ekifaananyi.

e- (n/n) louse. Ekifaananyi kissa ensekere. (prov.) lit. Resemblance (to a guilty louse) kills the (innocent) louse. An innocent person may suffer because of his resemblance to a guilty person, cf. omu- ^ sekere.

v.tr. caus. liken to; make like; compare to; cause to resemble; find resemblances with. Omwana bamu- faananya kitaawe. They say the child looks like his father.