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embapi (n) teacher (usually imbapi), coach, manager
embata (n) teaching, education (also embaza, imbata, onita)
embele (adj) large, big
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
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 (also imve), (n) ankle ring eg Karimu Benzema su sati emve. = Karim Benzema wore a white shirt.
Emve (n) river in Maracha on the Koboko Highway after Enyau River (pronounced Enve as it was written on the first signpost)
emvu (n) orphan; pot (also imvu)
emvua (n) young orphan; small pot
ena (v) bewitch
enata (n) witchcraft (also acife)
endiria (n) duicker (also ovaa)
endra (n) meanness, selfishness, (v) gaze
endraako (n) generosity
endrakokoru (adj) generous eg "Alak SG" kini: Ma endrakokoru tu; ma nga aa muke! = Alak SG said: I'm too generous; I'll be fine!
endraru (adj) selfish, mean, stingy
endrau (n) selfish person
endri (n) shade (also endrika) eg "Fat A" ri endri-a. = Fat A sat in the shade.
endrilendri (n) shadow
endru (n) vice, assistant, deputy (also undru) eg Silivano Munduni engazu Katri ni Anzenzea Endru Terego-a = Silvano Munduni from Katri is the Deputy Speaker in Terego.
Endru (n) place in Arua
endrundrua (n) leech
enga (v) originate, derive, emerge, come from; germinate, rise eg Ediwini enga "SMACK"-a. = Edwin came from SMACK.
engaza (n) germination
engazu (adv) since (also ingazu)
engu (v) exalt, praise (also epi)
enya (n) food (also inya, nyaka, ena in Terego dialect)
enyakinya (n) poison (also enyata)
enyasa (n) staple bread from cassava, millet, sorghum or maize flour (also inyasa, atapa, kalo), mush
enyata (n) poison eg 'Ba azi fe Sera ni enyata. = Someone gave Sera poison.
enyati (n) clan, zone, area of residence, constituency, community (also zoni, komuniti)
Enyau (n) longest River Nile tributary in Arua flowing northwards from Ezuku Forest Reserve in Vurra near DRC via Ediofe Bridge and pours into the Albert Nile after bending eastwards through northern Ayivu and Terego (also Anyau, Inyau) eg Wambuzi ma Bambu Vileji ni Enyau Gerika-a. = Wambuzi's Bamboo Village is on Enya...
enyi (n) skin; (postp) near (also enyia, inyi, inyia) eg Lubega ma jo Lidia dri vu enyi. = Lubega's house is near Lydia's.
enza (n) laziness; (v) trouble, mistreat
enzamatara (n) mistreatment (also enzaza)
enzo (n) lie, deception
enzo liza (n) lying, lie
enzo'ba (n) liar, deceiver
enzoru (adj) deceptive
epearu (adj) selective
epi (v) exalt (also engu), praise, put on air, be proud
Epife (n) Prime Minister of Lugbara Kari (Katukiro in Busoga, Katikiro in Buganda) eg Isimaili Tuku ni Epife. = Ismail Tuku is the Prime Minister of Lugbara Kari.
epinga (n) putting on airs, pride (also epita, epiza)
era (n) granary (also ero), stone; flow
era mva (n) peeble, piece of rock
era mva ozo aizu (n) Lugbara rainmaking stone