ekitoogo, ekigaaga; (spikes) empunga; (roots) olukongolo; (rope) olutoogo.

break up fibers (for rope making); clean out, scrape out (e.g., the insides of a papyrus plant so that the outer fiber may be used for basket making or rope making); groom, trim, clean up (a person or thing).

e- (ki/bi) basket-like structure made of papyrus which serves as a crib for babies; crib.

e- (ki/bi) type of basket made of papyrus, palm leaves or osiers and lined with the stems of plantain leaves, in the plur. baskets; food, meal, okuba mu bibbo, to be eating. Atulinnyidde mu bibbo. He has interrupted our meal/eating, cf. akabbo, olubbobbo, enzibo.

e- (ki/bi) variety of papyrus.

e- (ki/bi) stalk of papyrus, cf. bwantoogo, olutoogo.

e- (ki/bi) coarse mat made of plantain or papyrus fibers. This is one of the oldest type of mats known among the Baganda. cf. oluwempe.

o- (lu/n) flat tray (made from the fibers of papyrus or other plants; often used for winnowing). Emimwa gye gya lugali. His lips are flat and spread out (as opposed to thick and protruding). Wa lugali. He has a ‘big mouth.' Nzigyako olugali. Shut your big mouth, cf. walugali.

o- (lu/n) wooden bowl; round flat papyrus basket; mold (for bricks).

o- (lu/n) wide area of papyrus; papyrus patch, cf. bwantoogo, ekitoogo.

e- plur. (n/n) spikes of papyrus.

e- (n/n) root of papyrus.

omugwa, olumaka; (of grass) omusasi; (of papyrus) olutoogo.