bend over; squat; crouch; sit. cf. ekibutamu.

o- neg. inf. of manya, not to know; ignorance.

o- adv. like a wick, kwaka butambi, to be extremely hungry/thirsty, lit. burn like a wick. ; /. olutambi.

o- (bu/-) travel; pilgrimage; fig. harlotry; unfaithfulness in marriage, Tunning around. ' cf. tambula.

o- (bu/-) intoxication, drunkenness. cf. tamiira.

o- (bu/-) uncertainty, doubt, hesitancy; hesitancy in speech, stuttering. cf. tamattama.

o- adv. on the move; in flight, okufumita obutanga, to spear (an animal) in the open (as opposed to one which is in a trap).

o- (bu/-) light; clearness; transparency, cf. tangaala.

olugendo is implied by -lu-). to be just beginning, to have a long way to go. Tetunnaluba. We are just beginning.

o- (bu/-) shuttle used for embroidering by hand.

cf. embu- tanta.

o- adv. unintentionally, accidentally, mu butanwa, iden. cf. ztana.

omubaazi.

o- adv. like cattle, kugumba bute, to huddle/cluster together like cattle, as a noun obute is the plur. of akate, q.v.' cf. ente.

o- (bu/-) peace, obutebenkevu mu by'obufuzi, political stability, cf. tebenkera.

o- adv. without limit/restriction, to an extreme degree, cf. -eddiza (under ^dda).

o-: nga buteerere adv. in vain, vainly, without result, to no avail.

o- neg. inf. of-e sagga, to fan oneself, as adv. without delay, without hesitation; rapidly, quickly.

o- (bu/-) intelligence, discernment, understanding, cf. tegeera.

o- adv. like a trap. Obulwadde bumuwese butego. He is all bent up from illness, cf. tega, omutego.

o- (bu/-) tiny speckles on fowl, kumaamira ga butembetembe, to sit/ stay in one place without budging.

o- (bu/-) murder, cf. temula.

to stand at attention; to stand motionless/ rigid without moving, kwetikka butengerera, to balance on the head, kujjula butengerera, to be full to the brim. cf. tengerera.

o- (bu/-) obstinacy; disobedience; reluctance/refusal to comply with a request. cf. - tengu, tenguwa.

o- neg. inf. of yenkana- nkana. obutenkanankana mu kusuubula- gana, unfavorable balance of trade.

o- (bu/-) evenness, levelness, obutereevu bw'ennyanja, sea level, as adv. straight, directly, ne bagenda butereevu mu kisenge gye yali, and they went straight into the room where he was. ababaka abalonde obutereevu, representatives who are elected directly (by the people).

o- (bu/-) fear; timidity; cowardice. Okwerinda si buti. (prov.) To be on one's guard is not cowardice. Caution is the better part of valor, cf. tya.

o- (bu/-) cowardice, timidity. cf. ti:ti;-r.

put in an improper place, okubutika amatama, to say nothing, be speechless.

o- (bu/-) top of the head; with caps., formerly the official residence of the Katikkiro (Prime Minister) of Buganda.

o- adv. tightly, firmly, closely; rigidly, strictly, okukuuma obutiribiri, to guard closely, okukuuma essaawa obutiribiri, to be absolutely punctual. Omusawo omulwadde amukuuma butiribiri. The doctor is keeping a close watch over the patient.

o- (bu/-) cold, low temperature, chilliness, cf. tiitiwala, omutiti.

o- (bu/-) large amount, great quantity, obutitimbe bw'ensimbi, a large amount of money.

o- (bu/-) childhood, infancy, adv. again, anew, okudda obulo, return to childhood, grow childish (of old people); to regain health and plumpness after an illness; to come back again, recur (of a disease), cf.. -to.

O- (bu/-) heaven, nga ne Katonda e Butonda andaba, lit. as God in heaven sees me, i.e., let God in heaven be my witness, cf. tonda.

o- (bu/-) nature (in a general sense); nature, essence, inherent characteristics. obutonde bw'ensi, the nature of the earth, cf. tonda.

o- (bu/-) state of being official, mu butongole, officially, cf. tongola.

o- plur. of akatonsa, q.v.

cf. tonda.

o- adv. like a plantain, kuggya butooke, to calm down, become as meek as a lamb (of persons), lit. become cooked like a plantain, cf. ettooke.

o- (bu/-) stupidity, foolishness, idiocy, cf. -toole, ekitooletoole, omutooletoole.

v., okutomera.

o- (bu/-) meal of cassava, millet or corn (maize); thick porridge.

ekiwojjolo.

amata amasunde.

o- (bu/-) simsim oil, cottonseed oil. -ebutuggiza (-ebutuggizza) v.i. refl. move along slowly, drag oneself along.

ettako, amakudde, obutuuliro.

eppeese.

stand up, rise.

0- pr.n. (n/n) Turkey, cf. Omutuluki.

o- (bu/-) mission, task for which one is sent; relig. apostleship, disciple- ship. obutume obw'okwegayirira, apostleship of prayer, cf. tuma.

o- (bu/-) habit or tendency to send others to get something/to delegate others to do something, cf. tuma, omutumi.

o- (bu/-) dewlap of goats.

o- (bu/-) selling; trade, eby'obu- tunzi, handle rf tiinrja

o- (bu/-) fame, renown, cf. tutumuka.

o- (bu/-) rightness, correctness; justice; legality, cf. -tuufu, tuuka.

o- (bu/-) buttocks, cf. tuula, tuulira.

o- (bu/-) grave site; grave, cf. tuula.

o- (bu/-) residence, residing, ebbaluwa ez'obutuuze, residence permits. cf. tuula.

o- (bu/-) poison.

o- adv. face to face, in direct confrontation.

o- (bu/-) kind of mushrooms growing on hills of night-flying ants.

blaze; burn with anger; spring up, grow quickly; walk quickly.

etc.

swell up (o; a ooaiiy panj; be biislereu, uicaj, out in a rash.

o- (bu/-) [Su>. ] commeal porridge.

etc. Mukasa kati abuukira kuli. Mukasa is now in his seventh heaven.

make a booming sound (e.g., of a gun).

obs. propose, intend. It has been suggested that this obsolete verb is the simple form from which buulira, buuliri- ra, etc. were derived.

exhort.