e- (ki/bi) that which is intended, intention, purpose, aim. cf. genda, genderera.

e-: omunnyu ogw'ekigenekere, salt extracted from vegetable cinders. cf. geneka.

e- (ki/bi) filter for straining salt from ashes; cinders of burnt plants which are used for washing, cf. geneka.

e- see ebigenge.

e-: kwekola kigenyi, to have a wonderful time, enjoy oneself thoroughly. cf. -genyi.

e- (ki/bi) foot; paw; footstep; footprint. ekigere ekisajja, big toe. ow'ebi- gere, pedestrian, okudda mu bigere bya..., to follow in the steps of; to replace, kulya kintu ne musenza bigere, to eat one's fill, lit. to eat something and you push away with the feet. cf. obugeregere, eggere, akagere, olugere.

e- (ki/bi) measure, measurement; size; build; extent, with the -a of rel. moderate. Kirungi omwenge onywenga gwa kigero. You should drink beer in moderation. Obuyivu bwabwe si bwa kigero eki- bayinzisa okusoma ebitabo bino. Their education is not sufficient to enable them to read these books, cf. ^gera.

e- (ki/bi) test; trial; temptation; usually in the plur. (school) examination. cf. Igera.

e- (ki/bi) castanet of a sorcerer. cf. enjasabiggu.

e- (ki/bi) shrine of a lubaale; place of burial for elders of a clan. See essabo.

e- (ki/bi) grave site; family graveyard; graveyard.

e- (ki/bi) something which is new, new one, novelty, cf. -ggya.

e- (ki/bi) piece of a broken pot, potsherd. cf. oluggyo.

e- (ki/bi) spoiled egg. cf. eggi.

e- (ki/bi) fertilizer, ekkolero ly'ebi- gimusa, fertilizer factory, cf. - gimu, gimusa.

e- (ki/bi) block placed under the wheel of a vehicle to prevent it from rolling; fig. stumbling block.

e- (ki/bi) fenced enclosure; stockade, yard; fort; relig. parish.

e- (ki/bi) gain; winnings; end, terminus, cf. goba.

e- (ki/bi) thick layer of skin below the hair (of pigs and similar animals).

e- (ki/bi) fresh plantain fiber, used as a sponge, cf. olugogo, omugogo.

e- (ki/bi) kind of small basket trap for catching small fish (nkejje). The traps were tied together in pairs by a cord three or four feet long. (Roscoe ).

e- (ki/bi) mash made from dried plantains, consumed particularly in time of famine.

e- (ki/bi) back; backbone; meat from the back of a game animal, cf. ^omugongo.

e- (ki/bi) sisal plant; piece of sisal (before being processed); area where sisal grows, cf. obugoogwa, akagoogwa.

e- (ki/bi) calamity, catastrophe.

e- (ki/bi) lit. that which pounds, masher; pestle, cf. gotta.

difficulty, ‘hitch.' Eby'ol ugendo Iwange byajjamu kigoyeweezinge. A problem developed about my trip. Ebintu byajjamu kigoyeweezinge. Things did not work out very well. Complications developed.

e- (ki/bi) trap for capturing larger animals; drop-trap.

e- (ki/bi) cushion, pillow (made of grass or banana fibers), mu ngeri eteri ya kusimba lukokola ku kigugu, in a very industrious way, without showing any laziness, lit. in a way which is not that of planting the elbow on the pillow.

e- (ki/bi) small dried slice of young pumpkin or squash.

e- (ki/bi) large cage; animal cage. cf. akaguli.

e- also ekigulumo (ki/bi) embankment, mound of earth, slope, cf. eggulumu.

e- (ki/bi) mustering place of cows. cf. gumba.

e- (ki/bi) sheet of burlap/canvas; large gunny sack. cf. egguniya.

e- (ki/bi) gruel of crushed green beans, okulya ekiguude, to insult grossly, slander maliciously.

e- (ki/bi) scalp disease; area from which the hair has disappeared because of the disease.

e- (ki/bi) stupid/foolish/idiotic person, eby'ekigwagwa, foolishness stupidity, cf. -gwagwa.

e- (ki/bi) trip, fall; throw in wrestling; wrestling; wrestling match, kukuba kigwo. to throw (in wrestling), kukwata kigwo, to wrestle, omukubi w'ekigwo, wrestler. Ngudde kigwo. I have fallen/tripped, kugwa kigwo, to be wasted/squandered. Essente ze nnawaayo okusomesa omwana oyo zaagwa kigwo. The money I spent to educate that child was utterly wasted, cf. gwa.

skirt.

place sideways, place horizontally.

etc., place by the side, place alongside; interpose. Yankiikira ensingo. He is vexed/irritated at me.

serve as a representative for fan administrative unit in a country), ebitundu bye bakiikirira, the sections which they represent.

sneer at, taunt, be sarcastic to.

adj. each, every, kiisi mulenzi yenna ayagala okugula ekitabo, any boy at all who wishes to buy the book.

e- pej. augm. of liiso, eye. Kiiso kya mbuzi kirekera omussi ne kitunuulira omu- baazi. (prov.) The eye of the goat turns away from the one who is killing it and looks at the one who will skin it. Perhaps this means that we do not always realize who our real enemies are.

e-: okutunula ekiisooso, to avert one's gaze; to look askance, cast an uneasy/suspicious glance, cf, ekiiso, eriiso.

-kiiyizza) v.tr. disdain, view superciliously, view with contempt.

e- (ki/bi) skin cloak or mat made of several skins sewn together.

e- (ki/bi) celebration; festival; jubilee; party; rejoicing, exultation. Bampi- se ku kijaguzo kyabwe eky'emyaka 25 mu bufumbo. They have invited me to their 25th wedding anniversary celebratiob. c/. j aguza.

e- (ki/bi) bean, kukkuta bijanjaalo,' colloq. to be pregnant, cf. janjaala.

e- (ki/bi) trailing robe.

e- with the -a of rel. of long duration (esp. of talk), omuntu ow'ekijegera, an incessant talker, cf. jegera.

e- (ki/bi) spoon, kukuba kijiiko, to fry. cf. akajiiko.

hate, detest.

e- no plur. (ki/bi) gloomy, threatening weather (usually in the evening). Kyali kijjaggulwe It was threatening to rain.

kijjagana (-kijjaganye) v.i. recip. hate each other, loathe one another, kijjakijjana also has a non-reciprocal use: aggravate, be obnoxious to, molest.

e- also amajjankunene (ki/bi) prodigy, marvel; something amazing.

bother; persecute, cf. kijja.

e- (ki/bi) clay pit.

e- (ki/bi) great commotion/confusion; large feast/banquet.

e- also ekijjo (ki/bi) marvel; prodigy; strange thing; sensation.

e- (ki/bi) memorial; reminder. cf. jjukira, jjukiza.

e- (ki/bi) banquet, feast; meal to which one is invited. Taggwa ku bijjulo. He never misses an event (banquet, sports event, etc.). He goes to everything. cf. ^jjula.

e- also ejjonjoli (ki/bi) kind of bird resembling a bulbul.

e- (ki/bi) young cockerel, pullet; young person (from the age of about 16 to 20); pretty girl.

e- (ki/bi) fringe; mane, long hair. cf. akajwenge.

e- (ki/bi) clan; family; type, kind; form. t or sub-divisions of the clan see ~essiga, omutuba and olunyiriri.

e- (ki/bi) temporary enclosure/ shelter made of grass, reeds and small trees, cf. kaabuga.

e- (ki/bi) fence; arch, royal or chief's enclosure (among the Banyoro).

e- (ki/bi) piece of gourd used as a scoop.