e- (n/n) ape, baboon.

the American Peace Corps, cf. wa, -ewa.

e- (n/n) domestic bovine, cow, bull, ox; in the plur. cattle, ente enduusi, cow. ente ennume, bull. Ekika ky'Ente, the Cow Clan. cf. obute, akate. akooye, easy chair, sofa. cf. akatebe, ekitebe, omutebe, ssentebe.

nnewa(n)kubadde, wadde.

e- (n/n) kind of banana; kind of insect, lit. eats the princes, cf. lya, omulangira.

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.

formerly the title of the sweeper of the Kabaka's courtyard. c f. lyera.

e- plur. of oluteega, q.v.

etc.

omujjwa.

e- (n/n) lit. thorn-eater. Used in the proverb: Endyamaggwa y'emanya bw'egakyusa. lit. The thorn-eater knows how to digest them. One man's meat is another man's poison.

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

nnyinyudde) v.tr. conv. (of nnyika, q.v.) draw out, take out (of water or other liquid). Note: nnyula could properly be placed under nnyika; it does not however conform to the usual method of forming the conversive.

e- (n/n) rare virgin, embeera ey'enteeka, celibate state.

akasimu.

e- (n/n) bad eating habits; poor table manners, cf. lya, -bi.

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

e- (n/n) preparation(s), arrangements); plan; program, enteekateeka y'eby'obufuzi, constitution, cf. ^teeka, teekateeka.

entengereze.

e- (n/n) golden floral beetle which feeds on ripe bananas, lit. eats bananas, cf. lya, lyenvu.

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

ekisu.

e- (n/n) leather bag; bag; pocket; purse.

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

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

ekiragala; (mosquito) akatimba; (hunting) ekitimba; also essamba, ekibanyi, olutuula, emi gamba, oluka, emmiimo, omutembo; make a n., okukuba amakowe.

ne bwe, conj. even if, even in the event that, ne is regularly used to introduce what is called the ne tense or the narrative tense. Twagula emmere ne tulya ne tukkuta. We bought food and we ate and we were satisfied.

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.

slim person.

take out, pull out (of water) ; fig. save, ‘bail out' (of a difficult situation).

e- (n/n) strength; energy.

q.v. nywegera (-nywegedde) v.tr. kiss.

n., omwennyango, kibugga, nnakitiddabusa.

e- plur. of olukokola, q.v.

q. v.

e- (n/n) rear, as an adv. behind, in the back, ennyuma wa, behind, in back of. ennyuma w'omusajja oyo, behind this man. ennyuma y'omusajja oyo, the rear end o f this man. Note that when ennyuma is used as a noun it is followed by ya or za; in the prepositional phrase it is followed by by wa. cf. -vannyuma, ekyennyumannyuma, oluvannyuma.

e-, entegetege see olutegetege.

v., okunyiiza.

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- plur. ennyumba or amayumba (n/n or li/ma) house, eby'amayumba, housing, housing matters/problems, cf. akayumba, eriyumba (liyumba).

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.

ekirogologo.

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) mule.

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

omuteezi.

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

thin person; one who is excessively thin and moves unsteadily.

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

ennakuzonna, with neg. form of v.;

be attractively dressed, be ‘dolled up.'

former kingdom located in the southwest of Uganda.

e- (n/n) felled plantain tree.

si kigambo, si musango.

cause to be attractively dressed; give a good appearance to, smarten up; beautify.

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

cf. laba.

to tie very tightly.

peacefully, quietly.

q.v.

naye.

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

e- (n/n) teat; nipple (of a bottle); pacifier, cf. nywa.

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

gya; (different) lala; (fresh) su; vide moon,

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

quarrelsome (person), omukambwe nnaluwali, a very fierce person.

run away from one' S husband /either temporarily or permanently).

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

e- (n/n) way of giving birth; birth; way of producing, cf. zaala.