amanda, eryanda.

a kind of tree yielding charcoal auu fiicwuod, Bridelia rr.icrzr.tha. It is the host for the wild silkworm.

o- (lu/n) smoldering embers; burning charcoal mixed with ash, used for keeping food warm. Baamuyiwako olunyata. They excoriated him. They rebuked him unmercifully.

o- (mu/ba) lit. one who burns/roasts, omwoki w'enviiri, hairdresser, omwoki wa ggonja, roaster of gonja plantains, abooki b'amanda, charcoal burners, those who bum wood to obtain charcoal, omwoki w'omutwe, one who is too smart for his own good. cf. yokya.

e- (n/n) crushed charcoal ashes used as a powder to clean the teeth, cf. senya.

firebrand, lit. scratches (takula) charcoal (mafida).

e- (n/n) [Sw. ] charcoal iron for ironing clothes; flatiron, kukuba ppaasi, to iron.

charcoal. Formerly a title of the kabaka. It is used in the expression Ssemanda, agamenya em- bazzi n'okugiyunga, charcoal, that which (can) break an ax and weld it together, i.e., the all-powerful.

in the plur. charcoal; coal; battery, batteries, ekirombe ky'amanda, coal mine; furnace in which charcoal is made.

o- (mu/mi) forest-edge tree, from 40 to 50 feet, with drooping foliage, Sapiurn el- lipticum. The wood is hard and is used for making anvils for beating barkcloth and also for making charcoal.