e- (ki/bi) slough, the cast-off skin of a snake, cf. yubuka.

n.y eddiba, olukuta, olususu. hard s., ekikuyiro. cast off s. (of snake), ekiyubwe. s. garment, oluveera, ekisaato, ekijagali, enkenga, enkete. s. used as mat, enkeeto. s. disease, olukuku, ebisukko; vide rash. escape by the s. of one's teeth, okweyokola emisinde.

n., ekiyubwe.

to peel the mid-rib off of a plantain leaf, remove the stem from the leaf. cf. ekiyubwe.