e- plur. of oluyi, q.v.

e- (n/n) envy, jealousy.

e- (n/n) dagger.

e- plur. (n/n) disastrous fire, conflagration; forest fire; large fire deliberately started for a constructive purpose (such as clearing a section of land), cf. oluyiira.

e- (n/n) flatulence, gassiness in the stomach; fig. rancor, wrath, okukuba empiiyi, to belch. Akumma ebijanjaa- lo akuwonya mpiiyi. (prov.) He who refuses you beans spares you from being afflicted with a gassy stomach. Perhaps similar to sour grapes.

e- (n/n) seeds used in playing mweso. kukwata mu lya mpiki, to find something missing, cf. oluyiki.

e- (n/n) kind of tree with dark wood, Maba aby s sinic a.

e- plur. of oluyina, q.v.

e- (n/n) kind of small bean. Ekika ky'Empindi, the Bean Clan, kuba kinnya na mpindi, to be very close/near, kulima mpindi ku mabega, to slander, backbite.

e- (n/n) kind of large mpindi.

e-: okuliira empinga, to frustrate, spoil things for. Ebyo byonna byamuliira empinga. All these things ruined his chances. Aba yeeriiridde yekka empinga. He is asking for trouble. He is bringing trouble on himself.

e- (n/n) fleet of canoes; navy, fleet.

e- (n/n) (pair of) handcuffs.

e- (n/n) kind of tree, Gagarius indicus.

e- (n/n) kind of very poisonous snake.

e- (n/n) fruit of the wild date- palm.

e- (n/n) conduct, behavior; manners; custom, habit, cf. 2 yita, amayisa.

e- (n/n) hyena, kuggya mu mannyo ga mpisi, to save (someone who is in danger), lit. remove from the teeth of the hyena, cf. buyisi, Wampisi.

e- (n/n) passer-by; traveler; wanderer, transient; vagabond, cf. 2 yita-

e- (n/n) needle; injection, eddagala ly'empiso, medicine which is administered by injection, kukuba mpiso, to inject with with a needle; fig. to bribe, cf. obuyiso, eggwiso, akayiso.

e- (n/n) filth; excrement. cf. -yita, -bi.

e- (n/n) spirals of rnnppr hrace- let; special method of sewing barkcloth. cf. 2 yita.

e- (n/n) path, passage, cf. 2yita, yitira.

a kumpi; use rel. of okuliraana.

okufula omwana; (a custom) okupakula empisa.

he almost died, yali kumpi n'okufa, yabulako katono okufa, katono afe.

enkwawa.

cf. buuka.

ekijanjalo, akayindiyindi, mpokya, ekiyirigi, ekinyololo, akajereje, empindi, matamabbuuku, nnamunyi.

empisa.

okubejjagala, okukuba empiiyi.

bimpimpi: mu bimpi(mpi), in short, in brief, cf. -mpi.

foreign countries. Minista ow'ensonga ez'ebweru, minister of foreign affairs, ag'ebweru mu bimpi, foreign news in brief (amawulire, news, is implied by ag'). abasibirwa ebweru, parolees. Yabasibidde ebweru. He put them on probation, cf. -(y) eru.

o- adv. like a hyena, kutuuba buyisi, to be as greedy an a hvena. cf. empisi.

o- adv. like a needle, kuwenja buyiso, to search diligently for, search high and low for. kukutuka buyiso, to be terminated/broken off (of a frie ndship). cf. empiso.

omuzira.

empisa.

okuseera, okulyazaamaanya, okulyakula, okucumpanyacumpa nya, okujeejeeka, okulimba, okukuusakuusa; c. at mweso, okubbira empiki.

adv., kumpi

okukuŋŋaanya.

empisa, omuze.

empima.

empirivuma, olunakulw omwezi; d. palm, olukindu.

lungi, a mpisa nnungi.

empisa.

empiima.

ettaka, ekko, empitambi, obukokoliko, ettosi, ebikookobereze; sit in the d., okwetubika.

make a pounding/thumping sound. Ejinoma zidudula. The drums are pounding, v.tr. beat, pound. Yamududula ennume y'ekigwo. He gave him a mighty fall (in wrestling).

obwakabaka.

a buggya, a mpiiga.

n., obuggya, empiiga, ensaalwa

emizi, empitambi.

ettaka, empitambi, ekko, ekko kobereze, obukokkoliko; (moral) obugwagwa, ekiko.

empingu.

a mpisa mbi, wa kyejo.

okuziyiza, okufubira, okulya empinga.

e- (li/ma) finely ground powder made from dried greens such as mpindi, etc. Ky'onkoze entungo ekikola ggobe. You have put me in a bad/difficult/sticky situation. n'amanya nti luno eggobe lya kuggwa mu kibya, and he knew that things would turn out just right, lit. the ggobe would wind up in the bowl.

e- plur. amayiso (li/ma) large needle, cf. empiso.

empisa; give up a bad h., okwewangula.

empisi, entagya.

okuyingiza munda; (surgically) okukuba empiso.

buggya; be j., okukwati bwa obuggya, okuba n'obuggya. jealousy, obuggya, ebbuba, empiiga, enfubitizi.

n., olugendo, essaffaali, empitiro.

a- also akasiisi (ka/bu) kind of very small jumping insect found on coffee trees, on the ground and in houses.

a- (ka/bu) small/short skirt, obuteeteeyi obumpi, miniskirts, cf. ekiteeteeyi.

a- (ka/bu) small heart; small rubber hose for pumping air into a tire, akatima k'eggaali, tire tube (of a bicycle), cf. omutima.

a- (ka/bu) small needle, cf. empiso.

a- (ka/bu) jumping rat, kangaroo rat, jerboa. Ekika ky'Akayozi, the Jumping Rat Clan.

e- with the -a of rel. of or in the Kiganda style, manner or fashion, empisa ez'ekiganga, Kiganda customs. Ayambadde kiganda. He is dressed in the Kiganda fashion, cf. -ganda, Obuganda, Omuganda.

e- (ki/bi) celebration; festival; jubilee; party; rejoicing, exultation. Bampi- se ku kijaguzo kyabwe eky'emyaka 25 mu bufumbo. They have invited me to their 25th wedding anniversary celebratiob. c/. j aguza.