e- (n/n) fly, housefly. Ensowera ekugwa ku bbwa y'ekwagala. (prov.) A fly that lands on your sore likes you (because he gives you notice that something must be done about it), cf, omusowera.

a- (ka/bu) small, deep wound; open sore. cf. nuuna, ensowera.

long gown worn by Africans, lit. it traps (tega) flies (n.oo- wera).

e- = ensowera (n/n) fly, housefly.

tr. suck, suck on. cf. akanuunansowera, akanuunansubi.

(la) kind of mbidde (beer-making plantain).

fan away (e.g., flies); beat (the bush in hunting); recruit. Bakusaggira okolola, ak'obugoba k'oya- gala? (prov.) You are coughing while they are driving out (the game). Do you want to lose (your share of) the profit? Yatuuka olulimi lusagga nsowera. (When) he arrived he was dead tired, lit. the tongue was brushing away the flies.

o- also omuswera (mu/mi) swarm of flies, cf. ensowera.