e- usually plur. (li/ma) fat; fatty tissue; lard. Amasava gankuba ku mwoyo. I am fed up with that fatty meat. cf. -sava, savuwala.

a- plur. (li/ma) fat. See the sing. essavu.

make fat; fig. exaggerate. Bino byonna byali bya kusavuwaza. All these things were exaggerations. cf. -sava, essava, essavu.

a fattened goat, amawulire amasava, juicy news, ekifo ekisava, a good position, a ‘fat' job. cf. savuwala, essava, essavu.