e- (ki/bi) jackal. Ekika ky'Ekibe, the Jackal Clan. (The jackal is considered an animal of ill omen.) cf. akabe.

e- (ki/bi) cartilage; gristle, cf. bebena, akabebenu.

e- (ki/bi) udder, cf. ebbeere.

e- (ki/bi) kind of thorny tree.

e- (ki/bi) shoulder. Oggye ku mutwe otadde ku kibegabega. All right, very well. I have understood, you don't have to say anything further, cf. begabega, akabe ga.

e- (ki/bi) belch, okukuba eki- bejjagalo, to belch, cf. bejjagala.

e- (ki/bi) something unusual/outside of the ordinary; an extraordinary happening. Kino kibejjo. This is horrible/terrible.

e- (ki/bi) crust (on burnt food); burnt portion adhering to the pan. ebibembe by'omusaayi, clots of blood, cf. bemba.

e- (ki/bi) wonder; marvel. Kino kiberengeru! This is unbelievable/terrible!

e- no plur. (ki/bi) danger; trouble.

shoulder, cf. ekibegabega.

cf. ekibejjagalo; bajjagala.

bembulula (-bembuludde) v.tr. conv. 1 2 remove (a scab); detach; unstick; peel off (skin). cf. ekibembe, emmembe.

n., ebbuba, ekibembe.

n., omusiru, kabandu, omutette, ssekibette; as int., kidoma!

ekibe.

ekibebenu.

ebisenge by'enjuki, ekibembe, ekikambi.

ekibe, ebbowa.

a- (ka/bu) small|jackal. okuwulira akabe akakaaba, to hear the jackal crying (an omen of death), cf. ekibe.

a- (ka/bu) cartilage, okutuuza akabebenu ku ntebe, to sit on the edge of a chair, cf. bebena, ekibebenu.

a- from ekibegabega, shoulder, kuggyawo kabega, to avoid becoming involved, withdraw one's support to avoid complications, lit. take away the shoulder.

e- var. of ekibejjagalo, q.v.

eky'ekitalo, akatazi, ekikuuno, kiberengeru, ekijjo, ssebitalo.

n., ekibegabega; (round shoulders) entumba.

nnakibengeyi.

foolish person; lazy/dull person.

v.tr. caus. cause to blaze. cf. nnakibengeyi.

etc.; defend, exculpate. Yagaani- rayo. He refused to come out/come back. Kiberu oyo mmugaanira, tasobola kubba. I stand up for/defend/exculpate Kiberu, he could not steal. Akambe nkamusabye naye akagaanidde. I have asked him for the knife but he has refused to let go of it/ part with it.

cf. bengeya.

okuggya ku mabeere, to wean, okuva ku mabeere, to be weaned. cf. ^ekibeere, lubeerebeere, omubbeere.

v.i. appl. 2 be (often with the implication of long or permanent duration). Ebiseera ebirungi tebibeerera. Good times do not last. Abaana abato teba- tera kubeerera awo. Young children are always on the go, lit. do not usually just stay there, kye kibeeredde, for that reason, that is why.

munch; pound, cf. akabebenu, ekibebenu.