e- (ki/bi) bad luck, bit of hard luck. Leka kutuleetera kikwa. Don't bring us bad luck.

e- (ki/bi) snatching; pilferage, tendency towards theft; thief, pilferer. cf. kwakkula.

e- (ki/bi) skin of an animal, particularly that which is prepared arid used as food (e.g., of a buffalo); skin of an animal where the hair has been scraped off.

e- (ki/bi) sort; category; group; class; sect.

e- with the -a of rel. fake, sham; fraudulent; counterfeit, ensimbi ez'eki- kwangala, counterfeit money.

e- (ki/bi) burr. cf. kwata.

e- (ki/bi) safety pin; brooch; clasp, cf. kwata.

e- (ki/bi) a selection given to students by a teacher for memorization, cf. kwata.

ekikwasi, ssere.

e- also ekikwakkulizo (ki/bi) trap; snare.

-kwasi, -kwate, obukwafu, obukwata, ekikwasi, ekikwaso, ekikwate, ekyekwaso, omukwasi, -Unkwaso, enkwata.

omukisa, eggwiiso; (bad) ekikwa, emberebezi; vide misfortune.

n., ekikwaso.

v., okusiba n'ekikwaso.

n., engeri, ekikwanga, ekibala, embala, omutindo.

calm down; become indifferent, lose interest. Ekiwola bakikwasa engalo. (prov.) lit. That which cools down, they take a hold of it with the fingers. One should not respond to a difficult situation by panicky or impulsive action, engabi eyakula n'ewola, a full-grown bushbuck, lit. one who has grown and cooled.

v.tr. caus. - soobeza. Nnasoobya omukono nkikwateko. I moved my hand slowly forward to touch it. cf. akasoobo; sooboya.

adv. like a parrot. Yakikwata bukusu. He memorized it. lie learned it inside out. cf. enkusu.

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

v.i. refl. walk in a hurry, rush. cf. obukwakku, ekikwakkuzi; enkwakkulizo, nyakula.

grasped, omukwate, detainee, one who has been detained, ekikwate, a selection to be committed to memory. cf. kwata.