e- (ki/bi) septic dermatitis, cf. omuwo.

e- (ki/bi) kind of shrub growing in water. The stems float and are used for spearing lungfish.

e- (ki/bi) butterfly; moth. cf. akawoj jolo.

q.v.

adj. calm, quiet, omusajja kiwombe, a calm, quiet man.

e- (ki/bi) a banana leaf that is carefully smoked over the fire and used as a container for locally made medicine; plume of banana leaves for ornamenting beer gourds of important people, cf. ol li worn ho.

e- (ki/bi) empty/hollow place; hole in a termite hill. cf. oluwompogoma, empompogoma.

e- (ki/bi) kind of shrub/tree which grows to 30 ft., Maesa lanceolata Forsk.

e- (ki/bi) \Lunyankole~\ separate area in a kraal where calves are kept apart from their mothers.

e- (ki/bi) ravine, valley, depression. cf. oluwonko.

e- (ki/bi) valley, cf. akawonvu, oluwonvu.

e- (ki/bi) lament, lamentation; moan; mourning, okukuba ekiwoobe or ebi- woobe, to lament, moan, cry mournfully. cf. wooba.

e- (ki/bi) sweetness, sweet taste, cf. wooma, woomereza. See also enkenku.

q.v.

e- (ki/bi) cavity, hollow, something which has been hollowed out; small hut in which calves are kept; fig. (as n. or adj.) stupid, unreliable (person), cf. wowongoka, wowongola.

ekizimba, ekiwo, entunuka, amakajja.

ekiwojjolo.

n., ekiwoobe, omulanga, enkooka.

v., okukaaba, okulira, okuŋaŋala; vide okunyiiba, okuwanjaga. c. aloud, okwamira, okukooka. c. for help, okukuba enduulu. lament, okukuba ekiwoobe, okuwobba.

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

a- (ka/bu) small valley. Sijja ku- menya kawonvu na kagga ku ntambula yange, i will not gp into details about my trip, lit. I will not mention the little valley and the little river, cf. ekiwonvu.

e- (li/ma) -fruit of the mukobe q.v. (It has a thin skin, a texture resembling that of the potato and is eaten boiled.) Ekika ky'Ekkobe, the Kkobe Clan, kukomba ku kya kkobe eky'ettungulu kiwoomerera, to be frustrated in accomplishing one's objective; fail to obtain what one wants, lit. to lick at the skin (kikuta is implied, by kya) of the kkobe, (whereas) the skin of the ttungulu is the one that is sweet.

n., ekiwoobe.

v., okuwooba, okukaaba, okukuba ekiwoobe, okuwowoggana, okudaaga, okwaziirana.

ekiwoobe, okukaaba.

o- (lu/n) kind of evergreen shrub, the leaves of which are highly poisonous. cf. 3skiwoko.

o- plur. empombo (lu/n) a young leaf of the banana plant which, after being softened by exposure to the sun, is used in cooking vegetable sauces. The sauce is inserted into about four layers of empombo and then steamed in the pot along with the main food dishes. Amagezi luwombo, bwe luyulika ng'osala olulala. (prov.) Wisdom is a luwombo; when it gets torn you can always cut another one. If one method fails, a wise person will adopt an alternative solution. oluwombo okulufumitamu akati, lit. to pierce a luwombo with a stick, i.e., throw cold water on someone's plans, ideas, etc. cf. ekiwombo.

o- (lu/n) hollow/empty place (esp. in trees, between rocks); hole; pit. cf. ekiwompogoma, empompogoma.

o- (lu/n) ravine, valley, depression. cf. ekiwonko.

o- (lu/n) valley, cf. ekiwonvu.

hatch (eggs); incubate; extend over, spread over, cover. Twalengedde olufu nga lumaamidde ekiwonvu kyonna. We saw that the fog had spread over the entire valley. Yali akyamaamidde ku bukulu bw'essomero. He was still the principal of the school, lit. covering the head position. Eggaali emaamidde. The bicycle has a flat tire, kumaumira ga butembetembe, to remain in a place without budging.

ekiwojjolo.

okukaaba, okukuba ekiwoobe, okuwowoggana, okukungubaga, okweskasaabaga, okutokooterera.

e- (n/n) deep hole; hollow. cf. ekiwompogoma, oluwompogoma.

e- (n/n) beer made with very little sorghum; excessively sweet beer. Ekiwoo- mereze ekitatadde kye kizaala enkenku. (prov.) Sweetness which does not cease produces nkenku. Excess may ruin something that is essentially good.

lumonde, lumonge; (dried) kasodde; vide ekisalala, ekiwoko, ekiwutta, embwagulo, nnakabanda, nnakamogoli, ensekwa; p. bed, omusiri gwa lumonde.

n., eddagala, ekiwonya.

ekiwonvu.

ekiwonvu.

v., okukuba ekiwoobe, okuwooba.

mpowongodde) v.tr. hollow out; empty out. cf. ekiwowongoie.

calm down; become indifferent, lose interest. Ekiwola bakikwasa engalo. (prov.) lit. That which cools down, they take a hold of it with the fingers. One should not respond to a difficult situation by panicky or impulsive action, engabi eyakula n'ewola, a full-grown bushbuck, lit. one who has grown and cooled.

to doze, doze off, lit. cut logs, kutema lu- wenda, to cut a path; to mark the end of one's own land; fig. to be a pioneer, a pathfinder. kutema lubimbi, to cultivate intensively/a great deal, kutema mulanga or kutema kiwoobe, to wail loudly, kutema ka- kule or kutema kalali, to burst out laughing, kutema bikata, to hoe/ridge potatoes, kutema mwenge, to cut bananas for making beer, kukatema muntu, tell someone very bad or shocking news, lit. cut (laughter, implied by ka = akakuie) from a person. Yakantema. He told me something that had a shocking effect on me. kutema lizzi, to swim, kutema bigambo, to make unfounded statements.

v.tr. caus. cause to mourn. cf. ekiwoobe.

(la) kind of sweet potato.

o- (mu/mi) kind of tree with medicinal properties, cf. ekiwo.