e- (n/n) discussion, talk; dialogue; negotiation, cf. ^teesa, teesaganya.

e- (n/n) strength; energy.

e-, entegetege see olutegetege.

e- (n/n) manner or way of preparing/ arranging; arrangement; preparation; program, plan, entegeka y'obufuzi, constitution (of a nation), entegeka y'emyaka etaano, five-year plan, entegeka y'emmeeza, setting of the table, cf. tegeka.

e- (n/n) newly planted plantain garden, lusuku lwa ntembo, iden. cf. tembula.

e- (n/n) arch, short barkcloth coverlet.

e- (n/n) felled plantain tree.

peacefully, quietly.

e- (n/n) type of drum used at royal ceremonies; type of drumbeat, cf. omu- tenga.

e- (n/n) nnaka (a kind of termite) after it has lost its wings and fallen to the ground.

e- adv. kuyimirira ntengerera, to stand rieid/at attention, cf. tengerera.

e- (n/n) fear, fright; terror; nervousness. cf. tengera.

e- (n/n) colocynth berries; game played by children with these berries, ma- tama kuba ntengo, to be silent when questioned (particularly when one is being accused). Yatuukira ku kubuuza Nsimbye- gwire gy'ali kyokka nga omukyala amatama ntengo. He asked where N. was, but the wife only kept silent, cf. akatengotengo.

e- (n/n) kind of large antelope, eland.

e- omutuba ogw'enterere, barkcloth tree too young to be stripped.

e-, (n/n) core of a small boil; blackhead (on the nose or face); dark surface layer of a knife which is worn away when it is sharpened; first milk after childbirth.

in form; from the defective verb -ti, q.v. Used to introduce indirect (rarely direct) discourse, that; namely. Yagamba nti ajja kugenda. He said that he would go.

e- (n/n) fear, fright; intimidation, kukuba ntiisa, to shock, terrify, cf. tya, tiisa.

e- (n/n) tumix; quail; gray partridge.

e- (n/n) kind of plantain with heavy bunches, cf. tikka.

e- (n/n) top, summit, peak, oluku- jinaana olw'oku ntikko, summit conference. cf. tikka.

e- (n/n) kind of earth-colored bird about the size of a partridge.

e- (n/n) mixture; patchwork, cf. tobeka.

e- (n/n) base, bottom, kulaga ntobo, colloq. to gulp down one's drink without stopping, cf. amatobo(tobo).

e- (n/n) holes in which nsonzi (mudfish) gather during the dry season and from which they may be extracted by hand.

e- with or without the -a of rel. many, a large number; a large quantity, entoko y'ebintu, a great many things.

e-: okukuba entoli, to snap the fingers.

e- (n/n) cedar tree, Juniperus pro- cera.

e- (n/n) abortion (of animals).

e- usually plur. (n/n) huge number, large amount, entoloomoloie z'ebintu, a huge number of things.

e- (n/n) skill; accurate aim. Wa ntomo. He has a good aim. He is a good shot. cf. ^toma.

e- (n/n) touchiness. Wa ntondo. He is touchy/easily offended.

e- (n/n) harp. Also called lu- kangaga, q.v.

e- (n/n) kind of insect which secretes a peculiar fluid. cf. tonnya, tonnye- za.

e- (n/n) beginning, okuluva ku ntono, to start from the beginning (in giving a detailed narrative). Ka nno nduve ku ntono. Let me start from the beginning.

e- also entontogolo (n/n) fruit of trees of the genus Ficus, (juweddeko entontogolo, ennyonyi ziyita ku ttale. (prov.) tVhen (the tree) has been stripped of all its fruit, the birds pass on to (other) areas. Wealthy people receive many visitors; the poor, none. cf. ekitonto, omutonto.

e- (n/n) dispute, arguing.

e- (n/n) young bush grass.

e- (n/n) bad smell, stink, okuwunya entoowooko, to have a very bad smell.

e- (n/n) fiscal strike.

e- (n/n) fork (for eating), okuba n'entoozi, to have light fingers (of a thief); to be skilled in catching the ball (of a goalkeeper in soccer) cf. toola.

e-: okusala entotto, to be indecisive, hesitate between courses; to go into useless details. Lumusaza entotto. He is critically ill (lu- implies olumbe).

e- (n/n) kind of small fish.

e- plur. (n/n) strips of bark from the mu tuba tree.

e- (n/n) quagmire; fig. precarious position, cf. tubira.

e- (n/n) giraffe; bracelet (worn by women).

e- (n/n) dense scrub.

e- (n/n) drumbeat, manner of beating drums; celebration at the birth of twins; celebration, party, feast, entujjo eyaliko okusaza entuuyo ebibatu, a tremendous feast, lit. which caused one to wipe off the sweat with the palms ot the hands. cf. tujja.

e- (n/n) type of fruit resembling an eggplant; testicles, synonym enjagi, q.v. Yatunyumiza entuula obugenyi. He told us a lot of nonsense, cf. omutula.

e- (n/n) small pied kingfisher.

e- (n/n) zebra.

e-: okuyomba entulumuko, to become enraged, lose one's temper, cf. tulumuka.

e- (n/n) round shoulders, ow'entu- mba, a person with round shoulders.

e- (n/n) dropsy, ow'entumbi, a person with dropsy, cf. tumbika.

e- (n/n) flexor muscle of the leg or forearm.

e- (n/n) calf of the leg; in the plur. loins, kulega muntu ntumbwe, to follow after a person, dog the heels of a person. Mugende muzannyeemu emmere ekke mu ntumbwe. Go and play a while so your food may be digested, lit. go down into the calves. Kulemberamu y'akulega entu- mbwe. (prov.) lit. (He who says) ‘you go first' is measuring the size of your legs. He who gives you a task is trying to test your capabilities.

e- (n/n) kind of edible termite.

e- (n/n) with the -a of rel. short (formerly only of barkcloth clothing but note of other types of clothes), obuteeteeyi obw'entundu, short skirts, mini-skirts. cf. ekitundu.

e- (n/n) rump of a fowl.

e- (n/n) patches of barkcloth. cj. tunga, tungira.

e- usually sing, (n/n) sesame, sem- sem; paste made out of crushed sesame. Kye yankoze entungo ekikola ggobe mu ki- bya. He treated me like a dog, lit. what he did too me sesame does to the ggobe in the bowl. cf. olutungotungo.

e-: kusigala ku ntungu, to be worried.

e- (n/n) borassus palm.

e- (n/n) elevated stretch of land, slope of a hill.

e- (n/n) pulse, pulsation, heartbeat. cf. amatunnunsi.

e- (n/n) water grass.

e- (n/n) Cape gooseberry, Physalis sp.

e- (n/n) inflammation of the finger or toe.

e- (n/n) way of looking; look, expression; appearance, entunula y'omuntu, the way a person looks, the expression/ the look on a person's face. cf. tunula.

e- (n/n) auditory passage.