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

n., ekiwoobe, omulanga, enkooka.

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

n., ekiwoobe.

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

ekiwoobe, okukaaba.

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

v., okukuba ekiwoobe, okuwooba.

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.