e- (n/n) kukuba nkannansi, to refuse flatly, cf. kannanta.

e- (n/n) harshness, fierceness; arrogance. Ono wa nkanu. He is an arrogant, harsh person. Basaba lwa nkanu. They make their requests in a very rude/demanding way. Ensimbi yawa za nkanu. He paid the money under compulsion, cf. kanuka, obukanu.

e- (n/n) paddle, oar.

e- (n/n) with the -a of rel. having very poor aim (esp. in hurling spears J. Yali wa nkasu. He had a very poor aim.

e- (n/n) pad for the head on which a load is carried; center ring in the ceiling of a hut; circle, coil; cripple, a person bom lame, kukuba (oli) nkata, to give (someone) something, help (someone) out. Bajja ennyindo y'enkata. They came in a state of great rage. cf. ekikata, lekkata.

e- (n/n) sparrow, cf. kala, kaza, oluggya.

e- (n/n) ambush, kukuba nkebe, to baffle, cf. keba.

e- (n/n) short skirt or apron made of skins formerly worn by warriors.

e- (n/n) polite word dung, excrement. Ekika kv'F,nkebuka. thename nf o clan.

e-: okukuba enkebunkanya, to be evasive/deceitful; to avoid cleverly.

e- (n/n) kind of wild fig tree.

e- (n/n) way of getting up early, as adv. early in the morning; the next morning; the next day, the following day. cf. keeta [appl. form of ^kya).

e- (n/n) kind of small fish which is eaten dried, sprat. It is sold on skewers. Ekika ky'Enkejje, the Sprat Clan.

e- (n/n) crack, fissure; weak point, flaw, kuggwa nkeka, to be completely satisfied/full (after eating or drinking).

e- (n/n) waist, cf. obukende, olu- kende, amakendegere.

e- (n/n) wild raspberry, cf. olu- kenene.

e- (n/n) bits of corn (maize) or cassava left in the sieve after the finer particles have gone through.

e- (n/n) swelling of the feet.

e- (n/n) beer made with very little sorghum; excessively sweet beer. Ekiwoo- mereze ekitatadde kye kizaala enkenku. (prov.) Sweetness which does not cease produces nkenku. Excess may ruin something that is essentially good.

e- (n/n) kind of insect which is very fond of sugar, cf. kennemba, eki- kennembi, olukennembi.

e-: Alimu enkenyera. He is in poor health or He is not completely convinced. cf. 2 kenya, kakenyera.

e- (n/n) squirrel. Ekika ky'Enke- rebwe, the Squirrel Clan.

e-: kwesiba nkerekejje (followed by inf.), commit oneself (to), work constantly and devotedly (in order to); be determined (to).

e- adv. incessantly, continually (with verbs of speaking, weeping, quarreling, etc.), cf. olukeremete.

e-: okusala enkerere, to be cowardly; to be evasive, hedge.

e- (n/n) kindof small animal known for its cleverness; clever/cunning person. Enkerettanyi, bagitega amenvu erya bi- bombo. (prov.) If you bait the trap for a nkerettanyi with bananas, it eats the grass (instead).

e- (n/n) nozzle of bellows.

e- (n/n) apron (worn by carpenters). cf. akakete.

e- (n/n) area near the temples and forehead where the hair has been shaven away, okutema enkiiya or okumwa enkiiya. to shave a portion of hair extending above the forehead, cf. olukiiya.

e- (n/n) indigestion.

e- (n/n) kind of bushy tree/shrub found in swamps, Myrica kandtiana.

e- (n/n) monkey. Ekika ky'Enkima, the Monkey Clan. Enkima tesala gwa kibira. (prov.) A monkey does not decide a case (omusango implied) involving the forest. No one is a good judge of his own situation.

c (n/r.) fly whisk made the tail of a cow or other large animal.

e- less frequently enkingi (n/n) edge; limit; border, boundary.

e- (n/n) rare needle, cf. kinda.

o- (n/n) fruits out of season, lit. it goes beyond (kira) the year/season (mwaka).

e- (n/n) dung, droppings (of goats, sheep, rabbits, etc.). cf. akakiringi.

e- (n/n) rare good-luck charm, cf. omukisa.

e- (n/n) secret, eby'enkiso, hidden things, secrets, cf. Ikisa.

e- (n/n) spine, spinal cord, backbone.

e- (n/n) advantage; excess; surplus; interest, kulya mu banno nkizo, to excel/ do better than your friends. Yatulyamu enkizo. He did better than we. He got the best of us. cf. Ikira.

e- (n/n) tall forest tree, Lovoa brownii, yielding a timber resembling walnut. Its trade name is Uganda Walnut. The wood is used extensively for various types of construction.

e-: ow'enkobabbirye, person with brownish-colored skin, one who is neither very dark nor very light; one who fluctuates between two opposing sides, fence- sitter. cf. nnankobabbirye.

e- (n/n) ape, baboon.

e- (n/n) old person who walks with difficulty; child who totters when he walks, amagulu ag'enkoboggo, small legs, disproportionate to the size of the body.

e- (n/n) kind of small white lake bird.

e- (n/n) stupid/foolish person; idiot.

e- (n/n) guinea fowl. cf. obukofu.

e- usually plur. (n/n) lower back, kufunya nkoggo, to walk in an arrogant and swaggering manner.

e- (n/n) chicken; hen. kukaabya bukoko, to make (someone j cry like a chicken, make suffer, kuzuukuka mu nkoko, to wake up bright and early, ku- kwala nkoko mumwa, to get up early, start out early/before the cock crows, Kye yankoze enkoko ekikola baana baayo. He treated me like a dog, lit. what he did to me the chicken does to its children.

e- plur. of olukokola, q.v.

e- (n/n) concrete, mortar, ekyuma eki tabu la enkokoto, concrete mixer. Tomala kulya kya munno n'okiyita enkokoto. (prov.) Don't eat your companion's (food) and then call it concrete. Don't bite the hand that feeds you.

e- (n/n) way of acting/doing; method, practice; way of working; policy; system; brand, make, ennvonyi y'enkola y'Eki- russia, an airplane of Russian make, okuteeka (or okussa) mu nkola, to put into effect, put into operation, cf. kola.

e- (n/n) way of working together/ cooperating; cooperation, cf. kola, kolagana.

former kingdom located in the southwest of Uganda.

e- (n/n) piece of wood tied around the neck of a dog to prevent it from biting. cf. ekikoligo.

e- (n/n) stump of a banana tree; epiglottis. cf. ekikolo.

e- with the -a of rel. fibrous (of potatoes).

e- (n/n) with the -a of rel. long- enkoloddoli y'olusolobyo, a long pruning stick, cf. olukoloddoli.

e- (n/n) young banana plant used for planting new fields.

e-: okuwera enkolokooto, to vow allegiance; to swear, take an oath; to declare emphatically that one will be able to do something.

e- (n/n) squeaker catfish, Syno- donlis victoriae.

e- with the -a of rel. huge, very big. enkoloomi y'ettwe, a big ugly head.

e- (n/n) kind of large black ant which eats termites, enkolooto y'ebintu, a large amount of baggage/luggage.

e- (n/n) something which is done, act, action, cf, kola.

e- (n/n) mongoose, okusalira omuntu ag'enkolwa, to deceive/trick/out-smart a person (amagezi is implied before ag'). cf. akakolwa.

e- (n/n) salted water used instead of sauce or gravy when the latter is not available.

e- (n/n) wind which moves northward from the Ssese Islands in the direction of Entebbe.

e- also enkomamawanga (n/n) kind of tree used for making walking sticks, Grewia mollis, cf. omukoma.

e- with the -a of rel. eternal, perpetual, essanyu ery'enkomeredde, perpetual bliss, cf. koma, komerera.