v., okutta, okutemula, okutirimbula.
o- (mu/mi) stick; walking stick, cane; crutch. Katonda ankubye omuggo. Something bad has happened to me. God has chastised me. cf. obuggo, kaggoggo.
o- (mu/mi) main post in the wall of a house, emikwero, framework of a house.
o- also omunyaganyaga (mu/ba) uncouth person; boor. cf. ekinyaganyaga.
o- (mu/ba) one who lies in ambush, one who ambushes; one who is offside in football, cf. Iteega.
o- (mu/ba) game, sport; play; amusement; drama, play, eby'emizannyo, athletics, sports, games, cf. zannya.
omussi, omutemu.
o- (mu/ba) eldest child, first born, lit. open-womb. cf. ggula, enda. cotnr. muggaianda.
o- (mu/mi) trail of a rat.
o- (mu/ba) captive, prisoner of war; victim of plunder; one who has been robbed, cf. nyaga.
o- (mu/mi) headache (in the forehead); migraine headache, omutwe omu- teezi, iden.
o- (mu/ba) bad habit, evil custom; fig. addiction, kuggya muntu mize, to find fault with a person, dwell on someone's bad habits.
v., okwemulugunya, okw emunyamunya.
o- (mu/mi) stress, emphasis; firmness, eddoboozi ery'omuggumiro, a firm voice, okulya n'owuliramu omuggu- miro, to eat and feel full/satisfied, cf. ggumira.
o- also Munnakyaddondwa (mu/ba) native of Kyaddondo.
o- (mu/mi) spoil, booty, plunder; stolen goods, loot. cf. nyaga.
o- (mu/ba) J elder, elder person, older person, cf. zeeyuka.
ensotoka.
o- no plur. (mu/tni) north wind; very strong wind.
o- (mu/ba) lady; lady of the house; without the initial vowel wife; as a title of address Mrs., Miss. cf. nnakyala.
o- (mu/ba) one who snatches; thief. omunyakuzi w'ensawo, pickpocket. cf. nyakula.
o- (mu/ba) arranger, one who makes arrangements, cf. tegeka.
o- (mu/mi) [Sw.,Ar.[] olive tree.
ekinywa, nnawolovu, ekivu, nayiga, entumbugulu, omufumbi.
o- (mu/tni) approach, entrance, place of encounter, cf. Igguka.
o- (mu/ba) hated one, enemy. Empaka ennemeremu zikubya Mukyawe. (prov.) Incessant arguments result in the beating of the hated (wife). Great troubles have their origins in insignificant events. cf. kyawa.
o- (la) soot. Nnasanga ekiyumba munyale. I found the house empty/de- serted. cf. kanyale.
o- trap; bow; fig. trap, snare, pitfall. Akateeyanira ke kafa omutego. (prov.) lit. (The little animal) which does not cry out dies in the trap. Survival is granted only to those who fight for it. cf. tega, obutego.
o- (mu/mi) small root, initial root of a plant or bush. Talina mizi. He is a shallow person. He is lacking in depth.
a maanyi; be m., okugubira, okunyuntuka.
o- (mu/ba) one who hates, hater. cf. kyawa.
(la) kind of ant.
o- no plur. (mu/mi) hunger, lit. (that which) cuts slowly, cf. tema, mpola.
v., okufumiitiriza.
o- (n/n) newcomer; recruit, cf. -ggya.
o- (mu/ba) visitor, cf. ^kyala.
o- (mu/mi) kind of large tree with light-brown wood, Uganda Mahogany, Khaya anthotheca.
o- (mu/ba) [Su>. 3 hawker, itinerant merchant, peddler, cf. tembeeya.
o- (mu/mi) [Lunyoro~\ frontier, border of a country.
akatiko, akasukusuku, ggudu, kigulumusu, kinyulwa, empeefu, mmusukundu, nsununwa.
o- (mu/mi) level, stage; layer, stratum (e.g., of clouds); class (in school).
o- also spelled omucondwa (mu/ba) bone setter.
o- (mu/ba) headman. Lunyanko- le, omunyampara, Swahili, mnyapara. The word, is rare in Luganda and replaced by nnampala, q.v.
o- (mu/mi) twine net for carrying small water pots or milk pots; fig. spider's web.
o- (mu/mi) cramp; rheumatism.
e ddoboozi ly'ennanga.
o- (mu/mi) inn, rest house, hostel.
o- (mu/ba) one who has changed his outlook/conduct; relig. convert, cf. kyuka.
o- (mu/ba) banyan, one of a caste of Hindu merchants and traders. The ba- in banyan fn Hindi word cf Sanskrit uilgin) was presumably interpreted as the Bantu pluralizing affix ba-, thus producing the anomalous back formation Munyani. This does not occur in Swahili which has banyani.
o- also omutemuzi (mu/ba) assassin; murderer, killer; armed criminal, criminal with murderous intent, cf. temula.
o- (mu/mi) [Siii.,/4r.] mosque.
e mmundu.
o- (mu/mi) back; tail of a pig; large number of chiggers; nits, louse eggs. cf. eggina, akagina.
0- (mu/ba) Kikuyu, a member of the Kikuyu tribe.
o- (mu/ba) plunderer, robber, pirate, raider, cf. nyaga.
o- (mu/mi) allocation; allotment of money; assessment; apportionment. cf. tema. step, degree (in a process or development), emitala n'emitendera, everywhere, all over.
o- (mu/mi) butter; oil; fat; lotion, omuzigo gw'ebinyweebwa, peanut butter, cf. lakazigo, ^ekizigo, otuzigo.
Omusiraamu.
na min(y)igo: adv. phrase with hardship/difficulty.
o- (mu/ba) [Sto. J stupid person, fool.
o- also omucuula (mu/mi) powder made from the leaves of a tree (binaabi- zaamu, q.v.) used in divination or as an aperient; also used of the tree itself.
o- (mu/ba) instructor, cf. ^tendeka.
o- (mu/mi) door; doorway; small rented room or apartment, cf. 2a]tazigo.
use okuteekwa.
o- (mu/mi) brink, edge, rim.
o- (mu/ba) fickle person, one who keeps changing, cf. kyuka.
o- (mu/ba) weakling, weak person (either physically weak or deficient in will or character). Mukasa si mutene. Mukasa is not a weak person, cf. -tene.
o- (mu/ba) fugitive, one who is being pursued/tracked down; scoundrel.
kalidaali.
(-mamadde) less commonly