liiri; vegetable s., obufumbo.

v., okwokya, okukalirira, okusilka.

pamba; (thread) ewuzl; silk c., obufumbo.

a- (ka/bu) corn silk; tendril of wheat.

a kind of tree yielding charcoal auu fiicwuod, Bridelia rr.icrzr.tha. It is the host for the wild silkworm.

o- also olufumbofumbo (lu/n) a kind of grass which produces a substance resembling silk. cf. 20bufumbo.

e- (n/n) jerboa, also called jumping rat, kangaroo rat (see akayozi); kind of silkworm which makes cocoons on mulberry trees, cf. somba, ekyuma.

akaloosa, evvumbe, olusu, akasilkiro, olukulukumbo, ekkalalume.

(la) fabric resembling silk.

Ar. ] silk.

not constructed by experts; crudely made, artificial, emmundu enkolerere, a homemade gun. liiri omuko- lerere, artificial silk. cf. kola, kolerera.