e- (ki/bi) bad disease, serious illness. cf. olumbe.

ensinjo, ekimbeewo.

o- plur. ennyimbe (lu/n) disease, illness; death; scourge; ceremony of distributing the goods and installing the heir of the deceased, olumbe lw'omusajja, a revolting/disgusting/obnoxious man. cf. ekimbe, Walumbe.

etc. Ekimbe kimuwetedde ku ndiri. A serious disease has confined him to bed.