e- (n/n) [Sw., dr.] letter of the alphabet.

a- (ka/bu) sty in the eye; small louse, with the -a of rel. fine, delicate, ennukuta ez'akasekere, fine, delicate letters (in reference to handwriting).

e- (ki/bi) sign; placard; billboard; chart, ekipande ky'ennukuta, ABC chart; med. eye chart, ekipande ky'ennamba, license plate; numberplate.

etc.; train (creeping plants); tack (needlework), okulandiza ennukuta, to write slanting/spidery letters, okulandiza ebigambo, to spread rumors; to betray confidences.

ebbaluwa; (of alphabet) ennukuta.

e- (n/n) vowel, ennukuta empee- rezi, vowel, vowel letter, cf. ^wa, weerera. contr. ensirifu.

e- (n/n) consonant, ennukuta ensirifu, consonant letter, contr. empeerezi.

syllable. c f. -kva, weerera.

vowel. cf. Iwa, weerera.