vide ekyuma, effeeza, ezzaabu, ekikomo, zebaaki.

e- (li/ma) [Sw., Ar.] sheet of corrugated iron, tin or other metal used for the roofing or siding of a building.

e- (li/ma) collar/band of metal or wood; insulator for telegraph wires; sport discus.

blow on. oku- fukuta emivubo, to blow with a pair of bellows. okufukuta amazzi, to gargle with water, okufukuta ekyuma, to melt metal (e.g., with a blowtorch), kuwoza gufukula, to talk nonsense (gu- implies muliro, fire), kufukuta lulimi, to speak a language (usually English) fluently. Bwe yatuuse mu dduuka n'afukutira omutunzi Oluzungu nga gw'alufukutira talina ky'aggyamu. When he arrived in the store he spoke English to the salesman, but the person to whom he was talking did not get anything out of it.

e- (n/n) [from Eng. mugj large metal drinking cup.

e- (ki/bi) a wide and shallow metallic plate/tray.

e- (ki/bi) basin in which a baby is washed. It was originally madeaf clay hat the word is now also applied to metal basins.

e- (ki/bi) [Stf.] iron; metal; factory; machinery; machine; tool; device, ekyuma ekikuba ebifaananyi, camera, ekyuma eki- yimbisa amavinja, record player, ebyuma ebirima, farm machinery, ploughs, tractors, ekyuma kya ppamba, cotton ginnery, ebyuma ebikuba ebitabo, printing presses. Ngudde ebyuma or Ebyuma binsaze. colloq. I am completely out of money. I am broke. cf. 2akuuma, oluuma.

o- (lu/n) piece of metal in the form of a hoop or ring; rim of a bicycle or automobile wheel.

o- (lu/n) bracelet worn around the legs; necklace; metal collar.

o- (lu/n) metal wire, oluuma olubaka, aerial (of a radio or television set). abajja bagoba oluuma, immigrant workers, lit. those who come following the telephone cable lines, cf. ekyuma.

n., entamu, e bbiga, ekibya, ensaka, ensuwa; unbaked p., omwali; metal p., ssuffuliya.

forge, v.tr. make out of metal, okuweesa ensimbi, to mint money.

etc.; become red hot (usually of metal); become inflamed (of a boil or abscess). Ennaku zikwengeredde! Onodda wa? Time is running out. The time of the expected event is drawing near. What will you do?

set fire to (with intent of arson); weld (metal). Musoke Baamokwerera. Someone burned down Musoke's house.

(metal) money, cf. kajegejege.

o- (mu/ba) worker in metal, smith, blacksmith, cf. ^weesa.

(la) kind of cooking banana; large round metal plate.

or sseffuluya (n/n) CSte. ] metal cooking pot.

cf. yengera.