eddembe, essakki, essimba.

e- (li/ma) liberty, freedom; free hand fin carrying on an activity); permission; relaxation; peace.

unconfined (of an animal); free, having no commitments (of a person); on the loose, at large (of a criminal); free, offering freedom of movement and expression (of a country), okulya obutaala, to be untethered/free, etc. Omubbi akyalya butaala. The thief is still at large.

e- no plur. (li/ma) freedom; opportunity; leisure; lack of worry, peace and quiet, eddembe ery'okwogera, freedom of speech, ebiseera eby'eddembe, leisure time. Atunuza ddembe. He looks relaxed/ composed, cf. akalembe.

pamper, indulge, give excessive freedom to.

e- (li/ma) chance, opportunity; freedom of action.

set free; strip the bark from (a barkcloth tree), kuyimbnla muntu ku mugwa (or ku nkondo), to release a person from a rope (or peg), i.e., give a person freedom to look after himself (sometimes with the implication that he may make bad use of this freedom). kuyimbula muliro, colloq., to drive very fast, step on the gas.'

o- (mu/ba) fighter, one who fights for a goal, omulwanirizi w'eddembe, freedom fighter, cf. Mwana, lwanirira.