akawuka; vide akasisi, ekitaakule, ssekirembwe, ekisokondwe, jjegeju, kasennyanku, kawuuzi, ekikutuzi, empuluwujju, enfuuyirizi, nkuuwe, endyabalangira, entonnyeze, endya menvu, enzirugaze, enziiziiri, ssemukkuto.

e- plur. amalagala (li/ma) leaf (but not of a plantain); medicine; drug; chemical, in the plur. foliage, eddagala ly'engatto, shoe polish, eddagala eritta ebiwuka, insecticide, eddagala ly'amannyo, toothpaste, eddagala ly'enviiri, hair tonic, eddagala eryerusa, Jjlectuluiig cieain. tsdda- gaia erigonza olubuto or eddagala ly'oku- ddukana, laxative, eddagala^ ly'enjala, nail polish, cf. akalagala, kiragala, olulagaia.

etc.; spray (e.g., insects), kufuuyira mbuzi mulere, to waste one's time/breath, lit. blow a pipe for a goat, kufuuyira malenge, to drink a lot without having one's thirst assuaged, kufuuyira mmindi, to smoke an empty pipe while reciting incantations for the purpose of putting a hex on someone; to wish someone bad luck.

e- (li/ma) type of insect resembling a grasshopper which lives on the young shoots of the plantain. Also called nnabangogoma.

a- also kalaalankoma (ka/bu) kind of insect resembling a wasp.

a- (ka/bu) kind of insect resembling a wasp which has a very sharp sting, cf. kabaalankoma.

a- (ka/bu) kind of small insect found in corn cobs.

a- (ka/bu) kind of very small brownish insect which lives underground.

an insect which makes a cocoon like a tiny bundle of firewood and lives inside it.

a- also akasiisi (ka/bu) kind of very small jumping insect found on coffee trees, on the ground and in houses.

a- (ka/bu) small insect; bug, small bug; germ; microbe; colloq. gonorrhea. cf. ekiwuka.

a- (ka/bu) kind of insect-eating bat; bat (in general).

grain, etc. okulya kawuukuumi, colloq. to become pregnant. cf. wuukuuma.

a- (ka/bu) a kind of insect which is found on sweet potatoes, (la, sing, only) a disease afflicting sweet potatoes.

a- (ka/bu) small elephant; corn weevil, kind of very small insect with a proboscis resembling that of an elephant, cf. enjovu.

a- (ka/bu) small bee; swarm of bees; small insect which resembles a bee. cf. enjuki.

e- (ki/bi) pit; mine; insect hole, ekirombe ky'ensanafu, termite hole, ekirombe ky'enjuki, bees' nest, ekirombe ky'amatofaali, kiln, place where bricks are made, ekirombe ky'amafuta, oil well. cf. ennombe.

e- (ki/bi) kind of insect which has the coloring of soil (ettaka, q.v.)-, rare term for any earthenware pot.

e- (ki/bi) kind of small insect.

e- (ki/bi) lit. it-will-not-grow-up (from kula), kind of insect which bores into dry wood. Kitaakule kizimba mu lumuli. (prov.) The kitaakule builds in a reed (and will soon perish when the reeds are burnt).

e- plur. amateme an insect resembling a caterpillar which attacks young shoots, esp. those of the cotton plant.

e- (ki/bi) insect; bug. Alimu ekiwuka. He acts as if he is touched in the head. cf. akawuka.

e- (ki/bi) plump little child; fat, slovenly youngster; trailer (on a car or truck), ebyana by'ennyaanya, tomato seeds, ebyana by'ebiwuka, eggs of insects. Ebijaguzo bijja kubaako n'ekyana. There will be tremendous celebrations, cf. omwana.

e- (n/n) kind of rare (or perhaps completely mythological) insect; fig. rumor, gossip; complaint. Simuwulirangako na mpuluwujju. I have heard absolutely nothing/not even a rumor about him. Tamulinako mpuluwujju. He has no complaint about him.

e- (n/n) dry rot in wood; dust-like substance produced by worms or boring insects; powdery coating on some fruits and leaves; sawdust, cf. ^wumba, -wumbu.

maggot, insect (the subject of a familiar tale); an obstinate person, one who will not listen to good advice.

e- (n/n) kind of banana; kind of insect, lit. eats the princes, cf. lya, omulangira.

e- (n/n) kind of insect, ant lion; loss of hair caused by ringworm, cf. fuuwa.

e- (n/n) kind of insect which is very fond of sugar, cf. kennemba, eki- kennembi, olukennembi.

e- (n/n) insect which attacks corn/ maize.

plur. of ki/bi cl.) kind of insect which does great damage to sweet potatoes, sugarcane, etc.

considered a bad omen.

e- (n/n) kind of insect which secretes a peculiar fluid. cf. tonnya, tonnye- za.

e- (n/n) jet-black water insect which flits to and fro over the water; fig. very dark person.

e- (n/n) kind of black insect which drips moisture off trees; mistletoe, Viscum album, cf. ddugala, ddugaza.

e- (li/ma) kind of insect which is thought to enter the nose and cause very unpleasant effects.

etc. okutyabira muntu kalimu obuwuka, lit. to collect for a person (akaku, small piece of firewood, implied) in which there are small insects, i.e., to cause trouble for someone, okwetyabira akalimu obuwuka, to bring trouble down upon ones'elf. cf. omutyabi.

e- (li/ma) kind of insect resembling a bee which eats holes in wood. cf. vuuvuuma.

enjala kiwumbyanga- labi, a terrible famine, lit. a famine which causes the drums to become eaten away by insects. cf. -wumbu, empumbu.

mpunze) v.tr. net, catch (flying insects, particularly ssami, with a net).

etc. Ggalawo oluggi toiuyingiriza ebiwuka. Close the door so that you don't let insects in on us. cf. ohuyingirwn, ennyingizn.

(la) kind of insect resembling a cricket which emits a burning secretion.

(la) insect which attacks fig trees. The forms kajegeju (plur. bujegeju/ also occur.

(la) kind of insect which eats the heartwood of trees and of sugarcane.

o- (mu/mi) swarm (of insects); line (of people).

v.i. become worm-eaten; be bored by insects.

v.i. fly/flitter from place to place (as insects moving from bush to bush).

(la) kind of tiny insect found on stagnant water in banana gardens.

(la) kind of small insect found in millet.

(la) rare kind of insect resembling a soldier ant.

v.tr. eat into slowly (often of insects.)

(la) kind of insect resembling a grasshopper which lives on the young shoots of the plantain. It is the second totem of the Grasshopper Clan. See eggolo.

feathers, insects, etc.). v.i. cut oneself off, stay alone.

o- (lu/h) kind of insect.

eaten away/ into by insects, cf. 2wUmba.