ejjembe, ensiriba, omwambo; f. hut, essabo.

e- plur. amayembe (li /ma) horn (of an animal); fetish; spirit associated with a fetish; spell, hex. cf. akayembe.

a- (ka/bu) amulet, fetish.

o- (mu/mi) kind of fetish. title of address corresponding to English ‘Mr.' Mw. Kiwanuka, Mr. Kiwanuka. Ekwata omwami tereka muganzi. (prov.) lit. The habit of speech (e- of ekwata implies eŋŋombo) which affects the chief does not leave his favorite wife (uninfluenced). We are affected by those with whom we associate. cf. obwami.

o- (mu/ba) a kind/good/charitable person, lit. one who makes a totem or fetish (zira) out of kindness (ekisa).