0- (mu/ba) (a) German, cf. Obu- daaki.
o- (mu/mi) kind of tall tree, Acacia mildbraedii. cf. kakinga.
o- (mu/ba) herdsman, shepherd, tender of farm animals, cf. lunda.
o- {mu/ba) one who digs up potatoes, cf. soggola.
o- (mu/ba) schemer; crafty/conniving person. cf. watanya.
o- (mu/mi) stand in a market, omu- daala gw'emboga, cabbage stand.
o- (mu/ba) [Sir. ] butcher.
o- (mu/ba) person from the coast; foreigner.
o- (mu/ba) one who makes beer, brewer, cf. sogola.
o- (mu/mi) ffing. ] medal, medallion, ab'omudaali, colloq. Catholics.
6- (mu/mi) tail. Linda kiggweeyo afumita mukira, /prov.) lit. Wait until it (ekisolo, animal, implied) comes out, he pierces only the tail (and thereby give the animal an opportunity to run away). Perhaps this is similar to Strike when the iron is hot. cf. akakira, ekkira, olukira.
o- (mu/ba) weaver, cf. iluka.
ebisige bya musoke, arched eyebrows.
o- (mu/ba) leg. defendant, one who is charged/accused, cf. waaba.
o- (mu/ba) one who takes things easy; one who is casual and indifferent; shirker, cf. daalimba.
o- (mu/mi) luck, good luck; blessing; opportunity, chance, occasion, eky'omukisa, luckily, fortunately, eky'omukisa omubi, unfortunately, amazzi g'omukisa, holy water, cf, munnamukisa, enkisa, nnamu- kisa.
o- (mu/ba) a member of the Alur tribe of Northern Uganda.
o- (mu/mi) tax; tribute, omuwi w'omusolo, taxpayer, cf. solooza.
o- (mu/mi) kind of tree, Ficus exasperata. cf. wawula, oluwawu.
o- (mu/ba) var. of omudibazi, q.v.
o- (mu/mi) breath; air (which one breathes); smoke; vapor; steam, omudumu gw'omukka, chimney; exhaust pipe (of a car), okussa omukka, to breathe, okussa ku mukka, to take a rest/a breather/a break, okussa omukka ogw'enkomerero, to draw one's last breath, to die. okumiza omukka omusu, to kill, lit. cause to swallow fresh air. omukka ogubalagala, tear gas.
0- (mu/b)a (a) Roman.
o- (mu/ba) collector (of taxes, rent, money, etc.) cf. solooza.
o- (mu/ba) tanner, one who tans hides; one who planes boards, cf. 2 Wala.
o- (mu/mi) embroidery; binding on the edge of cloth; ornamental decoration on the edge of-a sari, bboodingi, etc. cf. daliza.
o- (mu/mi) pole used for carrying animals killed by hunters.
o- also omusomo (mu/mi) cape; peninsula.
o- (mu/mi) track of a wild animal.
o- (mu/ba) foolish person.
o- (mu/mi) fold; layer; sheet; page; type; kind, omuko gw'amalagala, a cutting or slip of the sweet-potato vine used for replanting, cf. oluko.
o- (mu/mi) large amount, large mass, omuluutu gw'emmere, a large quantity of food.
o- var. of omusumaali, q.v.
o- (mu/ba) one who serves, servant; attendant; waiter; waitress, cf. ^wa, weereza.
cassava. Enda
o- no plur. (mu/mi) going habitually, returning again and again, cf. dda, ddinnana.
o- (mu/ba) brother-in-law of a man; son-in-law. in the plur. abako, relatives. cf. ebiko, obuko.
blue vitriol, bluestone.
o- var. of musumaawa, q.v.
o- (mu/ba) worker in metal, smith, blacksmith, cf. ^weesa.
v.tr. cause to look around suddenly; distract the attention of. cf. lmaga.
o- no plur. (mu/mi) with the -a of rel. frequent, constant, reiterated, repeated. okulabulwa okw'omuddinnanwa, repeated warning. e_nnendo ez'omuddinnanwa, constant trips, cf. ^dda, ddinnana.
o- (mu/mi) kind of creeping plant resembling ivy which produces an edible fruit, kkobe, q.v. cf. olukobe.
O- (mu/ba) glutton.
o- (mu/ba) lit. one who collects. Akabi tekabula musombi. Trouble is not lacking a cause, cf. somba.
o- (mu/ba) poor person; common man, ordinary person, cf. obuwejjere.
v.i. laugh; burst out laughing.
o- = omuddinnanwa, q.v.
in-laws.
o- (mu/ba) sick person; patient. cf. Mwala, obulwadde, endwadde.
o- (mu/ba) reader; student; one who practices a religion, a believer, cf. soma.
o- (mu/mi) sorghum or millet used for making beer. cf. akawemba.
o- (mu/mi) grass, turf; weeds, cf. obuddo, akaddo.
o- (mu/ba) stingy person, miser. cf. -kodo.
o- (mu/ba) fighter, one who fights for a goal, omulwanirizi w'eddembe, freedom fighter, cf. Mwana, lwanirira.
o- (mu/mi) narrow neck of land.
o- (mu/mi) okumwa omuwempe, to shave the hair completely off of the head.
v.tr. cause to burst out laughing.
o- (mu/ba) male slave, cf. obuddu, Ssaabaddu.
o- more commonly mugogge (mu/ba) thin and emaciated person, someone who is all skin and bones, cf. kogga.
o- (mu/ba) fighter, cf. ^lwana.
o- (mu/mi) course of study, cf. soma.
o- (mu/ba) shameless person, one who acts shamelessly, cf. -wemu, wemuka, obuwemu.
0- (mu/ba) Negro (usually restricted to African Negroes). Omuddugavu wa katakke(takke), a light-colored African. Omuddugavu wa kagongolo, very dark colored African, cf. -ddugavu, ddugala.
no plur. (la) water which flows in streams during or after the rain. cf. koka.
o- (mu/mi) ford, place of passage over a body of water, cf. somoka, ensomo- ko.
o- (mu/mi) number; price; value; sum. amayinja ag'omuwendo, precious stones.
o- (mu/ba) fugitive, cf. dduka.
see ekifamukokko.
o- (mu/ba) cunning and deceitf ul person; extortioner, cf. obulyake; lya- kula, omulyakuzi.
o- (mu/mi) style, fashion, design; fad. cf. sona.