e- (n/n) fruit of the muwafu tree resembling a large dark olive. cf. omuwafu.

mmonze) v.tr. cause to whirl around, spin, okubonga enje, to spin nje (a game flayed with the seeds of mpafu fruit).

e- with the -a of rel. partly ripened (of fruit); not completely done (of food); light colored (of Africans), empafu ey'eki- bogwe, a partially ripened mpafu fruit. Abantu abasinga obungi mu bitundu bino balina obugunjufu bwa kibogwe. Most of the people in these areas have a defective/ poor culture.

e- (n/n) seed of the empafu fruit used as a spinning top. okubonga enje, to spin nje.

e- (n/n) throwing stick, stick for knocking fruit down from a tree, particularly mpafu.

o- (mu/mi) ripe mpafu, ripe fruit of the muwafu tree. cf. ekizima. See also eggu.

o- (mu/mi) incense tree, Canarium schweinfurthii. The fruit is called empafu, q. v.

to be of dark maroon color like a ripe mpafu fruit, cf. omuzima.