e- (n/n) dry rot in wood; dust-like substance produced by worms or boring insects; powdery coating on some fruits and leaves; sawdust, cf. ^wumba, -wumbu.

n., enfuufu, effufugge, ebikwa kwaya, empumbu.

effufugge, empumbu.

n., ekiraato, ekibondo; (of plantain flower) empumbu.

enjala kiwumbyanga- labi, a terrible famine, lit. a famine which causes the drums to become eaten away by insects. cf. -wumbu, empumbu.