e- (li/ma) sponge for washing a dead body, mwenge gwa ssuumwa, beer drunk after a burial, cf. ekisuumwa.

omwenge, amalwa; vide enkenku, ekibombo, omuyiiro, enkaatu, entwere, essuumwa.

e- (ki/bi) piece of plantain stem used as a sponge; beer drunk after a burial. cf. essuumwa.

ekyangwe, ekisuumwa, ekigogo; s. for dead body, essuumwa; metaph., akakokobe, omugulungu, ekinyinyiisi.