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ejasi (n) tree stump
eje fala (n) rib bone
eji (v) left hand or side (also iji); bring (also aji), resemble
Ejipiti (n) Egypt (also Ejipto, Ejipito) eg Mo Sala enga Ejipiti-a. = Mohammed Salah comes from Egypt.
ejita (n) resemblance (also ejiza)
eju (n) twin (also iju); (v) stretch) eg Nyakato ni eju. = Nyakato is a twin.
Ejua (n) male-given name for a twin (also Ejoa, Ejuru [female], Ejoru - similar to Kato, Wasswa, Waiswa, Isabirye, Nabirye, Babirye, Nakato, Nyakato)
Ejupala (n) trading centre near Ewanga
ejuta (n) raising, prolonging, stretching (also ejuza)
eka (adj) red; (n) sugarcane (also ekaka or ika), (v) help eg Muyindi Eka ma suru azi ma ru Ciyeni. = One of the Red Indian tribes was called Cheyenne.
Ekarakafe (n) place in Vurra, where the Sultan Isara Memorial Library is located
ekele (n) cough (also okele)
eki (phr) you swallow (also iki); (pron) they (also iki, ki, eyi, yi) eg Amuku azini Anyaku, eki akua. = Amuku and Anyaku, they are at home.
ekile (adj) like
ekilizia (n) church, cathedral (also kanisa, katidro)
ekiwinokisi (n) equinox, one of two days in a year when day and night have equal lengths everywhere on Earth (also ikiwinokisi)
ekizibiti (n) exhibit, evidence
eko sitovu (n) eco stove that uses volcanic rock for cooking instead of charcoal or firewood, takes two years for the rock to burn out eg Sandra ni eko sitovu ayu. = Sandra is using an eko stove.
ekosani coroni (n) ecosan (ecological sanitation) latrine, envirolet
eku (v) announce, make noise (also iku)
ekuta (n) praise, noise, announcement (also ikuta, ekuza)
Ekuweta (n) Equator (also Ekueta) eg Yi ni aci ndundu Ekuweta ma dria azini eri ma kala iri Koriolisi ma e'yo si. = Water moves differently on the Equator and its two sides because of Coriolis.
ela (n) kind of thorny plant with hard orange fruits
ele (adj) down, (v) change position
elekendre (n) chameleone
Elekitoro Komisoni (n) Electoral Commission
eli (n) lust, desire for sth, thigh; knife; year, dry season, make fall, tickle eg Werasoni osi Moliambo-a Kurisimasi si eli 1965. = Werrason was born in Moliambo on Christmas Day in the year 1965.
Eli O'di Ayikoru! (phr) Happy New Year, Bonane!
elifura (n) dust (also erifura and furuku)
elio (n) fig tree
eliriga (n) millipede
elivu elivu (adv) yearly
ema (n) owl (also emaa, imaa) eg Aturo ne ema pati ma garama dria. = Arthur saw an owl on the branch of a tree.
emba (n) moon (also mba), net; teach (also imba) eg "Against Malaria Foundation (AMF)" awa emba yiyia ni arobe. = Against Malaria Foundation (AMF) distributed treated mosquito nets.
embapi (n) teacher (usually imbapi), coach, manager
embata (n) teaching, education (also embaza, imbata, onita)
embeleke (n) gorilla, ape, chimpanzee, golden 50,000 UGX CHOGM Monument banknote with Independence Sculpture and apes at the back - mazike (also emgbeleke) eg Muwiga ni gu embeleke le. = Mwiga laughs like a chimpanzee.
embu (v) jump
embuta (n) jumping
emgbele (adj) large, big
emi (pron) you (plu.); (v) push towards eg Emi imu anya! = (You) come and we eat [Luganda: Mujje tulye]!
emu (v) mix things together, come
emunyale (n) refugee (also omunyale)
emve (adj) white (pronounced ehnve), (n) ankle ring eg Karimu Benzema su sati emve. = Karim Benzema wore a white shirt.
Emve (n) river on the Koboko Highway after Enyau River (pronounced Enve, also Imve)
emvu (n) orphan; pot
emvua (n) young orphan; small pot
ena (v) bewitch
enata (n) witchcraft (also acife)
endiria (n) duicker (also ovaa)