e- (ki/bi) dried plantain fiber used in making rope, in tying up bundles of food during the cooking process, in tying poles in building, etc. okusala ebyayi, to relieve oneself, cf. olwayi.

be hated.

okukyayira ddala, okutamwa ennyo.

o- (bu/-) hatred, cf. kyawa.

ekyayi; (hemp) obugoogwa, kansambwe, kifuula, oluvunvu, olubeera, omuzimbandegeya, ensinga.

obukyayi.

obukyayi, omukyawe, omukyayi.

kyayisa caus. forms of kyawa, q.v.

kyayisa (-kyayisizza) v.tr. caus. cause to hate, make hate.

o- (lu/n) fresh plantain fiber (as opposed to that which is dried, known as kyayi). cf. ekigogo, omugogo.

o- plur. rare (Iu/n) long, thin dry banana fiber on which money (in the form of coins with holes in the middle) could be strung, cf. xekyayi.

n., ewuzi, ekyayi; (of harp) akalere, akatomyo; (of people) olukalala, omuyeeye.

stay overnight with (sometimes implying inconvenience to the usual in habitants); spend the night preoccupied with (a present concern or future plan). Ku olwo iwasulirira kyayi. That night all we had to consume was tea. Yasulirira ku- keera kukima muwala we mu ssomero. He went to bed last night with the firm intention of getting up early and getting his daughter at the school.

o- (mu/ba) one who hates, hater. cf. kyawa.

more frequently spelled caayi. (la) tea.

n., ekikuta, olukusakusa; b. of plantain, olugogo, ekigogo, ekyayi.

o- (mu/ba) lit. one who beats with plantain fibers (hardly an aggressive weapon), softhearted boss, one who is very kind to those whom he rules. cf. kuba, ekyayi.

little, next to nothing. Yazimba akayumba katono mpawekazira. He built a tiny little house. Ekiseera kyayita mpawekazira. A very short period time passed, abagoberezi mpawebazira, a very few followers (note the replacement of ka by ba).

extreme, obukyayi obusuffu, excessive hate. cf. sukka.

superb, wonderful; excessive, extreme, obukyayi obuyitirivu, extreme hate. cf. 2 yita, yitirira.