ekijanjalo, akayindiyindi, mpokya, ekiyirigi, ekinyololo, akajereje, empindi, matamabbuuku, nnamunyi.

e- usually plur. (ki/bi) beans, peas, etc., in the pod and not yet mature, ebijanjaalo ebito ebikyali ebikagga, tender. young beans.

e- plur. (ki/bi) edible roots of a water plant; young beans.

emmwanyi; (ground or decoction) kaawa.

a- (ka/bu) kind of small bean.

a- (ka/bu) stew (of plantains, beans, peanuts, etc., or a combination of these); fig. cramped quarters, confined space; difficult/messy situation. Tuli mu katogo. We are in cramped quarters/crowded together or We are in a difficult fix.

grain, etc. okulya kawuukuumi, colloq. to become pregnant. cf. wuukuuma.

a- (ka/bu) a kind of bean which resembles a lima bean but is much smaller, butter bean. Abantu ba kuno baamutwala teyeesibidde na kayindi. The people here sent him packing or (in a political context) they threw him out of office, lit. took him, he did not tie up beans for himself. (Formerly travelers used to take beans of this sort with them on long trips. The person referred to in the example left so quickly that he could not make the usual preparation.)

e- (ki/bi) gruel of crushed green beans, okulya ekiguude, to insult grossly, slander maliciously.

e- (ki/bi) bean, kukkuta bijanjaalo,' colloq. to be pregnant, cf. janjaala.

e- (ki/bi) kind of large mpindi bean.

e- (ki/bi) hole; pit. Yasulanga kinnya na mpindi okuva ku kkolero. He used to live very near the factory, lit. hole and bean from the factory, cf. obunnya, akannya, olunnya.

e- (ki/bi) young bean pod; French bean.

e- (ki/bi) bean leaf (often used as a food).

e- (ki/bi) bean.

bean soup, bean sauce.

n. (bean), omugoyo, magera.

adj. fat-cheeked; chubby; very large. Ekijanjaalo matamabbuuku! What a large bean!

e- (n/n) coffee berry; coffee in the natural state. Emmwanyi gye weesiga y'etebaamu mulamwa. (prov.) The coffee berry which you trust may not have a bean in it. Appearances are deceiving, kumira mmwanyi, to make a blood brotherhood pact (with someone), lit. to swallow coffee berries, cf. akamwanyimwanyi, omumwanyi.

e- (n/n) flatulence, gassiness in the stomach; fig. rancor, wrath, okukuba empiiyi, to belch. Akumma ebijanjaa- lo akuwonya mpiiyi. (prov.) He who refuses you beans spares you from being afflicted with a gassy stomach. Perhaps similar to sour grapes.

e- (n/n) kind of small bean. Ekika ky'Empindi, the Bean Clan, kuba kinnya na mpindi, to be very close/near, kulima mpindi ku mabega, to slander, backbite.

collective) kind of bean. A single specimen is kimutikke, plur. bimu- tikke.

e- (n/n) basket/container woven from buyanja grass used for storing grasshoppers, beans, peas, etc.

e- (n/n) shrub producing a beanlike fruit; the fruit of the shrub.

pied wagtail, ekijanjaalo ekya nnamunye, kind of bean, so called because its black and white stripes are suggestive of the bird.

ekituttwa; (of bean) bkinyololo.

(la) kind of small bean.

o- (mu/mi) mash of sweet potatoes and beans; hodgepodge, heterogeneous mixture; mess. cf. goya.

of the skin); turn yellowish. Ebijanjaalo byakiridde olw'aka- sana akangi. The beans have turned yellow because of too much sun.

(la) kind of plant resembling a bean plant; bean produced by the plant.