engabi.

conceal, okukisa omukono, to die, lit. to hide one's hand (usually employed with reference to a Kabaka). Bw'akolola engabi yeekisa mu kisaka. When he coughs the bushbuck hides in the bush (i.e., he has a very loud cough). Bw'aseka empisi yeekisa ku ki- kande. When he laughs the hyena hides in a deserted place (i.e., he has a loud and boisterous laugh).

e- (n/n) young buck, young male (bushbuck, antelope, etc.).

sseddume w'ente, bull, sseddume w'endiga, ram. sseddume w'engabi, male bushbuck. cf. -lume, eddume.

(la) Mr. Bushbuck. cf. engabi.

calm down; become indifferent, lose interest. Ekiwola bakikwasa engalo. (prov.) lit. That which cools down, they take a hold of it with the fingers. One should not respond to a difficult situation by panicky or impulsive action, engabi eyakula n'ewola, a full-grown bushbuck, lit. one who has grown and cooled.

e- (n/n) bushbuck. Ekika ky'Engabi, the Bushbuck Clan. cf. walugabi.

-esazisa (-esazisizza) v.tr. caus. 1 & 2 refl. cause to cut oneself; cause to cut oneself with/using; cause to separate/divide, kwesaza bulala, to be in a flutter, be excited about an anticipated pleasure, kwesaza ng'ow'akagatto akamu (lit. be excited like a person with a single shoe) = kwesaza bulala. Engabi n'ejja yeesaza mu kisaawe. And the bushbuck came cutting across the field.