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

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

empirivuma, olunakulw omwezi; d. palm, olukindu.

omusota, empiri, embalasaasa, essalambwa, ttimba, ettemankima.

a very steep slope. cf. yiringisa, ekikongoliro.

care for. kweyolera mpiri mu bunnya, lit. bring up a viper in a pit, i.e., nurse a viper in one's bosom, have a traitor in one's household. Akabwa ke weeyolera ke kaku- luma enteega. (prov.) The little dog you raise is the one that bites your tendons.