n., ekirimba, ekivumbo, eki wagu.

o- adv. like cattle, kugumba bute, to huddle/cluster together like cattle, as a noun obute is the plur. of akate, q.v.' cf. ente.

a- (ka/bu) small group; cluster; small crowd; clique; caucus, cf. eki- kuukuulu.

e- (ki/bi) cluster; group; crowd; gang; concentration, ekikuukuulu ky'abantu, a group of people (concentrated in one area). cf. akakuukuulu.

e- (ki/bi) cluster (of grapes); bunch (of fruit), ekirimba ky'ejinaano, a sheaf of wheat.

e- (ki/bi) cluster (e. g., of fruit); swarm (e.g., of bees), ekivumbo ky'enjuki, a swarm of bees. cf. akavumbo, omuvumbo.

e- (n/n) netting/rack on which clusters of beer bananas are placed to ripen before they are used in brewing.

(la) kind of plantain with large clusters.

(la) large banana at the extreme end of the first bunch of a gonja cluster.

o- (mu/mi) bunch; cluster, cf. ekivumbo.

-ekuma (-ekumye) v.i. refl. be piled together; cluster together; become concentrated.