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

e- (ki/bi) large fruit bat; large bat fin general, as opposed to kawundo, small bat), cf. obunyira.

one who is non-committed, sit-on-the-fence; one who is easily swayed, lit. a-give-me (mpa)-somewhere- (we)-I-may-fall (ngwa). nnampa- wengwa ng'akawundo, as neutral as a bat (which has characteristics of both birds and animals), neither fish nor fowl, ensi zinnampawengwa, neutral nations.

ekinyira, akawundo.

v.tr. strike; beat; hit. Akaato kaffe kaali kakubyeko abantu. Our little boat was full of people. Akuba mu buli kasenge konna obwenyi. He pokes his head into every room. Yali ankubye ama- bega. He turned his back on me. Kati eby'okusoma mbikubye amabega. 1 have now finished my studies. Munnaffe Kampala amukubye amabega. Our friend has left Kampala. Yanneekubako ndyeko katono. He implored me to eat a little. Kakubye. I am in luck. Things are going my way. Kawundo kakubye eddirisa. lit. The bat has struck against the windowpane (used in reference to a woman who is carrying nn an illicit affair). Mu nju temuli kakuba. The house is completely silent/deserted. There isn't a soul stirring in the house, lit. there is nothing which is striking.