e- (ki/bi) [Su;. ] match; box of matches, cf. akabiriiti.

ekibiriiti.

a- (ka/bu) [Su;. ] match, cf. ekibiriiti.

ekibiriiti.

n., ekibiriiti; (in games) okuwakana.

etc.; cut with/using, kusaza ntuuyo bibatu, to sweat very much, wipe off the'sweat with one's palms, kusaza kibiriiti, to light a match. Saagala kubasaza mu mboozi yaabwe. I did not want to interrupt them in their conversation.

okukuba, okubaalinga, okukoona. s. a light, okukoleeza ekibiriiti. s. dead, okutirimbula. s. a tent, okusimbula eweema,