e- (n/n) seed(s) of a gourd (used as a food in time of famine).

e- (n/n) rare notch at the mouth of a flute; filed gap between teeth.

e- (n/n) kind of thick/rough barkcloth; per ext. mudguard.

e- (n/n) cavity, deep hole, empampagama y'omuti, a hole in a tree, empampagama y'ekiswa, a hole in a termite hill.

e- (n/n) hydrocele.

e- (n/n) kind of nut resembling a peanut/groundnut; fragment, piece (e.g., of stone). Empande emu eyiwa ekisero, (prov.) One (fallen) mpande causes the whole basket to be spilled (because the person carrying the basket stooDs to nick it up). Excessive attention to small things leads to the loss of large things, cf. ^oluwande.

e- (n/n) manner/way of writing; orthography, cf. wandiika.

e- (n/n) cock; kind of large beetle, enkoko empanga, cock. cf. 2ekiwanga, sseggwanga.

e- plur. of oluwanga, q.v.

e- (n/n) furrow (esp. those made with a hoe); in the plur. plot of ground in the process of cultivation, cf. oluwangi.

e- (n/n) post; pole, empango y'eki- kajjo, stalk of sugarcane; stick of sugarcane.

e- (n/n) wedge.

e- (n/n) descent; way of coming down, empanuka yaabwe ku bukulu, their stepping down from/losing their positions of importance, cf. wanika, wanuka.

e- (n/n) fluttering; way of fluttering. cf. papala.

e- (n/n) madcap, giddy/flighty person. cf. papa.

e- also mpambiiro with the -a of rel. scarce, hard to get. Amazzi ga mpapiiro. Water is hard to get.

e- (n/n) way of marrying, kind of marriage, cf. wasa.

e- (n/n) space(s), opening(s). empataanya z'engalo, the spaces between the fingers, empataanya z'oluggi, the opening in the door, cracks in the door.

e- (n/n) kind of termite.

e- (n/n) cowrie shell with the top off.

e- (n/n) cunning/deceitful/ tricky person.

e- (n/n) kind of large edible mushroom.

e- (n/n) pay, salary, wage; reward. cf. ^wa, weera.

e- (n/n) service; allegiance; way of sending; sending, cf. Va, weereza.

e- (n/n) vowel, ennukuta empee- rezi, vowel, vowel letter, cf. ^wa, weerera. contr. ensirifu.

e- (n/n) oribi antelope. Ekika ky'empeewo, the Oribi Antelope Clan. cf. akaweewo.

as of now. See the more common kampegaano.

e- (n/n) grain, seed; pill. Bwe nnatuuka ku buliri nnabulwa yadde empeke y'otulo mu liiso. When I went to bed I didn't get a single wink of sleep, cf. akaweka.

e- (n/h) kind of red cloth.

e- (n/n) shrewd/clever/quickwitted person; swindler.

e- (n/n) invalid.

e- (n/n) long stick with a hook on the end used for grasping things which are out of arm's reach. Kiri ewala, empenduzo ekireeta. (prov.) lit. That which is far, an empenduzo brings it in. To catch a fish one must have the right bait. cf. wendula.

e- (n/n) dry sorghum millet eaten when other food is scarce, empengere y'omusajja, a very strong man. Togayiranga mpengere mu kisenge. (prov.) Never pass judgment before you know the facts.

e- (n/n) bridesmaid, companion. cf. werekera.

e- plur. (n/n) border, boundary; limit.

e- (n/n) ring; nut (of a screw), omu- kyala ow'empeta, ring wife, i.e., wife with whom one has been joined in Christian wedlock, as opposed to other wives or concubines. cf. weta, akaweta.

e- (n/n) kind of very tall timber tree widely used in the construction of canoes, Piptadenia africana. emimwa egy'empewere, thin lips.

e- (n/n) wind; breeze; draft; air; atmosphere; cold; cold air. okulya ku mpewo, to take a walk, get some air. cf. akawewo, oluwewowewo.

e- plur. of oluyi, q.v.

e- (n/n) envy, jealousy.

e- (n/n) dagger.

e- plur. (n/n) disastrous fire, conflagration; forest fire; large fire deliberately started for a constructive purpose (such as clearing a section of land), cf. oluyiira.

e- (n/n) flatulence, gassiness in the stomach; fig. rancor, wrath, okukuba empiiyi, to belch. Akumma ebijanjaa- lo akuwonya mpiiyi. (prov.) He who refuses you beans spares you from being afflicted with a gassy stomach. Perhaps similar to sour grapes.

e- (n/n) seeds used in playing mweso. kukwata mu lya mpiki, to find something missing, cf. oluyiki.

e- (n/n) kind of tree with dark wood, Maba aby s sinic a.

e- plur. of oluyina, q.v.

e- (n/n) kind of small bean. Ekika ky'Empindi, the Bean Clan, kuba kinnya na mpindi, to be very close/near, kulima mpindi ku mabega, to slander, backbite.

e- (n/n) kind of large mpindi.

e-: okuliira empinga, to frustrate, spoil things for. Ebyo byonna byamuliira empinga. All these things ruined his chances. Aba yeeriiridde yekka empinga. He is asking for trouble. He is bringing trouble on himself.

e- (n/n) fleet of canoes; navy, fleet.

e- (n/n) (pair of) handcuffs.

e- (n/n) kind of tree, Gagarius indicus.

e- (n/n) kind of very poisonous snake.

e- (n/n) fruit of the wild date- palm.

e- (n/n) conduct, behavior; manners; custom, habit, cf. 2 yita, amayisa.

e- (n/n) hyena, kuggya mu mannyo ga mpisi, to save (someone who is in danger), lit. remove from the teeth of the hyena, cf. buyisi, Wampisi.

e- (n/n) passer-by; traveler; wanderer, transient; vagabond, cf. 2 yita-

e- (n/n) needle; injection, eddagala ly'empiso, medicine which is administered by injection, kukuba mpiso, to inject with with a needle; fig. to bribe, cf. obuyiso, eggwiso, akayiso.

e- (n/n) filth; excrement. cf. -yita, -bi.

e- (n/n) spirals of rnnppr hrace- let; special method of sewing barkcloth. cf. 2 yita.

e- (n/n) path, passage, cf. 2yita, yitira.

e- (n/n) bracelet or anklet (sometimes made of ivory).

e- with the -a of rel. amatooke ag'empogola, plantains cooked without removing the skins, amagi ag'empogola, boiled eggs. cf. muliibwampogola.

e- adv. slowly; gently, softly; quietly, mpolampola, gradually, by degrees. Akwata empola atuuka wala. (prov. j Who proceeds slowly goes far. Slow but sure. Mpolampola, ayiisa obu- sera. (prov.) Slowly and carefully, he cooks the porridge. Easy does it. cf. kawola.

e- (n/n) lion. Ekika ky'Empo- logoma, the Lion Clan. cf. wologoma, Wampologoma.

e- (n/n) green sorghum millet used as malt.

e- (n/n) [Lunyankole ] empomero y'omuzigo, lump of butter.

e- (n/n) deep hole; hollow. cf. ekiwompogoma, oluwompogoma.

e- (n/n) very poor person, unimportant person, a ‘nobody,' lit. one who can only offer sacrifices (wonga) of termite wings (byoya).

e- (n/n) offering to a lubaale. em- buzi emponge, a sacrificial goat. cf. wonga. See also ^olugo.