o- (mu/mi) kind of bird, coly. cf. jjonkera.

o- (mu/ba) (physically) dirty/filthy person, cf. obuligo.

o- (mu/ba) doctor, physician, omusawo w'amannyo, dentist, omusawo w'obwongo, psychiatrist, omusawo w'ebisolo, veterinary, veterinarian, cf. sawula, ensawo.

o- (mu/mi) voracity, greed, cf. tuuba.

(la) kind of large plantain.

o- less frequently omujjuzi (mu/mi) flood, deluge, inundation, cf. jjula, jjuza.

o- (mu/ba) rare one who heals, healer; doctor, cf. sawula.

o- (mu/ba) saint, cf. tuuka, tuukirira, -tuukirivu.

Mu- kaabya.

o- (mu/ba) man's sister's child, nephew or niece (who is the child of a man's sister).

o- (mu/ba) lookout; police spy. cf. liima.

o- (mu/ba) one who cuts, omusazi w'ensawo, pickpocket, omusazi w'empaka, judge of a contest/competition, omusazi w'emisango, judge, court judge, omusazi w'enviiri, barber, omusazi w'ebigambo, one who makes false accusations, abasazi b'eddiiro, members of the legislature who join the other party {lit. crossers of the floor). omusazi w'omupiira, referee of a ball game. cf. sal a.

o- (mu/ba) resident, inhabitant. cf. tuula, tuuza.

pr.n. name of a former Kabaka of Buganda.

v.tr. sip.

things of no consequence, trivia.

o- (mu/ba) jabberer, one who talks unintelligibly; stutterer, cf. joboja.

o- (mu/ba) glutton, cf. lya.

o- (mu/ba) beater, one who drives game animals out of hiding; recruiter, cf. sagga; omusagguzi,

o- (mu/mi) kindof tree the wood of which is used for carrying dead bodies. cf. twale, omufu.

v.i. be surly/churlish; scowl.

o- (mu/mi) kind of forest tree, crabwood, Carapa grandiflora.

o- plur. bamuliisamaanyi (la) one who gets his way by using force; bully, cf. lya, liisa, amaanyi.

o- (mu/ba) arch, a woman who travels with the Kabaka, a chief or her husband on military expeditions or on a long journey, cf. sebeya.

o- (mu/mi) load, bundle; ten thousand; payment made by the groom to the family of the bride, cf. twala, akakumi.

amasengere ga Katonda, the tribunal of God.

o- (mu/ini) kind of small bird, merops, bee- eater.

o- (mu/mi) snare for trapping antelopes and warthogs. cf. liita.

o- (mu/ba) dissolute/profligate/ shameless person, cf. -seegu, seeguka.

o- (mu/bn) laker, one who takes or carries; head, person in charge, omutwazi w'obubaka, the bearer of the message, messenger, cf. twala.

pr.n. the name of a lubaale.

o- (mu/mi) lime tree.

o- also omuseemya (mu/ba) seducer, tempter, cf. seemya.

o- (mu/mi) head (in the lit. sense); head, chief, leader; heading, caption, headline. cjinambo ezitalina mutwe na maguiu, baseless/unfounded rumors, kussa mutwe nn maguiu ku bigambo, to make exaggerated statements, kufumba mutwe, to ponder, think intensely, kuba na mutwe mubi, to be unlucky, have bad luck. Tewali amuwa mutwe. There is none who can outsmart him. Omutima (or omwoyo) gundi ku mulwe, I am very worried, lit. my heart is in my head. F>kinlu kino kyamulya omutwe. This (matter) obsessed him, lit. ate at his head. Ya- nninya ku mutwe. He despised me greatly, lit, stepped on my head. Yakuza mutwe nga mmale. He is stupid/empty-headed, cf. olutwe, emjtwelwe, etlwe.

v.tr. eat slowly and with deliberation; sip (a liquid).

o- (mu/ba) potter in the service of the Kabaka.

o- (mu/ba) liar; deceiver, cf. limba.

o- (mu/mi) kind of very tall tree, Podo or East African yellowwood, Podo- carpus gracilior and Podoc arpus milanjianus.

o- (mu/ba) offensively domineering/aggressive person, bully; aggressor. cf. jooga.

o- (mu/ba) farmer, farm worker; cultivator, cf. lima.

o- (mu/mi) period from November to December when the nseenene (type of grasshoppers) appear.

o- see emitwetwe.

Ar] beggar; very poor person.

o- (mu/mi) [Eng. ] jersey, pullover.

o- (mu/mi) work; task; job; employment; business, kuggwa mirimu, to be well done; to be dressed beautifully, be dressed ‘fit to kill.' cf. eddimu, akalimu.

o- (mu/mi) full-grown chicken which has not yet produced eggs. cf. enseera.

o- (mu/ba) one who searches for or gathers firewood, cf. tyaba.

o- (mu/mi) a small bell used as an ornament on the neck or on drums.

there is/are. ..inside/in it. cf. -li (under ba).

o- (mu/mi) kind of tree, Rhus natalensis.

o- (mu/ba) coward, timid person, person who is easily frightened, cf. tya.

(n/n) [Su>.] the great rainy season ( approx. April-May).

o- (mu/ba) witness; martyr. cf. ljula, julira.

o- (mu/mi) ambatch tree, Herminiera elaphroxylon. It has very light wood and grows in or near swamps.

o- (mu/mi) plain; plateau; level area, with the -a of rel. flat, level. Ensi yali ya museetwe. The country was flat/ level, cf. seeteera. charges, one who sells at exorbitant prices; swindler, cf. ^seera.

o- with the -a of rel. wasted, squandered (esp. of money).

o- (mu/ba) witness; martyr, omu- julizi omukazi, maid of honor, omujulizi omusajja, best man. cf. ^jula.

o- (mu/ba) arch, grandson of a deceased chief who participated in the ceremonies at the grave.

o- (mu/mi) wild dog; wolf, with the -a of rel. wild, unruly; fierce, emisege gy'abaana, wild, bad-mannered children, emisege gy'agabwa, huge, fierce-looking dogs.

plur. m i ri m u.

o- (mu/mi) omujumbi gw'enkuba, a torrent of rain.

o- (mu/mi) neighborhood, vicinity, environs, ow'omuliraano, neighbor, cf. liraana.

o- = omusege, q.v.

munch on, chew.

o- (mu/mi) rag. okwetimba emijumbi, to wear rags/tom clothes.

o- (mu/mi) kind of long drum.

unpaved road; (any) road. cf. yasa, olwala.

n. the Messiah of Christ.

o- also omujwenge (mu/mi) tassel, cf. akajwenge, ekijwenge.

o- (mu/mi) kind of medium sized tree, Harungana madagascariensis. It is perhaps called the ‘mourner' (cf. Iirira) because the sap which comes from it is said to resemble blood. It is also called mukaabira, q.v.