o- (mu/mi) wooden spatula, large wooden cooking spoon.

o- (mu/bi) a very large quantity of rubbish/trash, cf. ekisaaniiko.

o- (mu/mi) pillow, cushion, cf. akatto.

o- (mu/ba) omuzzi w'omusango or omuzzi w'emisango, criminal,offender. cf. 2dda, zza.

(n/n) [Stu. ] umbrella.

(-memettudde) also mementula v.tr. crush; crunch; grind with the teeth.

o- (mu/ba) inventor; founder, originator, cf. gunja.

o- (mu/ba) policeman on patrol, patrolman, cf. lawuna.

(n/n) sandal.

o- (mu/mi) down; soft hair.

o- (mu/ba) used in the combination omuzzi obuzzi (plur abazzi obuzzi), outsider; one who is not a member of the group. cf- jja.

learn about; learn how to. okumanya nga, just to get an idea of how..., just to show how...

o- (mu/mi) with the -a of rel. big, huge, omuguunwa gw'embwa, a huge dog.

o- (mu/mi) border, edge. cf. endeboolebo, enjegooyego.

o- (mu/ba) distributor, omu- saasaanya wa ppokopoko, pol. publicity secretary, cf. saasaanya.

o- (mu/mi) barkcloth tree, a tree of the genus Ficus possessing a strong, fibrous inner bark from which barkcloth is made; one of the sub-divisions of a clan; a rank of chieftainship, cf. olutubatuba.

o- (mu/ba) grandchild; descendant. cf. zzukuza.

o- also mugwa (mu/mi) rope, okusika omugwa, to have a tug-of-war; to steal a goat. cf. akagwa.

o- (mu/mi) difficult situation/job; hardship; a ‘strain.' cf. leega.

o- (mu/ba) sympathetic/compassionate person, cf. saasira.

v.tr. shave.

o- (mu/mi) = kabamba, a young lungfish (emmamba). It is the second totem of the Lungfish Clan.

o- (mu/ba) noisy and boisterous person, cf. leekaana.

o- (mu/mi) blood, omusaayi omu- langira, royal blood, enjoka z'omusaayi, gonorrhea.

o- mulberry tree, Vangueria to~ mentosa and apiculata. cf. ettugunda.

o- (mu/ba) buyer, purchaser, customer. cf. gula.

o- (mu/mi) embroidered design on the front of a kkanzu.

o- (mu/ba) elephant hunter; government hunter; wild-game hunter; gunman. cf. tujjuka.

o- var. of omuguvva (mu/mi) rope.

o- (mu/ba) one who brings, bringer; one who causes, omuleesi w'ekiteeso, the author of a proposal, cf. leeta.

o- (mu/ba) joker, jester; one whose word cannot be taken seriously, cf. saaga.

it is magnificent/spectacular/extraordinary /usually of a social event, a celebration, etc.). Mutuku is supposed to be the name of a rascal who was ultimately apprehended and literally cooked. E Namirembe kya- fumbye mutuku. There has been a great celebration at Namirembe.

v.tr. appl. caus. habituate; familiarize; make (someone) used to.

a house); destroy; capture (a stronghold); bend at the joint; close (a pocket knife, umbrella); refute, counter; retract; mention, refer to. okumenya akawonvu na kagga, to go into great detail, lit. mention the little valley and the little river, okumenya olu- kanda, to perform the rites at the birth of twins, okumenya emisoso, to give the details. okumenya ku mutwe, to nod the head. Musoke yamenyawo Mayanja mu bugagga. Musoke has now outstripped Mayanja in wealth.

o- (mu/mi) hookah, pipe for smoking hemp.

o- (mu/ba) one who stretches, stretcher (e.g., of hides), cf. leega.

o- (mu/ba) one who makes a request, one who asks. cf. saba.

o- (mu/mi) = omuyagi, the tree which bears ntula fruit (q-v.).

o- (mu/ba) immoral/licentious/ indecent person, cf. -gwagwa.

o- (mu/ba) woman whose pregnancy is overdue, cf. obulega.

o- also omusabiriza (mu/ba) beggar, cf. sabiriza.

o- (mu/mi) big hole. cf. ekituli.

v.tr. caus. make shave; shave with/using.

v.tr. appl. 2 know very well. Nkoze nga simanyiridde. I did it without knowing. I did not do it on purpose.

o- (mu/mi) lower abdominal swelling.

o- (mu/mi) headband/wreath worn as a symbol of victory; headband worn for reasons of illness.

0- (mu/ba) a Turk. cf. Ohutuluki.

akamweso, omumwi.

become acquainted.

o- (mu/ba) omugwi w'eddalu, madman, omugwi w'ensimbu, epileptic, person with epilepsy, cf. gwa.

plur. bamulekwa (la) orphan. cf. leka.

o- (mu/ba) beater, one who flushes a game animal from cover, cf. saggula; omusazzi.

o- (mu/mi) coipse; carcass, dead body of an animal; carrion.

v.i. neut. be knowable.

v.i. neut. be broken/ crushed; give in; relax one's demands/conditions. Obudde bumenvese. The heat of the day has started to diminish (about 3 P.M.). cf. -menye, -menyefu, obumenye, kamenya, kamenyambazzi, kimenyoomenyo, omumenyi.

o- (mu/ba) foreigner, cf. gwa.

o- (mu/ba) cripple, crippled person; lame person, cf. lema, lemala.

o- (mu/ba) man, adult male; husband. musajja wa Katonda, (often in an ironical sense) the poor fellow, musajjamukulu, old fellow, old man. cf. -sajja, olusajja, nnasajja, ssaabasajja.

o- (mu/mi) [Su>. ] bundle (of cloth); burden, load (for a porter to carry).

o- (mu/mi) kind of shrub, the leaves of which are used for flavoring tea and for medicinal purposes.

o- also omulemampangu kind of tree with very hard wood, Pappea ugandensis. century, with the -a of rel. modern, up-to- date. eby'okulwanyisa eby'omulembe, modern arms/armaments. The plur. emi- rembe has the additional meanings: peace; safety; as adv. safely. Twatuuka mirembe. We arrived safely, emirembe n'emirembe, for ever and ever. Emirembe ngalo. Things come and go, lit. generations are fingers.

o- (mu/mi) barkcloth tree from,which the first stripping of bark has been made; barkcloth from any stripping except the first. See kitentegere, mukaaku, nnakabirye, nnakasatwe.

o- (mu/mi) quarrel, fight; heated dispute; tumult, cf. lumbiikana.

o- (mu/ba) soldier; policeman; courageous fighter; arch, commander-in- chief. cf. obujaasi.

o- (mu/mi) kind of tree with soft wood and large leaves.

o- (mu/mi) tribal marking, mark cut on the body. cf. sal a.

o- (mu/ba) one who is sent, messenger, relig. apostle, cf. luma.

to chase after a person, pursue with the purpose of attack. Nnalaba ogusolo emabega waffe nga gutu- mezeeko, I saw a huge animal behind us pursuing us hotly. Maama we olwavaawo woowe (or yaaye) n'amera ku mumwa. As soon as his mother went away he started crying, kumera lutiko, to break out in goose pimples, kumerako bwebindu, to act very important, put on airs, kumerawo, to succeed, come next.

o- (mu/ba) rioter; striker; rebel. cf. jagalala.

o- (mu/mi) rubber vine, Landoiphia florida. cf. eddemu.