e- (n/n) black rail; water-hen.

e- (n/n) disease of the eustachian tube.

kind of marriage, cf. fumbirigana.

e- (n/n) myth; legend; tale; fable; tradition, cf. ^fuma.

e- (n/n) way of getting; income, omu- solo gw'enfuna, income tax. eby'enfuna, economy; economics, cf. funa.

e- (n/n) time, occasion, enfunda nnyingi, many times, often, enfunda bbiri, twice.

e- (n/n) suspensory bandage (e.g., as worn by a person with a broken arm), c f. funga.

e- no plur. (n/n) dust.

e- (n/n) change(s); develop- ment(s). cf. fuuka.

e- (n/n) kind of insect, ant lion; loss of hair caused by ringworm, cf. fuuwa.

e- (n/n) orphan, one who has lost both parents, kubuulira nfuuzi kwennya- raira, to tell someone to do what he wants to do or what he is experienced in doing, lit. to tell an orphan to grieve, cf. obu- fuuzi, omufuuzi.

e- (n/n) string made of barkcloth used as a small torch to light fires, cf. olufuuzi.

e- (n/n) piece of barkcloth formed into a cord to tie a corpse before burial; also worn by women around the waist as a sign of mourning.

one who does not wish to dirty his fingers by doing work, lit. pretty-fingers. cf. engalo, nana.

e- (n/n) malice, maliciousness, spite, ill will, churlishness.

e- (n/n) kind of fish resembling a small perch, Tilapia esculenta. cf. obugege.

e-: akambe ak'engera, a knife the handle of which has been broken or removed, kuzir.ys r.gcra, to pester, annoy, persecute.

e- (n/n) hardened saliva, dry saliva; slobber, cf. 2gera, geregeza; engagize.

e- (n/n) way of alloting; estimate, assessment, cf. 1 gereka.

e- (n/n) ow'engereka, a person with overlapping teeth, cf. 2 gereka.

e- (n/h) sort, kind; manner; way.

e- (n/n) white coating on the tongue.

e- (n/n) colobus monkey. Ekika ky'Engeye, the Colobus Monkey Clan (one of the most ancient clans of B Uganda).

e- (n/n) current (of a body of water). cf. 2 gera.

e- (n/n) warthog; rare wild boar.

e- (n/n) leopard. Ekika ky'Engo, the Leopard Clan. Bwe nnamusanga, nnali ?dde ku n~c crikc sm-.vsna. When I •met him he was in a furious state of mind, lit. 1 was like one who had fallen upon a leopard with a cub. Ekitta engo kigiyinga buzito. (prov.) That which kills the leopards is heavier than the leopard, cf. Wango.

e- (n/n) lazy/languid/earless person. cf. gojoba.

e- (n/n) gorilla; bogey, monstrous imaginary figure.

e- (n/n) cloth used to cover an infant, swaddling clothes; piece of barkcloth used for carrying an infant on the back. Mwana mugimu ava ku ngozi. (prov.) The potentialities of a person are present in early childhood.

e- (n/n) trouble, disturbance; difficulty, cf. gozoobana.

e- (n/n) tracks made by the continual passage of animals, children, etc., over an area of ground.

e- (n/n) arch, grass ornament on the prow of a canoe.

e- (n/n) kind of edible earthen salt. cf. guga.

e- (n/n) personal belongings of a traveler, baggage, luggage, cf. omugugu.

e- with the -a of rel. hard and black (of plantains attacked by a kind of parasite).

e-: enkuba engulansigo, the first rain after the dry season, so called because it is the time for buying (gula) seeds (nsigo) for planting.

e- (n/n) crown, royal headdress, okutikkira engule, to crown.

departed, nguli jjajjange, my late grandfather. See omugenzi.

e- adv. up, above, okudda engulu, to regain consciousness. Afrika ey'engulu, northern Africa, upper Africa, engulu ku lusozi, up on the hill, okuluma n'ogw'engu- lu, lit. to bite with the upper (lip, omumwa, implied), to be determined/resolved, cf. eggulu, kungulu, waggulu.

e- (n/n) rare heap; vast amount.

q. v.

e- (n/n) huge elephant; something huge/monstrous; now most commonly walagi, a very strong liquor resembling gin.

e- (n/n) [Sin.3 loincloth.

e- (n/n) bribe, okulya enguzi, to take a bribe, cf. gula.

e- (n/n) kind of tall forest tree. cf. gyabazito.

e-: ettooke ery'engwira, bunch of bananas which has fallen or been knocked down by a storm, strong wind, etc. cf. gwa, gwira.

e- (n/n) paradise flycatcher.

akafumu.

okuliisa essimbo.

lungi, womerevu; vide okunyirira.

also nigguuka (-nigguuse) v.i. be haughty; be flippant; be scornful.

turn up the nose; take things lightly; be indifferent/ carefree.

etc.

cause to he flinnanf eto

take matters lightly, treat things as a joke.\cf. omuniino.

e- (n/n) type of narcotic, bhang. See enjaga.

e- (n/n) scorpion, enjaba ey'obusagwa, scorpion.

e- (n/n) Indian hemp, bhang; dope, narcotic, okunywa enjaga, to use bhang; to take dope. cf. omuyaga.

e- (n/n) = entula. fruit of the muyagi, egg fruit.

e- no plur. (n/n) hunger; famine.

e- plur. of olwala, q.v.

e- (n/n) way of spreading out. enjala y'ekitanda, the way of making a bed.c f. nyala.

e- (n/n) a kind of broad elastic belt, lit. famine (njala) struck (yagwa).

e- (n/n) rafter, beam; long pieces of firewood to form the base on which other firewood is placed; banana leaves used as a covering or lining (see olwaliiro). ...laba, enjaliiro ekyali ku liiso lyo....and behold, a beam which is in thine own eye. (Matth. 7; 4). cf. ^yala, valiira.

e- (n/n) cat; wild cat.

e- (n/n) usually an attribute to another substantive bold, intrepid; aggressive; resourceful, possessing initiative. omusajja enjasabiggu, a bold, resolute man, a daredevil, cf. yasa, ekiggu.

e- (n/n) pronunciation; way of uttering/expressing; with cap. the official prayer book of the Church of Uganda. cf. yatula.

e- (n/n) vowel, cf. yatula, yatuza.

e- (n/n) way of separating; separation, division; difference; disagreement. cf. yawuka, yawukana.

e- (n/n) way of separating/distinguishing; way of subtracting (in arithmetic).