ekiwuka, empanga, essikissiki, evvuuvuumira.

o- adv. like an nziziiri (a kind of black beetle), kuddugala buziziiri, to be extremely black.

e- also ekissokondo (ki/bi) kind of beetle.

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

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

e- (n/n) manner/way of translating; translation, cf. vvuunula. nzizi, e- plur. of oluzzi, q.v. nziziiri, e- (n/n) a kind of black beetle found near bodies of water, cf. obuziziiri.

kikulungamazi.

treat with levity; flirt. Osaagiranga ku gwe wali osaagiddeko, evvuvuumira terigwa ku mwennyango. You should joke with a person whom you have joked with in the past; a beetle does not fall into nettle. Avoid undue familiarity.