e- (ki/bi) forest, cf. Wabira.

ekibira.

a- (ka/bu) small forest; grove; thicket of shrubs and small trees, cf. ekibira.

e- (n/n) monkey. Ekika ky'Enkima, the Monkey Clan. Enkima tesala gwa kibira. (prov.) A monkey does not decide a case (omusango implied) involving the forest. No one is a good judge of his own situation.

omuti; firewood, enku; (forest) ekibira; (plank) olubaawo.

o- (mu/mi) tree; wood, piece of wood; fig. child, young ‘sprout.' ekijiiko eky'omu- ti, a wooden spoon, omuti gw'essimu, telephone pole, emiti egya zaabu, gold bars, emiti gy'ettaala, light poles (in the streets), emiti okuwanikibwa ettawulo, towel racks. Emiti emito gye giggumiza ekibira. (prov.I The young people are the hope of the future, lit. young trees strengthen the forest, cf. akati, lekiti, oluti, olu- titti.

ekizikiza ekikwafu, extreme darkness, bbululu atali mukwafu, light blue, ekibira ekikwafu, a dense forest, cf. kwata, obukwafu.