e- (ki/bi) fog, mist; poor sight; cataract.

e- (ki/bi) chest; breast; bosom; measure of length (from the center of the chest to the end of the arm); cough, cold in the chest, flu. okwekuba mu kifuba, to repent; to reconsider one's position, cf. ^akafuba, olufuba.

e- (ki/bi) porch, veranda.

e- crowdedness, usually as an adv. or with the -a of rel. close together, crowded; abundant, plentiful. Ejinaano ya kifuko. The wheat is thickly sown. Aba- karamoja bazimba kifuko. The Karamoja build (their houses) close together, cf. fuka.

e- (ki/bi) deserted house; deserted place. Omukadde akira ekifulukwa. (prov.) An old feeble tenant is better than an empty house. Half a loaf is better than no bread, cf. fuluka.

e- (ki/bi) tool for digging holes in the ground. cf. effumu.

e- (ki/bi) kind of plant, marshmallow.

e- (ki/bi) knot; end, conclusion. The synonyms ekifundikizo and ekifundikiro occur with much less frequency, cf. fundika, fundikira.

(ki/bi) a solid lump of soil.

e- (ki/bi) mound, embankment; molehill.

e- (ki/bi) swelling/knot on a tree.

e- with the -a of rel. oily, omubiri ogw'ekifuta, oily body/complexion. cf. amafuta.

q.v. quickly; without stopping.

Abutilon indicum.

cf. fuutiika.

e- (ki/bi) sudd, mass of floating vegetation which obstructs the course of a river (esp. the Nile).

e- (ki/bi) piece of barkcloth (lubugo) used for tying things.

ekifuba.

ekifuba; (woman's) ebbeere, q.v.; vide also nnansble, nnamba laala, empottowotto, lukambulizo, ekiwaama; inflamed breast, ebbanyi.

ekifuba, emmanda; (box) essa nduuko.

ekifundikiro, amava nnyuma.

n., ekifuba, akakololo, akafuba, kya kyeggula.

ekifuko.

n., ekifuko.

ekifulukwa, ekikande; (house) ekiwompoma; (village) e ttongo.

kifu.

ekiwero, ekitambaala, ekifuvu.

okugwa mukifuba, okuwambaatira.

e- (li/ma) spear; spear tip. cf. fumila, fumuggula, akafumu, ekifumu.

ekyayi; (hemp) obugoogwa, kansambwe, kifuula, oluvunvu, olubeera, omuzimbandegeya, ensinga.

a kifuta.

ennimiro; (plantain) olusuku; (deserted) ekikande, ekifulukwa.

nzigunze) v.tr. dash down; hurl down; throw violently; stab. Yamu- ggunda agakonde mu kifuba. He punched him forcefully in the chest.

ekifunvu.

ekifunvu.

a- (ka/bu) consumption, tuberculosis; small chest, cf. ekifuba.

ekifunvu.

n., ekifundikwa; k. in wood, enkovu, ekifunvuba, e ssunduba, eki tuttwa.

a hollow cough.

ndaakidde) v.i. gasp; wheeze; become choked up. ekifuba eki- raakiira or ekikololo ekiraakiira, whooping cough.

o- no plur. (lu/n) asthma; bronchitis. cf. ekifuba

a- plur. (li/ma) gasoline; kerosine; oil; grease, amafuta g'omubiri, ointment/ lotion for bodily use. cf. ekifuta.

a kifuba.

ekisasi, ekifugi.

ekisasi, ekifugi.

n., entunga; (in side) ekisonga, ekifumu, akasaale.

ekifuuyi, ekisamba; be covered with s., okwetinda.

ekifuba.

inflate (e.g., a ball); blow on, play (a flute, or similar instrument). okufuuwa lulimi (olugwira), to speak a (foreign) language fluently, kufuuwa mukka mu kisero, to waste one's time/breath, lit. blow air into a basket, kufuuwa kintu mu jinombe, to lose something, give up something for lost, lit. blow something through a trumpet, kufuuwa malenge, to do to extremes; to be extreme, lit. to blow on reed pipes. Tanywa mwenge afuuwa malenge. He drinks to great excess, okufuuwa omukka, euph. to pass wind, okuluuwa oluwa, to whistle, kufuuwa muntu bigambo, to rush to tell something to a person. Mukasa ye yabitu- fuuwa. Mukasa broke his neck to tell us about it. kufuuwa muntu ssente, to give a person money voluntarily as a token of appreciation. ekintu okujjula ne kifuuwa, to overflow, be completely full. Enkuba yatonnye n'omugga ne gufuuwa. It rained and the river flooded over. Yafuuwa ekiwa ng'akizza munda. He drew in his breath in surprise, lit. blew a whistle and brought it back inside, kafuuwe or (more often) kikafuuwe! God forbid! Don't say things like that! kufuuwa musaayi, to spurt blood, kufuuwa taaba, to smoke (tobacco). Nnabbubi yamufuuye. The spider got on him and caused a rash. Ofuuwako? colloq. Do you drink (alcohol)?

it is magnificent/spectacular/extraordinary /usually of a social event, a celebration, etc.). Mutuku is supposed to be the name of a rascal who was ultimately apprehended and literally cooked. E Namirembe kya- fumbye mutuku. There has been a great celebration at Namirembe.

(la) kind of plant resembling a bean plant; bean produced by the plant.

(la) drab/unattractive/objectionable person.

see mutuku.

upside down, reversed, cf. fuula, olulenge.

see kafuumuulampawu.

ekifulukwa, nnabefululabiswa (under nnabe).

^obufumbo, effumbiro, kifumba- mutuku (under mutuku), olufumbirwa, olu- fumbofumbo, mufumbakafu, ^omufumbi, omufumbiro, omufumbo, mufumbyannanda, enfumbiraganwa.

ekifundi- kizo), funduukululu; fumbiikiriza.

-efuutiika (-efuutiise) v.i. refl. be crowded together; be piled together; abound. cf. kifuutiiko.

out of repair (of a mechanic al contrivance); sour (of milk); false. Ekyo mu kulaba kwaffe kifu ddala. This in our opinion is completely untrue/out of the question/lacking in validity. cf. Ifa, ffeffeffe.

revise one's opinions; change all of a sudden. Obudde bwefu- kulula mangu ddala enkuba n'etonnya. The weather changed all of a sudden and it (started to) rain. cf. ekifuko, omufuko, enfuka.

deserted, ekiswa ekifu- lufu, a deserted termite heap. cf. fuluka.