o- (mu/ba) driver (of a vehicle); steersman; beater (on a hunting expedition), omugoba w'ennyonyi, pilot of an airplane. cf. goba.

o- also spelled omucuuzi (mu/mi) [Stu. ] gravy.

o- (mu/ba) one who plays the ntenga, a type of drum, q.v.

o- (mu/mi) rag, rags; ragged clothes. cf. akaziina, oluziina.

v.i., okugumba, okukuŋŋaana; v.tr., okukuŋŋaanya.

o- (mu/ba) drummer, cf. ejinoma.

o- (mu/mi) (act of) going; travel. cf. nyegera.

o- (mu/mi) bone at the base of the vertebral column, coccyx.

v.i. be inattentive; be absentminded; grope about; fail to see.

o- (mu/ba) clumsy/awkward person; bungler.

o- (mu/ba) herdsman, tender of livestock.

o- (mu/mi) kind of tree of the Xanthoxylon genus, with grayish-brown wood.

o- (mu/mi) starchy food (such as bananas, sweet potatoes, cassava, etc.) which is chopped into small pieces and dried for future use. It was consumed during times of famine, mutere wa lumonde, potato(es) cut into thin slices and dried in the sun. cf. kasodde.

o- (mu/mi) tendon of the back.

a bukuku; be m., okuwunya obutaala.

o- (mu/mi) with the -a of rel. big and ugly, omugomba gw'ennyindo, a big, ugly nose.

o- (mu/ba) one who makes a will, testator, cf. laama.

o- (mu/ba) prince of high rank who was a potential candidate for the Kabakaship.

o- (mu/ba) omuzikiriza w'omuliro, fireman, cf. zikira, zikiriza.

okusala enjola, okutema, okwonoona, okulibula.

o- (mu/mi) trap for catching fish (esp. nsonzi); peninsula.

o- (mu/ba) heir, one who inherits a part or the whole of the possessions of the deceased, cf, l laama.

o- (mu/mi) kind of savannah tree, Acacia hebecladoides.

o- (mu/ba) formerly the title of the chief who supervised older men who guarded the area in the rear of the palace and cared for the plantain gardens of the Kabaka's womenfolk.

o- (mu/mi) ripe mpafu, ripe fruit of the muwafu tree. cf. ekizima. See also eggu.

omusale w'amatu, w'ennyindo, etc.

pr.n. the title of the chief of Buvuma County (Ssaza).

o- (mu/mi) a banana fiber laid on top of food placed in a cooking pot and used to remove the food from the pot when the food is cooked. Both the food and mugondoli are covered with banana leaves and the ends of the mugondoli are lifted from both sides and tied together at the top. The purpose is to avoid burning oneself.

(la) sleeping sickness.

o- (mu/mi) ciit banana/plantain stem. cf. ekiteteme.

o- (mu/mi) swelling (esp. one which occurs suddenly), cf. zimbaga- tana.

okwonoona.

o- (mu/mi) back (of the body); keel of a canoe; ridge. Alina olubuto olu- mugudde ku mugongo. He is extremely hungry, lit. he has a stomach which has fallen into his back. cf. ekigongo, olu- gongo.

o- (mu/ba) eunuch, cf. laawa.

o- (mu/mi) drumstick; door handle.

o- (mu/mi) layer immediately under the bark of a barkcloth tree.

o- (la or mu/mi) fiber plant used for making rope, Sebania aculeata. cf. Izimba, endegeya.

omujeemu.

o- (mu/mi) female of certain animals, ente y'omugongo, cow. embuzi y'omugongo, (female) goat.

o- (mu/mi) ridge pole of a house; rafter; beam. cf. akalabba.

o- (mu/ba) contemptuous foreigner.

o- (mu/ba) omutezi w'obusolo, trapper (of animals), cf. tega.

o- (mu/ba) builder; architect. cf. ^zimba.

v., okujeema.

to be on pins and needles, be full of anxiety/worry

o- (mu/ba) cripple, crippled person, cf. gongobala, -gongobavu.

o- (mu/ba) enemy, foe, adversary. cf. laba, obulabe.

o- (mu/mi) colloq. chicken. cf. skinycnyi, cnnyonyi.

o- (mu/mi) tree; wood, piece of wood; fig. child, young ‘sprout.' ekijiiko eky'omu- ti, a wooden spoon, omuti gw'essimu, telephone pole, emiti egya zaabu, gold bars, emiti gy'ettaala, light poles (in the streets), emiti okuwanikibwa ettawulo, towel racks. Emiti emito gye giggumiza ekibira. (prov.I The young people are the hope of the future, lit. young trees strengthen the forest, cf. akati, lekiti, oluti, olu- titti.

o- (mu/mi) spirit, spook, ghost, enjoka z'emizimu, acute illness of the stomach, cf. akazimu, ekizimu, kkuzimu, zimuiula.

okwogera ekyama, okw emunyamunya, okumuumuunya.

o- (mu/mi) cane, stick for prodding cattle, cf. goba, ente.

o- (mu/ba) spectator, viewer. cf. laba.

0- more correctly spelled Omunyolo (mu/ba) a native of Bunyoro; loosely a member of any of several Bantu tribes (other than the Baganda) in Uganda.

o- more frequently spelled omutyi,^.f.

fire brigade, cf. zimya (under ^zima).

ennyama y'endiga.

o- (mu/ba) follower, adherent, abagoberezi b'ensolo, those who follow/|)ur- sue game (in a hunt), cf. goba, gobereza.

o- (mu/ba) supervisor, superintendent; Protestant bishop, cf. laba, labirira, obulabirizi, ssaabalabirizi.

o- with the -a of rel. few, few in in number; scarce, rare. Yayogedde ebi- gambo bya munyoto. He only spoke a few words. Ennyama efuuse ya munyoto. Meat has become scarce.

o- (mu/mi) [S«'.,^r.] fig tree. cf. ettiini.

o- (mu/mi) kind of tall forest tree, African bread-fruit, Treculia africana.

awamu.

o- (mu/ba) arch, slave.

o- (mu/ba) one who gives instructions or directions; instructor; arch. & bib. teacher, cf. lagirira.

(la) blue starling.

o- (mu/mi) abundance, large amount, omutiiti gw'ensimbi, a great deal of money.

o- (mu/mi) funnel; loudspeaker; microphone; fig. mouthpiece, spokesman. cf. zindaala.

n., ekisiba, akamwa k'embwa; m.loader, olusindirizo.

to become very tired.