ebbumba, olukuusi.

e- no. plur. (li/ma) clay; potter's clay. cf. bumba.

e- plur. (ki/bi) soft/mushy/soggy substance (of food, soil, clay, etc.).

e- plur. (ki/bi) soft/mushy/ soggy substance (of food, soil, clay, etc.).

o- (bu/-) mud, mortar or clay used for building.

mmumbye) / form/mold (out of clay); make (pottery); sculpt.

to place the palms together; to loaf around, do nothing. Tolikula oliwumba mmindi. You will never grow tip, lit. you will grow up molding clay pipes.

e- (ki/bi) piece of pottery, pottery product, something formed in clay. cf. bumba.

e- (ki/bi) clay pit.

e- (ki/bi) large open calabash; piece of calabash used by potters to smooth clay; fig. foolish/stupid person. cf. oluwaawo, empaawo.

e- (ki/bi) basin in which a baby is washed. It was originally madeaf clay hat the word is now also applied to metal basins.

e- (n/n) a mixture of clay and native medicines formed into a cylindrical shape. It is stored in a dry state and, as the occasion requires, it is mixed with water and used as a medicine, cf. bumba.

one who cannot be told anything. Nnantabuulirirwa alisaabala obw'ebbumba. (prov.) One who heeds no advice will travel in a clay boat (and risk destruction), cf. buulirira.

e- (n/n) grog, pieces of broken pots ground up and mixed with clay in making pottery, cf. ebisibosibo.

e- (n/n) large cooking pot (usually made of clay), cf. akatamu.

e- (li/ma) stone, brick or ball of clay used for cooking. Three of these are usually arranged in the form of a triangle. The pot is placed on top and the firewood is inserted through the openings at the sides, amasiga is now also used to designate the cooking area of a stove or oven, essiga is also the term applied to the largest subdivision of a clan. cf. obusiga.

e- (li/ma) large vessel; large clay pot.

e- no plur. (li/ma) mud; wet clay; alluvium. cf. ebitosi.

bowls, etc.); smooth down (the cement between bricks).

mpulunze) v.tr. roll, mold (clay, dough, etc.). cf. ekiwulungwa; kulunga.

o- (mu/ba) potter, one who works with clay. cf. bumba.

-bumbe adj. molded or fashioned from clay. cf. bumba.

to come back empty-handed, lit. like a stick {cf. omuggo) which digs clay.