e- (n/n) kind of very tall hardwood forest tree, Manilkara cuneifolia.

okusikaasikanya, okukavvula, okugajambula, okubwe bwena, okukaanyuula, okukenyula, okumunkula, okumunkunya, okusontera.

okukkuta. e. greedily, okusikaasikanya, okubwagula, okujujubula. e. with closed lips, okumugunya. e. noisily, okweswanta, okufunkunya.

chew quietly and slowly with the mouth shut.

be, okumunkunya.

v.i. eat slowly and with the mouth closed.

chew on with the lips closed. Teyemugunya ntama. He does not just kid around. He means what he says. cf. kimugunyu; munkunya.

-emunkunya (-emunkunyizza) v.tr. refl. = munkunya. cf. mugunya.