e- (li/ma) large post; central post of a house (burned when the owner dies), cf. Iwaga, empagi.

e- (n/n) pillar, post; pole. Omuwala obulungi bumukubya ku mpagi. The girl is very beautiful, lit. beauty makes her strike at the pillar, kusiba kintu ku mpagi, to endure/put up with something, cf. ^waga, eggwagi.

empagi, olukoma, omukwero; centre p., eggwagi, sserugi; side p., essendeke, akasendwe; (office) omulimu.

back up, encourage. cf. obuwagizi, eggwagi, Luwaga, empagi, omuwagizi; wagika.