o- (mu/mi) kind of tree, Hymeno- cardia acida, producing a wood used in

o- with the -a of rel. straight, direct; vertical; precipitous, olukoloboze olw'omusimbalaala, a straight/vertical line.

o- (mu/ba) one who makes accusations, slanderer, c.f. waayira waayiriza.

ekinaagu- lira Magala eddiba, money, lit. that which will buy a skin for Magala.

or mateniti (n/n) [Eng.'] maternity (hospital).

o- (mu/ba) escaped prisoner, esca- 1 pee, fugitive, cf. bomba.

o- (mu/mi) hollow; hollowed out area; hole; opening; passage.

o- (mu/mi) large amount of money. cf. ehsimbi.

o- usually in the plur. (mu/mi) dispersion. okubuna emiwabo, to scatter in all directions, cf. waba.

go wild; revolt. Omwana amagalala bulaia. The child is restless/ stubborn/willfully inattentive.

to fight furiously; to play/compete furiously (e.g., of two opposing teams ).

o- (mu/ba) one who repents, penitent, cf. bona, bonereza.

o- (mu/mi) belt, girdle.

v.i. slip away; glide away; fly away; disappear.

o- (mu/ba) epileptic, person with epilepsy, cf. ensimbu.

o- (mu/ba) poisoner; witch, lit. a-give-poison. Avanjaza amagalo ng'omu- wabutwa. He is handling things with his dirty fingers, cf. wa, obutwa.

okumagalaza omutwe, to jerk the head in surprise or amazement. cf. -magalavu.

0- (mu/ba) Ekika ky'Ababoobi, the Rainwater Clan (so called, because of their taboo against drinking rainwater or using it for any purpose whatsoever; the related word ekiboobi, is a kind of millipede, which is the second totem of the Clan).

o- (mu/mi) mangrove tree.

o- (mu/ba) digger, excavator.

o- (mu/ba) Muslim, cf. wadimuka.

(la) kind of gonja plantain used particularly in making beer.

o- (mu/ba) outcast, someone who I has been expelled from his clan, religion or social group, cf. boola.

o- (mu/ba) one who terrifies/ scares; terrorist, cf. kanga.

o- (mu/mi) incense tree, Canarium schweinfurthii. The fruit is called empafu, q. v.

o- (mu/ba) a syphilitic, cf. bootonga, kabootongo.

(la) peahen.

o- plur. emiruka (mu/mi) parish, sub-district, administrative unit immediately below the ggombolola. okulyamu omuluka, to become outstanding/distinguished, earn a name for oneself.

o- (mu/mi) the type of noise produced by the tramping of feet, the firing of a gun, the detonation of explosives; thumping; (the sound of) footsteps, emi- sinde is also used as an adverb with the meaning very fast, at great speed, okuta emisinde, okudduka emisinde, okusiikuula emisinde, okutyekula emisinde, all of which mean to move at a great speed. cf. leki sinde.

o- (mu/ba) supporter, backer, adherent. cf. lwaga, wagira.

v.i. be satisfied.

o- (mu/ba) one who holds or appropriates merchandise (esp. as surety for a bill or debt); one who confiscates, cf. bowa.

o- (mu/mi) kind of rubber tree, Clitandra orientalis,

see muluka.

o- (mu/mi) pig iron. Tukyakuba r misinga. We are just starting.

August- September, lit. the month of the struggle (between the rain and the sun), cf. wakana.

v.tr. caus. satisfy.

o- (mu/ba) refugee, cf. budama.

pr.n. (la) the name of a lubaale associated with Lake Victoria and the Ssese Islands. Mukasa and the feminine variant Nnamukasa are now extensively used as personal names.

o- (mu/mi) carcass of an animal.

o- (mu/mi) foundation (of a house); f fig' foundation, basis, ejjinja ly'omusingi, cornerstone, okutema omusingi, to lay the foundation.

o- (mu/ba) disputant; contender, competitor; adversary; one who protests, protester, cf. wakana.

v.i. be inattentive/scatterbrained/careless.

o- (mu/ba) ignorant/naive/ stupid person.

o- (mu/ba) child slow in learning to walk.

o- (mu/mi) greed; great desire/ interest/passion, cf. 2juj8i -lulu.

o- (mu/mi) pledge, something given as security; deposit, down payment; guarantee; hostage, cf. 2 singa.

o- (mu/mi) faggot, bundle (of firewood). cf. akawakata.

v.i. smile.

o- (mu/ba) potter, one who works with clay. cf. bumba.

o- (mu/ba) incompetent person, person with no experience; greenhorn. cf. -katagga.

o- (mu/mi) tall forest tree, with large leaves and brownish-white wood,

o- (mu/mi) clitoris.

o- (mu/ba) provocative person, one who starts fights, abawakuzi b'entalo, warmongers. cf. wakula.

v.i. redup. keep on smiling.

o- (mu/mi) young banana leaf not yet unrolled.

O- (mu/ba) a Roman Catholic. cf. Obukatoliki.

0- (mu/ba) Muslim, Moslem. cf. siramuka.

o- (mu/ba) girl; without the I.V. daughter, cf. -wala, obuwala, eggwala, akawala, oluwala.

v.i. & tr. appl. smile at.

with the -a of rel. small in quantity; inadequate. Emmere yabanga ya mubundwa. Food used to be scarce.

o- (mu/ba) pilferer; swindler. cf. katula.

o- (mu/mi) iron weed, asterace- OUS shrub, Vernonia amygdalina. Its leaves have a medicinal value.

o- (mu/mi) cultivated field, cultivated plot, garden.

0- (mu/ba) (an) Arab. cf. Oluwalabu.

o- (mu/ba) one who roams/moves from place to place; hawker, cf. bunga.

o- (mu /ba) [L uvumal arch, expert diver.

o- (mu/ba) rear paddler in a canoe, cf. akalumba, ekirumba.

o- (mu/ba) quiet/taciturn person. cf. sirika.

o- (mu/ba) tomboy; amazon; corpulent person; giant, cf. omuwala, -iume.