enva; vide ekipooli; (impudence) ekyejo.

essuffuliya.

akasoosi.

e- plur. (ki/bi) tasty sauces; tasty relish; delicacies.

e- plur. (ki/bi) tasty sauces; tasty relish; delicacies.

e- plur.- (ki/bi) tasty sauces;

o- adv. without condiments/sauce/ relish.

o- adv. like relish/sauce. See enva & wuuta.

a- (ka/bu) plantain leaf used as a receptacle for serving food; saucer, plate. cf. Ibega.

a- (ka/bu) small pot/sauce pan. cf. ^entamu.

e- (ki/bi) delicacy, very tasty food; thick sauce.

e- (ki/bi) thick sauce made of pounded termites, peanuts, etc.; fig. solid, compact mass. Obudde bukntte ekipooli. slang It has become pitch dark outside.

e- (ki/bi) good thick sauce.

etc.; eat as sauce/relish, okuliira omuntu empinga, to frustrate a person, make obstacles for a person, okuliira amaluma, to eat a meal without sauce or relish. Leeta enva ze tunaaliira emmere. Bring some vegetable relish which we can eat with the main dish. Naye nga ebyo byonna bibaliira ki emilwe? But why should all this worry/ bother you?

o- plur. empombo (lu/n) a young leaf of the banana plant which, after being softened by exposure to the sun, is used in cooking vegetable sauces. The sauce is inserted into about four layers of empombo and then steamed in the pot along with the main food dishes. Amagezi luwombo, bwe luyulika ng'osala olulala. (prov.) Wisdom is a luwombo; when it gets torn you can always cut another one. If one method fails, a wise person will adopt an alternative solution. oluwombo okulufumitamu akati, lit. to pierce a luwombo with a stick, i.e., throw cold water on someone's plans, ideas, etc. cf. ekiwombo.

bean soup, bean sauce.

a-: okulya amaluma, to eat one's food without sauce or relish.

okutemagana ng'aga mukene, to sparkle like (the sauce, amazzi is implied) of mukene fa common simile). cf. akamukene.

e- (n/n) condiments, relish, enva endiirwa, sauce, cooked vegetables, meats, etc., used as a relish, cf. lya, liira.

e- (n/n) salted water used instead of sauce or gravy when the latter is not available.

e-: emmere ennuma, food without vegetable sauce, main dish without vegetable sauce. Sirikuleka wabi, akuleka ku mmere nnuma. (prov.) lit. 1 will not leave you in a bad situation, he leaves you (eating) food without any vegetable sauce. Description of a fair-weather friend.

e- (n/n) peanut sauce/soup.

e- plur. of oluva, q.v. green vegetables, sauce, relish, etc., eaten with the main dish. cf. obuva.

mpuuse) v.tr. sup, sip. kuwuuta buva, to do with the greatest of ease, lit. to sup like sauce (cf. enva). Ebibuuzo nnabiwuuse buva. I had no trouble in answering the questions (on the examination). Ekigezo kyamuwuuta buva. He failed the examination completely. cf. Kawuuta.

(n/n) saucepan; cooking pot.

v.tr. dilute. Enva tozijungulula. Do not put too much water in the sauce.

o- with the -a of rel. insufficient; inadequate; unsatisfactory; few. Ensonga ezireetebwa za munguuba. The reasons given are not satisfactory. Enva zino za munguuba. This sauce is watery.

to eat food without sauce or relish.