ekkovu.

e- (li/ma) snail, slug.

n. (cowrie), ensimbi; (snail) essonko; (egg) ekisosonkole; (tortoise) ekiwaawo.

e- (li/ma) shell, hard covering of a tortoise/snail, etc. amasonko ag'enfudu, tortoise shells, cf. enkoonamasonko.

lit. small-mouse-walks. The name of a children's game. Pulaani ze zirabika nga kamese-tambula. Hisplans seem to be proceeding at a snail's pace.

e- plur. (n/n) slime, ennaanu z'ekkovu, the snail's slime, cf. olunaanu.