e- no. plur. (li/ma) clay; potter's clay. cf. bumba.

crumble, disintegrate. cf. -bumbe, ebbumba, ebbumbiro, ekibumbe, olubumbiro, emmumba, emmumbwa, omu- bumbi.

ebbumba.

ebbumba.

ebbumba, olukuusi.

adj., a bbumba,

ekyuma, ekkalwe; (ore) amatale; (cast) ebbumba; (pig) omusinga; i. for clothes, ppaasi.

one who cannot be told anything. Nnantabuulirirwa alisaabala obw'ebbumba. (prov.) One who heeds no advice will travel in a clay boat (and risk destruction), cf. buulirira.

omubumbi, omujoona. potter's earth, e bbumba.

eby'ebbumba, ekisittaka.

to come back empty-handed, lit. like a stick {cf. omuggo) which digs clay.