e- (n/n) strength; power, with the -a of rel. strong, powerful. Nnali sinoonya wa kwegera naye mbavu. I was not looking for anyone to measure my strength with/to fight with, abasajja ab'embavu bataano, five strong/powerful men. Okutya kwazika embavu. Fear makes one strong, lit. lends strength.

ommambavu.

e- less frequent var. of bbavu (li/ma) blister.

e- (li/ma) blister (on the palm of the hand or the sole of the foot), cf. ebbambavu.

n., e bbavu, e bbambavu, aka tuulituuli.

enkenga; (swollen) ensanjabavu, emmambavu.

v., okukwata, okuvumbagira, okukwata mavumbavumba.

a malala, lalambavu; be h., okwenyumiriza, okwekuza, okunigga, okugaaga, okukuumiira.

-kumbavu rare var. of kulumbala, -kulumbavu, q.v.

gulumivu, kulumbavu; be l., okugulumira, okulalambala.

a- adv. okukwata amavumba- vumba, to hold tightly; to apprehend swiftly (someone unprepared to resist), cf. vumba.

e- (n/n) swelling of the glands, adenitis.

stiffen, cf. -kalambavu.

mislead.cf. -lalambavu.

massage oneself; enter quickly, rush into, kwevumba mn nju, to enter a house quickly. Amatu ganneevumbye. My ears have gone deaf (possibly a different verb related to the noun nvumbo, wax). cf. amavumbavumba.

cf. kalambala.

-ekulumbaza (-ekulumbazizza) v.i. caus. refl. cause oneself to stand out; fig. be proud/conceited/haughty. cf. -kulumbavu; kumbala.

prominent; proud, conceited, cf. kulumbala.

cf. lalambala.