eggimbi, empunta.

e- (1 i/m a) spicule, hairy projection on elephant grass (reeds) or sugarcane; hair on a caterpillar, okuseka n'eggimbi ku mwoyo, to laugh bitterly; to laugh maliciously.

e- (n/n) tall grass with prickly spicules.

e- (n/n) spicule of mbubbu grass.

e- (li/ma) marsh grass, reed with irritating spicules, mace-reed. cf. ekisaalu, olusaalu.