e- (ki/bi) pestle used for grinding flour or mashing vegetables, cf. sotta.

v., okunywegera.

'e- (ki/bi) bait; weapon, ekintu ekissi, lethal thing; lethal weapon, cf. tta, ssa.

e- (ki/bi) nest (usually of a bird).

e- (ki/bi) grass, n'ekisubi ku liiso, unprepared (of persons), okutwala n'ekisubi ku liiso, to hustle (someone) away. cf. essubi.

e- with the -a of rel. dark green, obukoola obwa kisugga, dark green leaves. cf. nnakasugga, ensugga.

e- (ki/bi) omunnyu ogw'ekisula, salt in rock/lump form.

e- (ki/bi) dormitory; place of stay, ekisulo ky'abagenyi, hostel, lodging place. Baatambula olugendo lwa bisulo bibiri. They made a trip which required stopovers for two nights, cf. sula.

e- (ki/bi) twitch(ing) in the eye.

e- (ki/bi) elephant-snout fish, Gnathonemus longibarbis.

e- (ki/bi) key. cf. sumulula.

e- (ki/bi) placenta, afterbirth.

e- (ki/bi) patch of hair left unshaven on the top of the head; hair combed to stand up. cf. sunsumala.

e- (ki/bi) ekisunsulo kya ppamba, cotton ginnery, cf. sunsula, essunsuliro.

e- (ki/bi) comb (for the hair). cf. sunsula.

e- with the -a of rel. fresh (of milk ).

e- (ki/bi) itch, itching, cf. ^suna.

e- usually plur. ebisusunku (ki/bi) chaff; fig. disreputable people, riffraff.

e- (ki/bi) promise, cf. suubira, suubiza.

e- (ki/bi) piece of plantain stem used as a sponge; beer drunk after a burial. cf. essuumwa.

e- with the -a of rel. having the shape of a water pitcher (nsuwa), round. Ennyumba yaaki? Ya kisuuwa. What sort of a house is this? A round one.

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

e- (ki/bi) large water jar/|)ot/pitcher. cf. ensuwa.

e- (ki/bi) blister in the corner of the mouth (usually the result of a fever).

e- (ki/bi) termite hill, enju ey'ekiswa, conicai-shapeu nut. cf. euswu, iiuamuusna.

e- (ki/bi) large calabash/gourd. c f. ^akata.

e- (ki/bi) lit. it-will-not-grow-up (from kula), kind of insect which bores into dry wood. Kitaakule kizimba mu lumuli. (prov.) The kitaakule builds in a reed (and will soon perish when the reeds are burnt).

e- (ki/bi) large light; traffic light. cf. akataala, ettaala.

e- (ki/bi) kind of tree, Bridelia micrantha.

e- (ki/bi) puddle, temporary gathering of water; stagnant water after rain. cf. olutaba, amataba, ettaba.

e-: okulya ekitabaazi, to eat hurriedly; to eat while standing up, lit. like a warrior ready for battle, cf. tabaala.

e- (ki/bi) [Su>., At. ] book, ekitabo ekiwandiikibwamu, notebook, exercise book, omukubi w'ebitabo, book publisher, cf. akatabo.

e- also ekitakataka from ettaka, earth, with the -a of rel. brown, earth- colored.

e- (ki/bi) hot spring, kukka kita- kata, to have a narrow/luckv escape.

e- (ki/bi) exception, that which is contrary to or conflicts with the usual, cf. kkiriza, kkirizaganya.

e- (ki/bi) sword.

large groundsel, Senecio multicorymhosus.

e- (ki/bi) large strainer of sticks and grass used in making beer.

e- (ki/bi) wonder; marvel, as adv. wonderfully; amazingly, eky'ekitalo, amazingly enough, wondrous to behold, with the -a of rel. -a kitalo, wonderful; awesome; strange; remarkable.

e- (ki/bi) cloth; towel; duster; napkin; handerchief; turban, ekitambaala ky'okummeeza, tablecloth, ekitambaala ky'omutwe, head scarf, cf. akatambaala.

e- (ki/bi) kind of kikooyi, q.v.

e- (ki/bi) sacrifice, sacrificial slaying, cf. tamba.

e- (ki/bi) spirit possession. Aliko ekitambo. He is possessed by a spirit. cf. tambulula.

e- (ki/bi) intoxicating drink, intoxicant, cf. tamiira.

e- (ki/bi) bed. cf. akatanda.

e- (ki/bi) light; brightness; transparency, okutambulira mu kitangaala, to walk in the light, cf. tangaala.

e- (ki/bi) placenta, afterbirth.

poor guy, poor man. kakitawe, the poor little boy.

e- (ki/bi) torch; bunch of grass or piece of firewood/paper, etc., which is set on fire and carried about.

e- (ki/bi) muluka court, cf. tawulula.

effumbiro, ekiyungu(indigenous).

kamunyi, magga.

e- (ki/bi) seat; site; base, ekitebe ekikulu, headquarters, cf. akatebe, entebe.

e- (ki/bi) bog. cf. akateebe.

e- (ki/bi) clump of plantains; place where rubbish is collected for burning. cf. teekera.

e- (ki/bi) place for a waterpot in a hut. cf. ^teeka.

e- (ki/bi) place for disposal of children's feces (e.g., in a hole dug at the base of a plantain tree).

e- (ki/bi) resolution, proposal, bill. c f. ^teesa.

e- (ki/bi) kind of fine grass placed on the floors of old-styled houses, cf. oluteete, etteete.

e- (ki/bi) dress, skirt, ennyumba ey'ekiteeteeyi, round hut with thatched, sloping roof. cf. akateeteeyi.

e- (ki/bi) expression of appreciation to one who has cooked a good meal (e.g., by loosening one's belt), cf. teewuluza.

e- with the -a of rel. of medium stature. Mukasa wa kitema. Mukasa is of medium stature.

e- (ki/bi) wild plantain, Musa ensete. cf. olutembe, nnakitembe, ttembe.

e- (ki/bi) clot, ekitembejja ky'omusaayi, a blood clot.

e- plur. amateme an insect resembling a caterpillar which attacks young shoots, esp. those of the cotton plant.

e- (ki/bi) African print cloth or any similarly patterned material.

e- (ki/bi) trembling; shiver; chill (from a fever, cold, etc.).

e- (ki/bi) simpleton, easy mark.

e- (ki/bi) rough bark (the first to be taken off of the barkcloth treej used for burials and other purposes which do not require a finer type of cloth).

e- (ki/bi) package, packet, parcel. cf. tereka.