ekyangwe, ekisuumwa, ekigogo; s. for dead body, essuumwa; metaph., akakokobe, omugulungu, ekinyinyiisi.

a- (ka/bu) hanger-on, pest; sponge; nuisance, cf. olukokobe.

e- (ki/bi) fresh plantain fiber, used as a sponge, cf. olugogo, omugogo.

e- less commonly ekinyiinyinsi (ki/bi) scrapings of the pith of a plantain tree used as a sponge.

e- (ki/bi) piece of plantain stem used as a sponge; beer drunk after a burial. cf. essuumwa.

e- (li/ma) arch, stone used for beating out native sponges.

e- (ki/bi) sponge.

o- (lu/n) one who constantly hangs around, hanger-on, pest; sponger, cf. aka- kokobe.

e- (n/n) short stick with a knob at the end used for beating bigogo (fresh plantain fibers used as a sponge).

e- (li/ma) sponge for washing a dead body, mwenge gwa ssuumwa, beer drunk after a burial, cf. ekisuumwa.

(la) vagabond; beggar; sponger. cf. wummunta.