ebintu.

be easy to hide. Ebintu ebibbe tebikwekeka. It is difficult to hide stolen goods.

o- plur. ennyimbe (lu/n) disease, illness; death; scourge; ceremony of distributing the goods and installing the heir of the deceased, olumbe lw'omusajja, a revolting/disgusting/obnoxious man. cf. ekimbe, Walumbe.

stay; be left over, okusigala obuggo, to lose all one's friends; to have all one's goods stolen, lit. to remain like a stick, okusiga- lamu akakunkuna, to retain one's doubts, be dissatisfied with an explanation that is offered. Asigaddeko katono afe. Heison the point of death.

as well as its pass, and caus. derivatives, are mostly used in association with olumbe, the ceremony of distributing the goods and installing the heir of the dec eased. At the end of the ceremony the period of mourning is terminated. Olumbe lwa Kasule lwayaba. The lumbe for Kasule was carried out/completed, yaba also means be very ill, be on the point of death. Nna- musanga ayaba. I found him very ill/on the point of death. okwaba inf.

njazizza) v.tr. search fa person; a house, premises, etc.); search for. Baaza ebibbe. They are searching for stolen goods. okwaza inf.

to return stolen goods. Kizzeeyol greetings and thanks for a present (e.g., to a potter who brings you a new pot).

o- (mu/mi) spoil, booty, plunder; stolen goods, loot. cf. nyaga.

a- pron. others, other people; master, person in authority, ekikopo kya bandi, the master's cup. musajja wa bandi, the poor man. bakazi ba bandi, the poor women. Leka kwonoona bintu bya bandi. Don't damage other people's goods, cf. ^-ndi.

kukuba pekiseni, to conduct a search (e.g., for stolen goods)

plaited, ebiruke, woven goods, cf. ^luka.

ebibbe, stolen goods. cf. Ibba.

assemble; gather together all one's resources; pledge all one's goods.

make a display, mu ngeri ya kwejalabya, ostentatiously, in an ostentatious manner, ebintu eby'okwejalabya, luxuries, luxury goods.