o- plur. empande (lu/h) piece; portion; strip; strip of cloth.

o- (lu/n) kind of nut resembling a peanut/groundnut; kind of plant producing these nuts. cf. empande.

e- (n/n) kind of nut resembling a peanut/groundnut; fragment, piece (e.g., of stone). Empande emu eyiwa ekisero, (prov.) One (fallen) mpande causes the whole basket to be spilled (because the person carrying the basket stooDs to nick it up). Excessive attention to small things leads to the loss of large things, cf. ^oluwande.