kitundu.

divide into portions; open partly, okubegulula emimwa, to purse the lips (as one just beginning to cry), okubegulula amatama, to laugh foolishly, guffaw. cf. akabezo, olubega, (o)mbegedde.

v., okufumba. c. partly, okubiza, okubandagaza. c. under ashes, okuvumbika. c. and put aside, okuboobera.

e- (li/ma) partly ripened fruit of the muwafu or the musaali tree. Lukuba eggu ne luleka omuzima. (Death, olumbe) strikes the young fruit and leaves the ripe fruit (untouched). This saying refers to one who dies at a very young age.

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.