e- (ki/bi) flight; retreat, cf. dduka.

e- (ki/bi) bell, okukuba ekide, to ring a bell.

e- (ki/bi) pool, pond, ekidiba eki- swimming pool.

e- (ki/bi) broad and short-necked cal abash.

e- (ki/bi) jargon/slang used mostly by the young, cf. dikya, oludikya.

okunyaga.

ensigo.

Vallis choudae Del.

e- (ki/bi) bed pan.

e- (ki/bi) barrel, drum. cf. doomoola.

e- (ki/bi) point, tip; spool, ekidondi ky' ewuzi, a spool of thread, cf. akadondi.

e- (ki/bi) guitar, banjo; stringed instrument, abakubi b'ebidongo, players of musical instruments; players in a band, okusuna ekidongo, to play a guitar; to play a guitar very well. cf. omudongo, endongo.

e- (ki/bi) large shapeless mass; something as long as it is wide. Ntege yagejja kati alinga kiduduli. Ntege has become so fat that he looks like a piece of putty, cf. nnamududuli.

e- (ki/bi) dregs in unstrained beer.

e- (ki/bi) diarrhea; dysentery, okugwamu ekidumusi, to get diarrhea. cf. dumuka.

e- (ki/bi) rough piece of barkcloth from the nseerere tree. cf. ddundu.

e- (ki/bi) party, social gathering; drinking party; gang.

e- (ki/bi) fLusoga] ferry, ferryboat; raft. cf. akadyeri.

paddy wagon.

e- (ki/bi) image, likeness; picture; photograph; painting, ekifaananyi ekibumbe, statue, omusiizi w'ebifaananyi, artist, ebifaananyi ebisiige, paintings, omukubi w'ebifaananyi, photographer, okukuba ebifaananyi bya..., to take pictures of, photograph. okukukuba ekifaananyi, to imagine. c f. faanana.

e- (ki/bi) tulip tree, Nandi flame tree, Spathodea nilotica & Spathodea cam- panulata. It grows up to forty feet tall and is often planted as an avenue and shade tree.

one who goes into a deep sleep upon retiring, lit. (one who) dies in the evening, cf. fa, ggulo.

e- usually with the -a of rel. useless; wasted; of no purpose; not being fully utilized. Omulimu guno gwali gwa kifamukokko. This job was a waste of time. Ekifo kiri awo kya kifamukokko. The place is there going to waste/serving no purpose. eby'ekifamukokko, things acquired without any effort; useless things.

e- rare sing, of ebifeetete, q.v.

e-: [Siv.] jack-fruit. omuti gw'eki- fenensi (= Sw. mfenesi), jack-fruit tree.

e- (ki/bi) piece/slice of meat; piece of flesh, ekifi ky'ennyama, a piece of meat.

e- no plur. (ki/bi) bad luck, misfortune; impotence, cf. Ifa, firiiza.

more than enough. Emmere afunye ya kifikkirizi. He has got more than enough food. cf. fikka.

e- (ki/bi) place, spot; relig. parish, mu kifo kya, instead of, in place of. ebifo eby'okusomesa ebyereere, vacant teaching positions, cf. obufo, enfo.

e- (ki/bi) fog, mist; poor sight; cataract.

e- (ki/bi) chest; breast; bosom; measure of length (from the center of the chest to the end of the arm); cough, cold in the chest, flu. okwekuba mu kifuba, to repent; to reconsider one's position, cf. ^akafuba, olufuba.

e- (ki/bi) porch, veranda.

e- crowdedness, usually as an adv. or with the -a of rel. close together, crowded; abundant, plentiful. Ejinaano ya kifuko. The wheat is thickly sown. Aba- karamoja bazimba kifuko. The Karamoja build (their houses) close together, cf. fuka.

e- (ki/bi) deserted house; deserted place. Omukadde akira ekifulukwa. (prov.) An old feeble tenant is better than an empty house. Half a loaf is better than no bread, cf. fuluka.

e- (ki/bi) tool for digging holes in the ground. cf. effumu.

e- (ki/bi) kind of plant, marshmallow.

e- (ki/bi) knot; end, conclusion. The synonyms ekifundikizo and ekifundikiro occur with much less frequency, cf. fundika, fundikira.

(ki/bi) a solid lump of soil.

e- (ki/bi) mound, embankment; molehill.

e- (ki/bi) swelling/knot on a tree.

e- with the -a of rel. oily, omubiri ogw'ekifuta, oily body/complexion. cf. amafuta.

q.v. quickly; without stopping.

Abutilon indicum.

cf. fuutiika.

e- (ki/bi) sudd, mass of floating vegetation which obstructs the course of a river (esp. the Nile).

e- (ki/bi) piece of barkcloth (lubugo) used for tying things.

arch dance (at a ceremony after the birth of twins).

e- (ki/bi) something flattened out /esp. of food, such as a boiled plantain which has been flattened out, a flat broad a grandchild.

e- (ki/bi) [Sie., Hind.f\ large vehicle; railroad car; trailer; cart; ugly old bicycle, kugalangatana nga kigaali kya muyiga, to walk unsteadily; to be unsteady or clumsy in what one is doing, lit., to be unsteady like the bicycle of one who is learning (to ride), cf. eggaali, akagaali.

e- (ki/bi) variety of papyrus.

e- (ki/bi) scale (of a fish or reptile). cf.. gagambuka, eggamba, eggagamba.

e- (ki/bi) kind of wild aloe.

e- (ki/bi) stock/butt of a gun. eki- gala ky'emmundu, stock of a gun.

e- (ki/bi) snout (of a hog).

e- (ki/bi) scale (e.g., of a fish); scab; crust, cf. eggalagamba; eggamba, ekigagamba.

e- (ki/bi) house without a partition.

e- see ebigalanga.

e- (ki/bi) gift (usually money) offered to a lubaale; basket in which the money is placed.

Bauhinia thonningii, from which dye and a substitute for soap are obtained.

e- also ekigalulira (ki/bi) root of a yam while still young.

e- (ki/bi) word; saying; matter, affair. Si kigambo. It doesn't matter, cf. gamba, akagambo, amagambo.

e- with the -a of rel. of or in the Kiganda style, manner or fashion, empisa ez'ekiganga, Kiganda customs. Ayambadde kiganda. He is dressed in the Kiganda fashion, cf. -ganda, Obuganda, Omuganda.

e- (ki/bi) large bundle; large heap. c f. omuganda.

e- (ki/bi) wide-mouthed gourd.

e- (ki/bi) unwalled or partially walled enclosure used for meetings, meals, etc.; audience hall.

e- (ki/bi) hoof.

e- (ki/bi) gray monkey.

e- also kyaziyazi adv. crosswise. okntuula ekigazigazi, to sit sprawled out, sit in a very relaxed manner; to feel at ease in the company of others. Atuula kyaziyazi omugumba ky'atuula ku mbaga. She takes up a lot of space like a childless woman at a wedding party, cf. -gazi.

e- (ki/bi) trap for large animals.

e- (ki/bi) euph. snake, python, lit. it goes naked.