e- (ki/bi) kindness; mercy; generosity. Frequently used with the -a of rel. as the equivalent of the Eng. adjectives: kind, nice; merciful, etc. Yandeeta ekisa. He made me feel sorry for him. Ekisa kya- mbuukako. I am through with being kind, lit. kindness has flown from me. Yali wa kisa nnyo gye nai. lie very kind to me. Ekisa kitta, n'enge etta. (prov.) Kindness kills, hostility kills. Extremes are bad.

e- (ki/bi) labor pain. See ebisa.

conceal, okukisa omukono, to die, lit. to hide one's hand (usually employed with reference to a Kabaka). Bw'akolola engabi yeekisa mu kisaka. When he coughs the bushbuck hides in the bush (i.e., he has a very loud cough). Bw'aseka empisi yeekisa ku ki- kande. When he laughs the hyena hides in a deserted place (i.e., he has a loud and boisterous laugh).

e- adv. suddenly, precipitously; unexpectedly; in a sloppy/messy manner.

e- (ki/bi) gourd used as a churn; churn.

e- adv. quickly, hurriedly. cf. saabuuka.

e- (ki/bi) bunch; bundle.

e- (ki/bi) reed fence; fence (in general); chief's inclosure/compound; inclosure made of reeds for washing or for use as an outhouse. Types of fencing include: kigombe, crosswise in diamond shapes; kya kasiira, upright and close together; kya nnakabanda, grouped in columns. (Sn., LeV.)

e- (ki/bi) kind of marsh grass, rush; patch of rushes; marsh, swamp, cf. olusaalu, essaalu.

e- (ki/bi) kind of large marsh plant.

e- usually plur. (ki/bi) litter, trash, cf. omusaaniiko.

e- less frequently ekisaanikizo (ki/bi) lid, cover (of a container); cork, stopper, cf. saanikira.

e- (ki/bi) hairy caterpillar; cater- pillar (general term).

e- (ki/bi) qualification, competency; requisite, requirement, cf. ^saana.

e- also ekisaasizi no plur. (ki/bi) pity, compassion, sympathy, mu ngeri ey'ekisaasizi, in a compassionate manner, compassionately, cf. saasira.

very strong wind on Lake Victoria, cf. saawa.

e- (ki/bi) clearing (in the jungle); field; football field; airport, airfield, ekisaawe ky'ennyonyi, airport, airfield, cf. saawa.

e-: eby'ekisaazisaazi, things which are done casually/without any serious purpose in mind, cf. saaga.

e- (ki/bi) tall grass, elephant grass; reeds, cf. olusagazi.

e- (ki/bi) ekisaggo ky'ensirobi string of cowries worn as a necklace/a bracelet/an anklet.

e- (ki/bi) wound, physical injury, okugendera ku kisago, to be injured (in an accident),

e- (ki/bi) thicket; bush, okuzimba nga kisaka, lit. to swell up like a bush = to become sullen/gloomy/morose/uncom- municative. cf. ^akasaka.

e- also ekisakizo (ki/bi) gizzard, crop of a bird. cf. saka.

with great urgency.

e- (ki/bi) dry, fibrous potato.

e- (ki/bi) a bunch of reeds forming the top of the door of a hut, lit. cuts/crosses the doorway, cf. sala, omulyango.

e- (ki/bi) cutting, something cut. in the plur. ebisale, school tuition; subscription fees; fees; charges, cf. sala.

e- (ki/bi) idiot, simpleton.

e- (ki/bi) floating vegetable matter that forms obstructive masses in a body of water.

e- (ki/bi) kind of twining plant, large yellow vetch, cf. samba, endege.

e- (ki/bi) thigh, cf. samba.

e- (ki/bi) football field. cf. samba, essambiro.

e- (ki/bi) overgrown patch of weeds; area under stubble, cf. sambula.

e- (ki/bi) hair comb. cf. sanirira.

e- (ki/bi) shift, rotation, turn, okukola ebisanja, to work in rotation, mu bisanja, in shifts, ekisanja ky'emmale, a load of smoked mmale fish.

e- (ki/bi) dry/withered plantain leaves used in making packages, containers, pillows, etc., and in thatching huts. cf. essanja.

e- (ki/bi) projection from the roof; porch.

e- (ki/bi) grass spread on the floor; in the plur. trash, litter, rubbish, cf. sasa.

e- (ki/bi) lit. something empty or emptied; empty cell of honeycomb; husk; fig. an empty, shallow person; one who has become totally depraved, ebisassalala by'omupunga, rice husks, ne nsigala kisassalala, and I remained petrified, all the strength and stamina had gone from me. cf. -sa.

a kisa, lungi.

ekisa, obulungi.

a kisa, lungi.

a kisa, lungi.

lungi, a kisa, teefu.

okusabira omukisa.

a kisa.

foam, foam up; overflow. Ebibimba bikka. Things which boil up (ultimately) simmer down. What goes up comes down. Kyabimba (nga) si kisaanikire mu maaso ga kkanisa. There was an enthusiastic/lively crowd in front of the church.

e- see ekisale.

e* plur. (ki/bi) trash, litter, rubbish. See ekisasiro.

okuwa omukisa, okusabira omukisa.

omukisa.

ekisa, obugabi.

akabira, ekisaka.

omugugu, ekisaaganda, eki tuutuuli; (shells) omutwalo; (fish) olutala; (firewood), ekinywa, omuganda, olusekese; (salt) olubaya; (cloth) omutumba.

n., ekisaanikizo.

ekisaka; beat about the b., okusala amakeete.

akawuka, ekisiisa, nna beefunye, ekisaanyi, e kkomante, ekyonga.

ekisenge, ekisassalala.

ssigga, kasikisa.

a kisa, omugabi (n.).

n., ensiriba, ejjembe, eddogo, ouzinga, entabwa; (beauty) obulungi; (grace) ekisa.

n., ekisaabo.

ekisaawe, ekisabangirizi.

ekisa, okusaasira.

a kisa, a kusaasira.

v., okukweka, okukisa.

n., omugogo, ebbona, ekisaggo, kkala.

ekisa.

adj., saasizi, a kisa, a kusaasira.

okukweka, okukisa.