o- (lu/n) (a) gray hair; in the plur. gray hair, ab'envi, elders, old people.

o- (Iu/n) (a) hair. plur. (the) hair. Ebyo byamuyita ku nviiri. These things passed over his head/made no impression on him at all. cf. ekiviiri.

enviiri. kivu, e- (ki/bi) tsetse fly, Glossina spp.

oluviiri, enviiri; (of animal) ekyoya, ekikuzzi, essisi; (caterpillar) eggimbi; (pubes) ekiza; (eye brows) ekisige; (eyelashes) ekikowe kowe.

H. gray hair.

e- plur. of oluviiri, q.v. hair of the head, ekyammala enviiri ku mutwe, what really shocked/scared me. Ekyo kyamuyita ku nviiri. This made no impression on him, lit. it passed over his hair. cf. ekiviiri.

e- no plur. (li/ma) mud; wet clay; alluvium. cf. ebitosi.

plur. bakinvinvi (la) old person; young person who has prematurely gray hair. cf. oluvi.