o- (lu/n) trickles/drops of rain on trees or roofs.

o- (lu/n) skin. on which objects are stored out of the reach of rats, etc. cf. suuba.

o- no plur. (lu/n) pampering; familiarity; impudence, with the -a of rel. very temporary, flimsy, frivolous. Omukwano gwabwe gwa lusuusuuto. Their love affair is a passing thing/built on sand. cf. suusuuta.

0- no plur. (lu/n) Swahili, the Swahili language.

o- (lu/n) span, distance from the thumb to the middle finger, okuggyamu enta, to give up, lose hope.

o- adv. endlessly, without stopping, all the time. cf. koma.

o- (lu/n) arch, loss of a baby through premature birth, cf. ^taasa.

o- (lu/n) long pool/puddle of stagnant water, cf. ekitaba, amataba, ettaba.

o- (lu/n) military engagement, battle; war. cf. tabaala; olutalo.

o- adv. confusedly, in a mixed-up way. cf. tabika.

o- (lu/n) soft, mushy mixture (often, but not always, of food), cf. tabuka.

o- (lu/n) sausage-shaped calabash in which articles are kept.

o- with the -a of rel. wide-mouthed (of calabashes).

o- adv. all the time, constantly, incessantly, endlessly, cf. ggwa.

o- adv. ceaselessly, all the time, okuyomba olutakera, to quarrel all the time. cf. Ikya, keera.

o- adv. for a long time, endlessly.

o- adv. uninterruptedly, without a break, okwogera olutakutuka, to talk without stopping, cf. kutuka.

o- (lu/n) package; load; bunch, pile, entala z'ebyennyanja, loads of fish.

o- (lu/n) battle; war. Minista w'eby' entalo, minister of war. Olutalo si luto.

o- (lu/h) lampwick; tape; tape recording. cf. obutambi.

o- (lu/n) arch, crack, chink, rent.

o- adv. endlessly, ceaselessly.

o- also olutatadde adv. ceaselessly, continually, without stopping, cf. ta.

o- (lu/n) kind of fish trap for catching mmale.

o- (lu/n) tendon at the back of the knee or ankle, cf. olutegetege.

o- (lu/n) dawdling, dallying, slowness, tardiness. Alina oluteererezo. He dawdles/lingers\too much.

o- (lu/n) net made of kiteete (a kind of grass) for catching ssami (edible gnats, lakeflies); a patch of kiteete grass, cf. ekiteete, etteete.

o- adv. incessantly; breathlessly. cf. teetera.

o- plur. entege or entegetege (lu/n) tendon at the back of the knee, kukwata ntege na magulu, to implore earnestly, lit. to grasp the tendons and the legs. Yayimiriranga entegetege zimufamba. He stood trembling, cf. oluteega.

o- (lu/n) necklace made of the seeds of the kitembe (a kind of wild banana plant), q.v.

o- (lu/n) basket net for catching lakeflie? (ssami).

o- with the -a of rel. persistent; constant; repeated, mu ngeri ey'olutentezi, persistently; repeatedly.

o- (lu/n) long stick; peg; skewer; blackhead. kuyita ku luti, to have a narrow escape. cf. ^omuti.

o- (lu/n) wooden bowl; round flat papyrus basket; mold (for bricks).

o- no plur. (lu/n) insolence, impudence.

o- no plur. (Iu/n) insolence; undue familiarity, cf. akatiiro.

o- no plur. (lu/n) goose pimples, okumera olutiko, to break out in goose pimples.

o- (lu/n) net. Bino byonna byali mazzi ku lutimba. I was wasting my breath trying to talk to him, lit. All this was water in the net. cf. timba, akatimba, ekitimba, olutimba.

o- (lu/n) curtain; drape; screen; television or motion-picture screen, cf. timba.

o- (lu/n) bridge, cf. tinda.

o- also olutinko no plur. (lu/n) infatuation, omukwano ogw'olutinkizo, mad infatuation, mad love. cf. tinka, tinkiza.

o- ilu/r.i thin, long stick. lutitti. He is as thin as a rail. cf. ^omuti.

o- emph. olutototo adv. childishly, in a childish manner, cf. -to.

o- (lu/n) swamp, marsh, marshy area; kind of creeper found in marshes.

o- (lu/n) shower of rain. cf. tonnya.

o- (lu/n) wide area of papyrus; papyrus patch, cf. bwantoogo, ekitoogo.

o- no plur. (lu/n) a large number, a large quantity; very many, olutotto lw'ebi- buuzo, a great many questions, okwogera olutotto, to talk endlessly, ramble on and on.

o- (lu/n) strip of bark from the barkcloth tree. cf. omutuba.

o- (lu/n) plover.

o- (lu/n) wild plant resembling sesame, cf. entungo.

o- (lu/n) net for catching animals.

o- (lu/n) sitting, session of a meeting, cf. tuula.

o- (lu/n) long head, kwetikka lutwe, to put the blame on, accuse falsely, kutwala lutwe, to accuse, blame, ab'olutwe olusuffu, scapegoats, those who get blamed for everything, cf. omutwe.

o- (lu/n) trench in which bananas are crushed preliminary to making beer from them.

nduubiridde) v.tr. strive, try hard, exert oneself.

o- (lu/n) metal wire, oluuma olubaka, aerial (of a radio or television set). abajja bagoba oluuma, immigrant workers, lit. those who come following the telephone cable lines, cf. ekyuma.

o- adv. sometimes, oluusi n'oluusi, occasionally, once in a while.

o- plur. enziso (lu/n) long glance; sharp look. cf. liiso (eriiso), olusooso.

nduuse) v.tr. beat (a drum); pursue vigorously.

nduuse) v.i. become greedy.

o- plur. enjuyi (lu/n) side; faction, eruuyi n'eruuyi, on all sides, on both sides, eruuyi w'ejjinja, the reverse side of the phonograph record. Asula eruuyi eyo. He lives over in that direction. Enjuyi zombi zaawa ebirowoozo byazo. Both groups have their opinion.

o- (lu/n) vegetable leaf; edible herb. cf. enva.

o- adv. afterwards; later; (before a following inf.) after, oluvannyuma lw'oku- funa amawulire gano, after receiving this news, with the -a of rel. last, final, mu ssaawa ez'oluvannyuma, in the final hours. Mukasa y'abeera wa luvannyuma mu mugigi. Mukasa is at the tail end of the class. cf. -vannyuma, va, nnyuma.

o- (lu/n) arch, garment of goatskins; current thin/flimsy/transparent wrapper or cover. oluveera lw'ekiteeteeyi, a flimsy, transparent dress; a long, flowing dress.

o- adv. okwogera oluvenge, to talk on and on/endlessly.

o- (lu/n) (a) gray hair; in the plur. gray hair, ab'envi, elders, old people.

o- (Iu/n) (a) hair. plur. (the) hair. Ebyo byamuyita ku nviiri. These things passed over his head/made no impression on him at all. cf. ekiviiri.

o- (lu/n) from evvu, ashes, q.v. omunnyu gw'oluvu Iw'obuwata bw'amatooke, salt (extracted) from ashes of plantain peels (used in making soap).

o- with the -a of rel. successive, repetitive, following one another.

o- (lu/n) fiber-producing plant, kind . of broom, Sida urens or rhombifolia; fig. a very tenacious person (because the plant is very difficult to uproot), luvunvu lukazi, Sida cordifolia, cf. akavunvu.