o- (bu/.) draft (e.g., of a resolution), cf. baga.

o- (bu/.) message; mission, assignment; ambassadorship, status as a diplomatic representative, cf. omubaka.

o- (bu/- ) sudden tingling pain; smarting sensation; sting; hurt. cf. bala-

o-: egy'obubazi (egy' implies emirimu, work), accountancy, the job of an accountant. cf. ^bala.

o- adv. stealthily, furtively, cf. ^bba.

o- (bu/. ) theft, stealing; robbery. cf. ^bba.

v., okwesera, okutokota, okujugumba; b. with gas (wound), okufuukuula, okuvulula.

o- (bu/-) virginity, maidenhood. cf. embeerera.

o- (bu/- ) help, assistance, cf. beera.

o- (bu/-) evil, wickedness; badness; inferiority; ugliness; excreta, as an adv. badly; poorly. Bamuli bubi. They have it in for him.

o- (bu/-) sisterhood, the state of being a nun. cf. omubiikira.

guard jealously; cup, bleed. Siriddayo kukubiranga. I will never be jealous of you again. cf. ebbuba, ekibubiro.

0- pr. n. (n/n) Belgium.

o- (bu/.) wetness, dampness; state of being raw/uncooked (of food); stupidity. cf. -bisi.

ekizimba, lwekiika.

o- less commonly obubonerezi (bu/-) repentance; penitence, cf. bona, bonereza.

kawumpuli.

o- (bu/- ) asylum, refuge, sanctuary, omunoonyi w'obubudamo, seeker of refuge, refugee, cf. budama.

o- (bu/- ) distended stomach, potbelly, paunch.

o- (bu/-) stupidity, idiotic behavior. cf. -buya.

o- adv. like a dog. kwefunya bubwa, to huddle oneself up, sit or sleep huddled up. cf. ^embwa.

o- adv. like a bowl (kibya, q.v.). kutuula bubya, to sit like a bump on a log.

o- (bu/-) [S^-] dirt, akayu ak'obucaafu, colloq. bathroom, cf. -caafu.

endobo.

ekizimi, akakondo.

engabo.

o- (bu/- ) dregs in beer, okuggyako obucu, to strain beer, make beer.

n., omutunsi.

v., okwanya, okumulisa, okuto jjera.

0- pr.n. (n/n) [from German deutsch] Germany, cf. Omudaaki.

take refuge; settle, dwell; take rest/repose. cf. obubudamo, omubudami.

o- (bu/.) time; weather; occasion, embeera y'obudde, weather, climate, obudde obw'okukyuka, half time (in football). okuzimba ng'obudde, to become sullen/gloomy/inorose lit. swell like the weather. Obudde bukedde. It has dawned. also The time has come (to act). Obudde bwali busse. It was late afternoon.

o- (bu/-) recurrence. cf. zdda, ddi ra.

o- (bu/-) a second helping; time for the return of cattle to the kraal. cf. dda, ddiza.

o- (bu/-) lawn, grassy area. cf. omuddo.

o- (bu/-) slavery, bondage, servitude. cf. omuddu.

o- (bu/-) blackness; darkness; less commonly dirtiness, cf. ddugala, -ddugavu.

o- (bu/-) refuge, shelter, retreat. cf. dduka, ddukira, ekiddukiro.

o- (bu/-) running; racing; ability to run/race. cf. dduka.

refuse to, okwesimbiggiriza.

kukuba budinda, to know thoroughly, have down pat. Oluswayiri balukuba budinda. They know Swahili very well. cf. eddinda, amadinda.

o- (bu/-) mud, mortar or clay used for building.

o- see akaduli.

o- (bu/-) mockery, scorn, derision. cf. duula.

O- pr.n. (n/n) France.

embogo.

okukuba oluyi.

o- lit. small places, plur. of afako. okubuna obufo, to be a rolling stone, to be i. cf. ekifo.

o- (bu/-) diligence, persistence, ef- fort, exertion. fubs.

o- (bu/-) subjection, forced rule, colonialism, mu biseera by'obufuge, in colonial days. cf. fuga. bufumbo, o- (bu/-) marriage, the marital state, obufumbo obw'ekitala, civil marriage, cf. fumba, fumbirwa.

o- (bu/-) fluffy substance resembling cotton often used for stuffing mattresses and pillows; the plant from which this substanceis obtained, cf. olufumbo.

o- (bu/-) the act of blowing, obufuuyi bw'omuzannyo, refereeing. cf. fuuwa.

o- (bu/-) state of being an orphan, orphanhood, cf. ^enfuuzi.

o- (bu/-) rule, governing; government. eby'obufuzi, politics, obufuzi bw'amatwale, colonialism, cf. fuga.

ekibo, ekiku.

buguta, akeebugo.

be full of; surround, go all around, v.i. be or feel satisfied/contented. Baatugabula ffenna ne tuwulira nga tubugaanye. They entertained us and we felt contented.

make full of; do completely. Amawulire ago gaatubugaanya essanyu. That news filled us with joy.

o- (bu/-) the negative (in grammar).

o- (bu/-) wasteful generosity, prodigality, cf. gabangula.

o- (bu/-) the command of a military expedition, cf. gaba.

o- (bu/-) generosity; division (in arithmetic), cf. gaba.

o- (bu/-) richness, wealth, omusolo gw' obugagga, income tax. Si mugagga muvundu. He is extremely rich, lit. he is not rich, he is rotten. Minista w' eby'obugagga, Minister of Natural Resources, cf. -gagga.

foreign countries. Minista ow'ensonga ez'ebweru, minister of foreign affairs, ag'ebweru mu bimpi, foreign news in brief (amawulire, news, is implied by ag'). abasibirwa ebweru, parolees. Yabasibidde ebweru. He put them on probation, cf. -(y) eru.

a former kingdom in Uganda. Obuganda with concords appropriate to nouns of the bu/- class. the entirety of Buganda, Buganda with all of its peoples, resources, etc. cf. -ganda, Oluganda, Omuganda.

o- (bu/-) gunpowder; firecracker(s); disease of goats, cf. akaganga.

o- (bu/-) popularity, favoritism; affection; favor, good turn. cf. ganja, omuganzi.

o- (bu/-) joining; adding; addition. cf. gatta.

o- (bu/-) laziness; idleness. Obugayaavu buzaala obunafu. (prov.) Laziness produces weakness, cf. gayaala.

o- (bu/-) width; breadth; thickness, okugwa obugazi, to fall flat on one's back. cf. -gazi.