o- (mu/ba) person utterly lacking in character, uncouth person.

o- (mu/ba) twin (used only in reference to human beingsj; umbilical cord (esp. of the Kabaka). cf. -longo.

o- (mu/ba) war veteran. The Ugandans who took part in World War 2 belonged to the 7th Army. The number ‘seven' used to appear on the sleeves of their uniforms, cf. sevena.

o- see -vundu.

o- (mu/ba) half-brother, half- sister (sharing a common mother), cf. ebbeere.

o- (mu/ba) one who speaks in a hostile/irritable/snappish manner, cf. kabuka.

o- (mu/mi) kind of tree which has pale wood.

o- (mu/ba) one who practices a form of black magic characterized by wild dancing, raising the bodies of the newly-dead and eating portions thereof. These activities occur at night, cf. sera, obusezi.

o- (mu/ba) arch, paddler in the middle of a canoe.

o- (mu/ba) thief, cf. ^bba.

o- (mu/ba) old person, elderly person; parent, omukadde w'ekkanisa, elder of the church; minister, cf. -kadde.

o- (mu/ba) surgeon, cf. longoosa.

o- (mu/ba) one who grinds grain, miller, cf. sa.

o- with the -a of rel. young, immature (of bananas, plantains).

to go for nought, be wasted. Ensimbi ze zaafa mafaaya. His money just went down the drain.

cf. talika.

o- (mu/ba) cheat, cheater; sneak; petty thief, cf. ^bba, bbirira.

o- (mu/ba) frugal, economical person, cf. kagiriza.

o- (mu/ba) one who has been operated on. cf. longooka, longoosa.

o- (mu/ba) prisoner, cf. siba.

o- (mu/mi) confusion, mess. cf. vuya.

o- (mu/ba) one who cheats, cheat. cf. l bba, bbira.

o- (mu/mi) Wood brotherhood; coalition; alliance, okutta omukago, to establish a relationship of blood brotherhood, gavu- menti ey'omukago, a coalition government, ab'omukago, very close friends.

c (mu/mi) [S«/. j must (of a ship); flagpole.

o- (mu/ba) lit. one who ties, omu- sibi w'abagole, bride dresser, one whose occupation is making wedding clothes for brides, cf. siba.

o- (mu/ba) driver, cf. ^vuga, omuvuga.

o- (mu/ba) diver, one who goes under water, cf. bbira.

o- (mu/ba) intrepid person; aggressive person, abakakaalukanyi b'eby'obufuzi, politicians, cf. kakaalu- kana, enkakaalukanyi.

o- (mu/ba) elector, voter, cf. londa.

o- (mu/ba) policeman. cf. siba, ebbwa.

o- (mu/ba) blasphemer, cf. vvoola.

interj. expressing agreement or a reply to a greeting.

o- (mu/ba) helper, assistant. cf. 2 beera.

o- (mu/mi) kind of rough-textured cloth.

o- (mu/ba) [fug.] lord (of the British variety).

o- (mu/ba) assistant, deputy. cf. sigira, obusigire.

o- (mu/ba) interpreter; translator. cf. wuunula.

(la) [5 to. ] rare leprosy; period when a wound/injury becomes worse.

o- (mu/mi) kind of tree, wild , sour-sop or custard apple, Annona chrysophylla.

o- (mu/mi) kind of tree, Sideroxy- lon brevipes.

o- (mu/ba) denouncer; tattletale, one who reveals or exposes (the acts of another), cf. loopa.

o- also omusiguze (mu/ba) one who entices another away from the path of duty or virtue, tempter; seducer; adulterer. cf. sigula.

o- (mu/ba) accuser; leg. plaintiff, complainant; prosecutor, cf. waaba.

o- (mu/ba) [Su\, Ar. ] Rom. Cath. nun, sister, cf. Bikira, obubiikira, omunna- biikira.

o- also omutalabanda (mu/mi) heavy wooden slipper or sandal.

o- (mu/ba) a priest of the native religion, one who is able to communicate with the lubaales (native deities) and the world of spirits and thereby predict the future and produce other paranormal phenomena. cf. lubaale.

o- (mu/ba) boy or girl serving as a page in the palace of the Kabaka. cf. 2siiga.

o- more commonly omuwawaa- birwa (mu/ba) defendant, one charged/accused. cf. waaba.

o- (mu/ba) favorite, a person who is especially pleasing. Ekika ky'Ababiito b'e Kkooki, the Prince of Kkooki Clan. cf. biita.

o- (mu/mi) dried/smoked meat, biltong. c f. kala.

o- (mu/mi) greed, greediness.

o- (mu/ba) one who stires up trouble, troublemaker. Oli musiikuuzi wa nkukunyi. You are trying to cause trouble. cf. siikuula.

o- also omuwaanirizi (mu/ba) one who engages in constant flattery. cf. waana.

akamagumagu; -emagaza, maggula, maguka.

o- (mu/mi) funnel. cf. ebbinikiro.

o- (mu/ba) a shrewd/crafty person; clever person, cf. kala, -kalukalu.

o- (mu/mi) kind of shrub which bears hard red seeds (nsiiti). cf. ^siita, olusiiti ensiiti

o- (mu/mi) space, room; opening; gap, breach; (mountain) pass.

o- (mu/mi) body (human or animal); body (thickness, substance). Ekiteeteeyi ( kye yayambadde nga tekirina mubiri. The dress she wore was very light/had no body. cf. 2ebbiri, ekibiribiri.

o- (mu/mi) rainless interval during the rainy season. Obudde bwali bwa mu- kal we. It was not raining. There was a period when there was no rain.

o- (mu/ba) painter, omusiizi w'ebi- faananyi, painter (of pictures), artist, omusiizi w'ennyumba, house painter. cf. Isiiga.

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

(la) kind of sweet potato.

o- (mu/ba) (a) Belgian.

o- (mu/ba) master; employer, boss; with cap. the Lord (God); formerly the title of the hereditary rulers of Bunyoro and Toro.

o- (mu/ba) heir; successor. cf. Isika.

adv. in a panic; with great haste.

crack.

also spelled maapu (n/n) [£ng. ] map.

o- (mu/mi) sweet banana juice, omubisi gw'enjuki, honey of the bee. cf. akabisi.