obuganga.

o- (bu/-) gunpowder; firecracker(s); disease of goats, cf. akaganga.

e- plur. amalenge (li/ma) small wind instrument, whistle, reed pipe made of bamboo; measure for a charge of gunpowder. Enjala wano efuuwa n'ama lenge. The hunger here is beyond belief, lit. is blowing whistles, cf. ^akalenge, kirenge, orau- lenge. See also fuuwa and fuuyira.

a- (ka/bu) charge of gunpowder. cf. obuganga.