o- (lu/n) piece of metal in the form of a hoop or ring; rim of a bicycle or automobile wheel.

o- (lu/n) [£ng. ] paper; sheet of paper; page, olupapula lw'amawulire, newspaper, empapula z'ensimbi, paper money, paper bills.

o- (lu/n) edge.

o- (lu/n) scale; tape measure; measurement, cf. pima.

in the, ettayo; leave in l., okutiirira, okwebengula.

okusendasenda, okukema, okukwenyakwenya.

okuteega, okubwama.

o- (lu/n) kind of marsh grass; marsh, marshy area.

o- (lu/n) jest, joke. cf. saaga.

o- no plur. (lu/n) tendency to jest. Olina olusaagosaago. You joke too much. cf. saaga.

o- (lu/n) kind of tree the wood of which is used for making the shafts of spears.

o- (lu/n) very tall grass, elephant grass, cf. ekisagazi.

o- (lu/n) tall, thin man. cf. -sajja, omusajja.

o- (lu/n) weakling, flabby man, poor specimen of a man. cf. -sajja, omusajja.

o- no plur. (lu/n) affected bravery, cf. -sajja.

o- (lu/n) trench; drain; ditch; ditch used as a boundary for a tract of land. cf. sala.

o- (lu/n) bracelet worn around the legs; necklace; metal collar.

o- (lu/n) quarter (in soccer), cf. samba.

o- (lu/fa) a kick, a kicking. cf. samba.

o- (lu/n) kind of hardwood tree with large yellow flowers, Markhamia platycalyx. The wood is durable and is used for making hut poles and furniture.

o- (lu/n) border of a mat. cf. sandagga.

o- (lu/n) leaf of wild date palm (lukindu), used for plaiting baskets, mats, etc.

o- numer. seven hundred, with the -a of rel. seven-hundredth, cf. -sanvu.

o- (lu/n) jaw. kuta nsaya, to stand .1 1 ' f. - 1 • - I. uptsii-muuwieu in a i'juiiau umniici.

woomerevu; be l., okuwoomerera.

o- (lu/h) family; relationship; group; species; category. Ba luse. They are members of the same family. Nakibuuka, Mukasa amulinako oluse? Is Mukasa related to Nakibuuka?

o- (lu/n) side of a house, edge of a house.

o- (lu/n) side; place at the side, close beside, cf. segera.

collective) swarm of young locusts. An individual specimen is kalu- sejjera, q.v. engatto za lusejjera, tennis shoes, cf. sejjera.

o- (lu/n) tube; stem (of a pipe); straw (for drinking), kugguka nga luseke, to arrive unexpectedly/by surprise, cf. ekisekeseke.

o- (lu/n) long bundle of firewood; long bundle, olusekese lw'enku, long bundle of firewood, okufuuka olusekese, to lose weight, become all skin and bones. cf. sekesa, omusekese.

o- (lu/n) opening, hole, aperture. cf. akasekeso.

o- (lu/n) kind of grass used for thatching roofs; patch of this kind of grass. cf. essenke.

o- (lu/n) lowland, plain, prairie.

o- no plur. (lu/n) large number, abundance; long list, oluseregende lw'emmotoka, a long line of cars, oluseregende lw'ebibuuzo, a long list of questions. Yalina oluseregende lw'abaana. He had numerous children.

o- (lu/n) more commonly aka- serengeto (ka/bu) slope, incline, descending gradient, downhill, cf. serengeta.

o- no plur. (lu/n) rare dysentery; enteritis.

0- no plur. (lu/n) the language of the Ssese Islands. It is closer to Lunyoro than to Luganda.

o- (lu/n) rare down (of birds), cf. esiisi.

o- (lu/n) camp, encampment, camp site; temporary hut, temporary shelter. cf. siisira, akasiisira.

o- (lu/n) more commonly omusiiti, q.v. kind of shrub which bears hard red seeds (nsiiti). cf. lsiita, ensiiti.

o- (lu/n) spit/skewer of nseenene (grasshoppers), cf. 2sj|(a,

o- (lu/n) slip, cutting, ensimbo z'emituba, slips of the mutuba tree. cf. simba. the introduction of cowrie shells nsinda were used as currency.

o- (lu/n) ramrod, cf. sindirira.

o- (lu/n) hair of the tail of an elephant or giraffe; bracelet made from these hairs, additional meaning in plur. fly switch; fiber for the seams of a canoe.

o- (lu/n) period of quietness; Rom. Cath. religious retreat, cf. sirika.

o- (lu/n) earthworm.

o- (lu/n) sodomy, okulya olusi- yaga, to commit sodomy, cf. ebisiyaga.

0- no plur. (lu/n) Lusoga, the language of Busoga.

o- (lu/n) a funnel-like structure, originally made of plantain leaves, used for capturing termites (nswa).

o- (lu/n) rash (on the body) , seborrhea.

o- (lu/n) long shaft with a knife at the end used for pruning plantains; pole used in pole-vaulting, okubuusa olusolobyo, to pole-vault, cf. solobya.

o- (lu/n) school term, semester. cf. soma.

o- no plur. (lu/n) religiosity, pretended concern for religion, cf. soma.

o- (lu/n) arch, swelling of the fingers.

o-(lu/n) spite spitefulness irritation; provocation, kugenza lusonso, to go somewhere in a provocative mood/with a chip on one's shoulder, cf. sonsa, 2 akasonso.

o-: Olusookoomwaka or Oiusooka omwaka, New Year's Day. cf. sooka.

o-: okutunula olusooso, to stare. cf. oluuso.

o- (lu/n) small black cormorant, darter.

u- (Iu/n) lull, mountain, cf. akasozi.

o- plur. enzisa (lu/h) (time of the) budding of bananas; breath, way of breathing. cf. Issa.

n., okwegomba, obugwagwa.

v., okwegomba, okululunkanira, okuyakyaanira.

gwagwa, egombi.

okumasamasa.

a maanyi, gumu.

o- (lu/n) body odor; foul smell, stink.

o- (lu/n) with the -a of rel. hay- colored. Enkoko ya lusubi. The fowl is hay-colored, cf. essubi.

o- (lu/n) garden or plantation on which plantains/bananas are grown. cf. akassukussuku.

o- with the -a of rel. few, small in number; scant, little; scattered. Abantu baabadde ba lusuluugi. There was only a scattering of people. There were only a few people.