o- (mu/mi) totem, taboo, eky'omuziro, something which is taboo, specific food which cannot be eaten because of the traditions of the clan. cf. zira, omuzizo.

see wenu.

v.tr. throw in wrestling; defeat; overwhelm. Omulangira ebigezo bya- mumezze. The prince has flunked his examinations.

(la) kind of small bean.

o- (mu/mi) kind of tree.

o- (mu/mi) [Su>.] ebony tree, Dio spyros ebenum, Dalbergia melanoxylon.

o- (mu/ba) one who is created, human creature, human being, cf. tonda.

o- (mu/mi) kind of hardwood tree, Pseudospondias microcarpa. It has black fruit, resembling olives, which are not eaten under ordinary circumstances, cf. enziru.

o- (mu/mi) mash of sweet potatoes and beans; hodgepodge, heterogeneous mixture; mess. cf. goya.

o- (mu/ba) judge; arbitrator, omu- lamuzi omuto, junior magistrate, omulamuzi omukulu, chief justice, cf. lamula

o- (mu/ba) [Eng.] policeman, in the plur. abapoliisi, (the) police.

o- (mu/ba) official, officeholder: formerly chief appointed directly by the Kabaka. cf. tongola, ekitongole.

o- (mu/ba) one who lets his garden go unweeded; exterminator, devastator. cf. zika, nnamuzisa.

(la) [from Eng. (bank) notes)] a very rich person.

struggle with (e.g., one's course of studies). cf. omumegganyi; megguza.

o- (mu/mi) trouble, difficulty; ailment; problem, cf. gozoobana.

o- (mu/mi) gist; essence.

0- (mu/ba) [Eng.] Protestant.

o- (mu/mi) kind of tree, Ficus asperifolia. cf. ekitonto, entonto.

o- (mu/ba) tracker, one who locates game for those who follow, cf. ziga.

show sympathy/compassion for.

hurl to the ground.

o- (mu/mi) battery of drums; the sound of a battery of drums; the sound of drums.

o- (mu/mi) trailing shoot /esp. of sweet potatoes), cf. ^landa, olulanda.

o- (mu/mi) [Su>.] rice; rice plant; in the plur. kinds of rice. See omuceere.

o- (mu/ba) giver, one who gives a gift. cf. ^tona.

o- (mu/mi) bruise.

o- (mu/mi) load, burden; package, bundle; fig. burden, heavy responsibility. in the plur. luggage (in addition to the above meaningsj. cf. akagugu, eggugu, engugu.

o- (mu/mi) root; fig. connection, relation, cf. ^landa, akalandira.

o- (mu/ba) surveyor.

o- (mu/ba) one who tints/colors/ paints/decorates, cf. ^tona.

o- (mu/mi) log used to bank up earth; log at the entrance of a house used as a step; threshold; fig. stumbling block, obstacle.

a- n/»r. (li/ma) shyness. Amansonyinsonyi gassa olugave. (prov.) Shyness caused the death of the anteater. Perhaps similar in sense to Nothing ventured, nothing gained, cf. ensonyi.

o- (mu/ba) hirer; recruiter; briber. cf. gula, gulirira.

o- (mu/ba) one who plays a nnanga (harp, organ, piano).

o- (mu/mi) tip; blade (of a sword, knife, etc.). omasa gw'ekitala, the blade of a sword.

o- (mu/ba) creator, cf. tonda.

o- (mu/mi) bruise.

o- (mu/mi) outcry, cry, clamor; groan, wail; alarm; appeal, okukka mu miranga, to break into a lament, okutema emiranga, to wail, okukuba omulanga, to appeal to.

pr.n. Moses.

o- (mu/mi) ebony tree, Dalbergia melanoxylon.

o- (mu/ba) balky person, one who constantly refuses requests, despises gifts, etc. cf. zira.

v.tr. cause to shoot up; cause to slip; throw off; get rid of.

o- (mu/mi) mob, rabble; swarm. Omugenyi asooka, y' ayita banne emigulungu. (prov.) The first guest calls his fellow guests rabble.

o- (mu/mi) with the -a of rel. very tall/high, emirangaatira gy'abasajja, very tall men. emirangaatira gy ensozi, very high mountains, cf. omulaalira.

o- (mu/ba) passenger, cf. saabala.

o- (mu/ba) stupid/empty-headed person, cf. -toole, obutooletoole, eki- tooletoole.

o- (mu/mi) taboo, prohibition imposed by custom or law. with the -a of rel. taboo, forbidden, cf. zira, omuziro.

v.tr. chew (something hard); crunch; nibble at; gnaw. Amagumba gammeketa. My bones ache.

o- (mu/mi) haft of a spear (with a ferrule) used as a walking stick; walking stick; sharpened stick used in killing lungfish (mmamba).

o- (mu/ba) prince; euphem, measles. Omwana mulwadde mulangira. The child has the measles, cf. -langira.

o- (mu/mi) wage, pay, salary.

o- (mu/mi) thick mud, a great deal of mud. cf. ekitoomi.

o- (mu/ba) madman, crazy person. cf. ^zoola, kazoole.

(n/n) brand-new item of clothing which has never been washed. cf. wona.

o- (mu/mi) giant yellow mulberry, Myrianthus arboreus.

o- usually plur. emirannamiro (mu/mi) foot of the bed. adv. at the foot of the bed, cf. lannama.

o- (mu/mi) [Sw.,Ar.] cross.

o- (mu/mi) kind of tree, lit, it kills the goats. See emmimbiri.

0- (mu/ba) white man; European; person of European extraction, cf. -zungu, ekizungu, Oluzungu.

show off. cf. -ememula.

o- (mu/ba) instructor, cf. gunjula.

o- (mu/ba) announcer, one who makes an announcement; Rom. Cath. prophet, cf. ^langa.

o- (mu/ba) guide; leader; fifth chief in rank; first one, first person. Nze nnali omusaale ku muyiira. I was the first one to arrive at the fire. cf. lsaala.

o- (mu/mi) kind of hardwood tree, Albizzia coriacea. Also called omugavu, q.v.

(la) kind of plant from which a dark purple dye is obtained.

o- (mu/ba) archer; one who shoots, rifleman, cf. lasa.

o- (mu/mi) wild cherry tree, Garcinia buc hananii.

o- (mu/ba) kind/generous person whose door is open to everyone, cf. zza (under ^dda), oluganda.

(-memettuse) also mementuka v.i. make a crunching/grinding sound.