eryato, emmanvu, akaduli; for parts of canoe, vide eggwamba, ebbasi, akasenso, ekigambira, ekirima, oluwamba, oluwero, empumi, omugonjo, endagire, endijjo, endigo, ensanda, ensinga, entabiro.

obulumba, ensanda.

title of the chief of the Kabaka's canoes, admiral; title of a high- ranking chief of the Mmamba (Lungfish) Clan.

e- (li/ma) thwart of a canoe.

e- also eggalwe (li/ma) inside fiber of dried plantain bark used for caulking canoes.

e- no plur. (li/ma) red ocher used as a coloring substance. It was formerly smeared by warriors on their canoes and on their bodies.

set (a boat or canoe) afloat.

a- plur. obwato (ka/bu) small boat; canoe; brewing vat. obwato obubbira, submarines. akaato ak'omuliro, motorboat. cf. eryato (lyato), nnakaato.

a- (ka/bu) end seat in a canoe. cf. ekirumba, omulumba.

e- (ki/bi) red earth/ocher used in painting canoes.

e- (ki/bi) beak of a canoe.

e- (ki/bi) cushion, seat; carpet made of skins; middle seat in a canoe where a man sits to bale water.

e- (ki/bi) prow of a canoe.

o- (lu/n) seat of a paddler in a canoe.

o- (lu/n) hair of the tail of an elephant or giraffe; bracelet made from these hairs, additional meaning in plur. fly switch; fiber for the seams of a canoe.

o- plur. empero (lu/n) top board/ strip of canoe.

e- (n/n) log to slide a canoe over.

e- (n/n) dugout canoe; vat in which beer is kept; bibl. manger, cf. ebbanvu, ekibanvu.

e- (n/n) kind of very tall timber tree widely used in the construction of canoes, Piptadenia africana. emimwa egy'empewere, thin lips.

e- (n/n) fleet of canoes; navy, fleet.

o- (mu/mi) arch, a punting pole used for propelling a canoe. See siirula.

e- (n/n) arch, grass ornament on the prow of a canoe.

elongated, essowaani ya nnakaato, long, narrow dish. cf. akaato.

e- (n/n) seat of the helmsman in a canoe, cf. sizika.

e-: okukuba ensoke, to hold back a canoe with the paddle.

v., okuwakana okudduka; okudduka embiro, okutoloba; (canoes) okuvuga amaato g'empaka.

entebe; (in canoe) olubanga.

draw out (water, beer, sugar, etc.); bail out (e.g., a canoe), kuseaa kigwo, to hurl down, throw down, give a serious fall.

propel (a canoe) by punting (with a pole, mwoko, q.v.).

mpodde) v.tr. scoop out; hollow out (e.g., a tree in constructing a canoe).

o- (mu/mi) back (of the body); keel of a canoe; ridge. Alina olubuto olu- mugudde ku mugongo. He is extremely hungry, lit. he has a stomach which has fallen into his back. cf. ekigongo, olu- gongo.

o- (mu/mi) roller for launching a canoe/boat, etc. cf. golomola. approximately twenty feet in length, used in shallow water, with large hooks fastened on at regular intervals.

o- (mu/mi) first stretcher/seat in a canoe.

o- (mu/ba) head canoe builder.,

nnakaato.

o- (mu/ba) arch, paddler in the middle of a canoe.

o- (mu/ba) rear paddler in a canoe, cf. akalumba, ekirumba.

(li/ma) middle side plank of a canoe.

o- (mu/mi) kind of sycamore from which are made the keels of beer-making canoes/vats.