e- (ki/bi) village; large estate; the country (as opposed to the city), cf. akaalo.

okuyiwa (ekyalo).

ekyalo, obutaka, mmayiro, e.

a- (ka/bu) small village. Tosekera ku kaalo katono. lit. You don't laugh in a small village, i.e., Your laughter is very loud. You laugh too much. cf. ekyalo.

a-: ekyalo ekigudde akaleka, a village having many extensive, well-cultivated and fertile banana gardens.

o- with the -a of rel. scattered, spread out; sporadic. Ekyalo kya lubandaasi. The village is spread out. Yeebaka twa lubandaasi. He slept fitfully, lit. a sporadic (sleep, otulo, implied by twa). cf. bandaala.

e-: enfukaamirizi z'ekyalo, the outskirts of a village, ennyumba enfukaamirizi, outlying houses. cf. fukamira.

ekyalo; vide lubandansi.

to express care/concern/sympathy for. Ku kyalo tewali yaŋŋambako nti wo wayi. In the village there was no one who expressed any concern for me (e.g., when I suffered a misfortune).

o- with the -a of rel. expansive, extensive, omuteeteema gw'ekyalo, an extensive village.