a- adv. somewhere, some place, some places, buli wantu, everywhere. Waaliwo awantu we yayita ne bamuwa amazzi. There was one place where he stopped where they gave him water.

adj. & pron. each; every; all; everyone, buli kiseera, all the time, always, buli kimu, everything, buli kyonna, everything. buli wonna, everywhere, buli wantu, everywhere, na buli kati, even now, up to the present time, buli gye bagenda, everywhere or wherever they go. buli lwe bagenda, every time or whenever they go. buli ayagala okujja, everyone or anyone who wishes to come.

buli wantu, buli gye . . . wonna.

e- (li/ma) large frog. (Awantu) awampi waalema ekkere okubuuka. (prov.) A short distance proved too much for the big frog to jump. Beware, you may be beaten by a trifle. (Asht.) Basammula ekkere ng'amazzi banywa. They splash away the big ugly frog but drink the water (it has been in). (Said o f hypocrites.) cf. ekikere.

a bantubonna, a buli wantu; vide okubuna, okujanjaala.

component of wano, wali, wantu, waliwo, ewaffe, etc., q.v.