a- (ka/bu) chin, goatee, cf. ekirevu.

akalevu.

e- (ki/bi) beard; moustache; whiskers, kukwata mu kirevu, lit. to grab by the beard, i.e., to be insolent towards, to tease (of a child towards an adult), cf. akalevu, amalevu.

e- (n/n) youth, lit. lacking (bula) beard on the chin (kalevu). also as an invar, adj. omulenzi embulakalevu, youth.

e- less common var. of mbulakalevu, q.v.

oku- bulajinanya ensimbi, misappropriate money, embezzle funds.cf. ^ebbula, ebbuliro, embulakalevu, embulakayu, embulakirevu, omubuze, ^wabula.

kukuuta kalevu ku ttaka, to be obsequious, implore abjectly, lit. rub one's chin on the ground, kukuuta bigere, to go very fast.