.‖ Mak-NUFU Folklore



Ndhokero, Agnes, et al. ―K 109: Ndini mukazi wange aye bwagolola taira.‖ (Transl.);

―Act 109: I have my wife but when she goes she does not return.‖ Mak-NUFU Folklore



---. ―K 1: Ndifa nga tiboine ku maama.‖ (Transl.); ―Act 1: I will die without seeing mother.‖



---. ―K 10: Niwakeesuuta.‖ (Transl.); ―Act 10: However much you praise yourself.‖



---. ―K 102: Ndini mukazi wange avaala biso byerere.‖ (Transl.); ―Act 102: I have my wife she

wears only swords.‖ Mak-NUFU Folklore Linkage Project in Busoga, 2007-2012.


---. ―K 106: Saala abinga Saala.‖ (Transl.); ―Act 106: Sarah chases Sarah.‖ Mak-NUFU



---. ―K 112: Ndin‘akasolo kange tikalya tikakolaki aye kaseenhenhera bwa agho.‖ (Transl.);

―Act 112: I have my animal it does not eat it does not do what but it just reduces in size.‖



---. ―K 114: Nsangaire okukubona aye tugolola ni iwe.‖ (Transl.); ―Act 114: I am happy to see

you but we shall go back with you.‖ Mak-NUFU Folklore Linkage Project in Busoga,

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2007-2012. Edhikolyoka riddle event. Nsinze. 24 Aug 2009. Performance. Audio-

visual.

---. ―K 118: Ndin‘omukazi wange atambula te‘akina.‖ (Transl.); ―Act 118: I have my wife she

walks while dancing.‖ Mak-NUFU Folklore Linkage Project in Busoga, 2007-2012.


---. ―K 128: Bonabona bafaanagana.‖ (Transl.); ―Act 128: All of them look alike.‖



---. ―K 13: Kali bwe pa!‖ (Transl.); ―Act 13: It is up tight!‖ Mak-NUFU Folklore Linkage



---. ―K 132: Nakalya dda kadda dda.‖ – Luganda. (Transl.); ―Act 132: I ate it long ago it

returned later.‖ Mak-NUFU Folklore Linkage Project in Busoga, 2007-2012.


---. ―K 15: Obulabize.‖ (Transl.); ―Act 15: Forgetfulness.‖ Mak-NUFU Folklore Linkage



---. ―K 16: Ndini mukazi wange mulala aye abasaadha basatu.‖ (Transl.); ―Act 16: I have my

one wife but three husbands.‖ Mak-NUFU Folklore Linkage Project in Busoga,


---. ―K 169: Dyadya ni Wairike: ‗ Tunoonia iseife eisanhu lya mwogo.‘‖ – Lugero. (Transl.);

―Act 169: Dyadya and the ogre: ‗We are looking for our father the happiness of

cassava.‘‖ – Story. Mak-NUFU Folklore Linkage Project in Busoga, 2007-2012.


---. ―K 27: Maama ankubye naamulingaku.‖ (Transl.); ―Act 27: Mother has beaten me and

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I have looked at her.‖ Mak-NUFU Folklore Linkage Project in Busoga, 2007-2012.


---. ―K 31: Bogolibogoli bibyabibya.‖ (Transl.); ―Act 31: Bogolibogoli bibyabibya.‖ Mak-NUFU



---. ―K 32: Kasolo ghanghala yamera omukira mu bweeni.‖ (Transl.); ―Act 32: Ghanghala

the animal grew a tail in the face.‖ Mak-NUFU Folklore Linkage Project in Busoga,


Audio-visual.

---. ―K 33: Nanti nkalu yazimba ku nanti mbisi.‖ (Transl.); ―Act 33: Dry stick built on wet

sticK ‖ Mak-NUFU Folklore Linkage Project in Busoga, 2007-2012. Edhikolyoka riddle


---. ―K 34: Ndin‘akagoma kange katono aye… ‖ (Transl.); ―Act 34: I have my drum it is small

but…‖ Mak-NUFU Folklore Linkage Project in Busoga, 2007-2012. Edhikolyoka riddle


---. ―K 39: Tusangaire aye tunaagya ni iwe .‖ (Transl.); ―Act 39: We are happy to see you but

we shall go with you.‖ Mak-NUFU Folklore Linkage Project in Busoga, 2007-2012.


---. ―K 40: Twaakubye entoli obwiire.‖ (Transl.); ―Act 40: We snapped our fingers last night.‖



---. ―K 43: Nze ndin‘enhumba yange eziraku mulyango.‖ (Transl.); ―Act 43: For me I have my

house which has no door.‖ Mak-NUFU Folklore Linkage Project in Busoga, 2007-2012.


---. ―K 44: Nafuna omulenzi wange nga mmwenda, andhogerera bulungi, aye bwemba

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timukubyebukube talekera kwogera.‖ (Transl.); ―Act 44: I got my boyfriend when I

loved him, he speaks well to me, but if I don‘t just beat him he does not stop to talK



---. ―K 47: Ndin‘enhumba yange aye nagizimba ghagati mu mawa.‖ (Transl.); ―Act 47:

I have my house but I built it in the middle of thorns.‖ Mak-NUFU Folklore Linkage



---. ―K 48: Akamuli akalungi kagudde mu maggwa‖ – Luganda. (Transl.); ―Act 48: A beautiful

flower has fallen among thorns.‖ Mak-NUFU Folklore Linkage Project in Busoga,


---. ―K 52: Maama agabbeele!‖ – Lusiginyi.‖ (Transl.); ―Act 52: Oh my those huge breast!‖



---. ―K 62: Wuluutuwuluutu .‖ (Transl.); ―Act 62: Wuluutuwuluutu.‖ Mak-NUFU Folklore



---. ―K 72: Hm hm!‖ (Transl.); ―Act 72: Hm hm!‖ Mak-NUFU Folklore Linkage Project in


Audio-visual.

---. ―K 8: Okubundaala.‖ (Transl.); ―Act 8: Taking cover.‖ Mak-NUFU Folklore Linkage



---. K 82: … .‖ (Transl.); ―Act 82: … Mak-NUFU Folklore Linkage Project in Busoga,


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