e- (n/n) way/manner of giving, empa y'omusolo, the payment of taxes, cf. Iwa.

q.v.

e- (n/n) leg. charge, complaint, indictment, cf. waaba.

kind of wading bird related to the herons, lit. give me (mpa) the children (baana).

e- (n/n) leg. fee paid by a plaintiff before a trial, court fee. cf. waaba.

there is hardly any (in there), mpaawo, there is npne (here, there), mpaayo, there is none (there). Mpaawo atalifa. There is no one who will not die.

e- (n/n) manner of exchange; mutual exchange, cf. waanyi- saganya.

e- (n/n) colloq., with the -a of rel. buge, powerful, empaawa y'omusajja, a giant of a man, a very powerful man.

e- (n/n) bowl-shaped calabash or gourd used as a tumbler for drinking, empaawo enzungu, drinking glass, cf. ekiwaawo, oluwaawo.

e- (n/n) fruit of the muwafu tree resembling a large dark olive. cf. omuwafu.

e- (n/n) something which has become Stuck (e.g., in one's throat), okumira empagama, to get something stuck in one's throat, cf. wagama.

a person with large protruding ears; a stubborn, obstinate person.

e- (n/n) pillar, post; pole. Omuwala obulungi bumukubya ku mpagi. The girl is very beautiful, lit. beauty makes her strike at the pillar, kusiba kintu ku mpagi, to endure/put up with something, cf. ^waga, eggwagi.

e- (n/n) narrow passage; gorge, empago y'amatabi, the place of juncture of branches, the area where branches come together, mu mpago z'enjazi, in the crevices of the rocks.

e- (n/n) bananas/plantains which have been broken off of the bunch; small bunch of bananas/plantains which have been separated from the main stem; portion of a kiwagu, q.v. cf. waguka.

e- (n/n) argument; dispute; strife; contest; competition; game, ow'empaka, an argumentative/contentious person, lwa mpaka, by force, forcefully, empaka z'abalungi, beauty contest, empaka z'ebi- konde, boxing match, okuwalaza empaka, to debate, argue, cf. wakana.

e- (n/n) antelope of the genus Hippotragus.

e- plur. of oluwala, q.v.

e- (n/n) baldness, ow'empalaata, bald-headed person, cf. ekiwalaata.

o- (n/n) with the-a of rel. big, strong, hulking, husky (person), empaladdume y'omusajja, a giant of a man.

e- with or without the -a of rel. aggressive, vigorous, enterprising; head-strong; brave, bold, fearless. empaiakilaie z'abasajja, bold, aggressive men.

e- (n/n) ruffian, bully; daredevil; self-assured, aggressive person. often used attrihutively. abasajja babiri empalamalanga, two daredevils.

e- (n/n) hostility; mutual dislike; feud, empalana y'eddiini, religious persecution. cf. walana.

e- (n/n) pair of pants/trousers/ knickers; underwear, cf. akawale, olu- wale, sseruwale.

e- plur. of oluwalo, q.v.

e- (n/n) seed(s) of a gourd (used as a food in time of famine).

e- (n/n) rare notch at the mouth of a flute; filed gap between teeth.

e- (n/n) kind of thick/rough barkcloth; per ext. mudguard.

e- (n/n) cavity, deep hole, empampagama y'omuti, a hole in a tree, empampagama y'ekiswa, a hole in a termite hill.

e- (n/n) hydrocele.

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.

e- (n/n) manner/way of writing; orthography, cf. wandiika.

e- (n/n) cock; kind of large beetle, enkoko empanga, cock. cf. 2ekiwanga, sseggwanga.

e- plur. of oluwanga, q.v.

e- (n/n) furrow (esp. those made with a hoe); in the plur. plot of ground in the process of cultivation, cf. oluwangi.

e- (n/n) post; pole, empango y'eki- kajjo, stalk of sugarcane; stick of sugarcane.

e- (n/n) wedge.

e- (n/n) descent; way of coming down, empanuka yaabwe ku bukulu, their stepping down from/losing their positions of importance, cf. wanika, wanuka.

e- (n/n) fluttering; way of fluttering. cf. papala.

e- (n/n) madcap, giddy/flighty person. cf. papa.

e- also mpambiiro with the -a of rel. scarce, hard to get. Amazzi ga mpapiiro. Water is hard to get.

e- (n/n) way of marrying, kind of marriage, cf. wasa.

e- (n/n) space(s), opening(s). empataanya z'engalo, the spaces between the fingers, empataanya z'oluggi, the opening in the door, cracks in the door.

e- (n/n) kind of termite.

e- (n/n) cowrie shell with the top off.

e- (n/n) cunning/deceitful/ tricky person.

okunyaga, okutwala olw'empaka.

okusalako, okukutulako, okuyimpawaza.

okuwerfekefa, okusendekereza.

ensanafu, enkolooto, nnabe, wakka, ensolosozi, entalumbwa, akasagisagi, empawu, ekimomo, ekinyomo, ekirembwe, olukennembi, omunyama, munyeera; white ant, vide termite,

empaka, ensonga, ekisoko.

a mpaka.

pity, compassion. I am sorry! the poor fellow! the poor woman!

q-v.

showing off, exhibitionistic act; something humorous, omuntu alina bampaane, one who does or says funny things.

keep (someonej company (a sick person, a child, a person who is lonely). Genda obeesebeese omwana aleme kukaaba. Go and stay with the child so that he doesn't cry.

ekiwuka, empanga, essikissiki, evvuuvuumira.

embwa enkazi, embwa mpala.

omubiri; (dead) omulambo; (person) omuntu; (headless) ekiwuduwudu; (company) ekibiina.

mmonze) v.tr. cause to whirl around, spin, okubonga enje, to spin nje (a game flayed with the seeds of mpafu fruit).

sseruwale, empale,

omujoozi, empalamalanga.

o- (bu/-) a very broad concept implying the possession of courtesy, compassion, good breeding, culture, etc. The editorial writers o/Munno have in the past dedicated considerable space to the definition of the word. cf. obuntu, omuntu bulamu.

o- (bu/-) sympathy, compassion. cf. saasira.

o- adv. by force, forcibly, cf. wakana, empaka.

ekita, endeku, empaawo, eŋŋunda, ensaabo; vide gourd

v., okutabaala.

n., olutabaalo.

empampagama, empokowooko.

empanga.