smell, okuwunya ebbabe or olubabebabe. ,

be on the point of burning (of food); produce a burning sensation. Obulago bum- babirira. I have a burning sensation in the throat.

e- no plur. (li/ma) burning smell, smell of burning. Emmere ewunya ebbabe. The food smells burnt, cf. babira.

e- (ki/bi) crust (on burnt food); burnt portion adhering to the pan. ebibembe by'omusaayi, clots of blood, cf. bemba.

e- (ki/bi) filter for straining salt from ashes; cinders of burnt plants which are used for washing, cf. geneka.

e- (ki/bi) lit. it-will-not-grow-up (from kula), kind of insect which bores into dry wood. Kitaakule kizimba mu lumuli. (prov.) The kitaakule builds in a reed (and will soon perish when the reeds are burnt).

e- (ki/bi) spark from a fire (esp. a grass fire); piece of burnt paper flying in the air. cf. omuyonga, nnakayonga.

e- (n/n) crust on burnt food. cf. bemba.