o- (mu/ba) infant, newborn child. cf. 2obuwere, nnakawere.
o- (mu/ba) runner; one who runs in a race. cf. dduka.
o- (mu/ba) cheat, fraud; treacherous person, cf. lyakula; omulyake.
o- (mu/mi) elephant shrew. cf. lakasonso.
o- (mu/ba) one who runs to help, one who comes to the rescue, cf. dduka, dduukirira.
o- frau/mi) charm believed to to assist the hunter in luring game into his traps.
o- see mmamba.
o- (mu/mi) kind of weevil.
o- (mu/mi) kind of tree with medicinal properties, cf. ekiwo.
rock-s. In cases of this sort the stem begins with y- as do other derivatives: -yinja, kayinja, guyinja, etc.
o- (mu/ba) boor, unrefined person; clumsy person; stupid person. Omndembe akolera enkoko olunnyo ng'abaana basula wansi. /prov.) A stupid person builds a wooden frame for the chickens while his children sleep on the floor.
o- (mu/mi) ceremony, formal ceremony, formal occasion.
o- plur. emiryango (mu/mi) doorway; in the plur. front of the house; living room.
o- (mu/ba) arch, maker of mats or barkcloth clothing, omusonyi w'engoye, tailor, cf. sona.
o- (mu/mi) rare passion, predilection, avidity.
pr.n. river dividing Ssingo and Bulemeezi Counties.
mmu ideo. expressing quietness. Twabunira be mmu. We fell completely silent.
o- (mu/ba) bungler, one who spoils/messes up. cf. dihaga.
o- (mu/mi) with the -a of rel. very tall, omukoloddoli gw'omusajja, a giant of a man.
o- (mu/ba) (person who is a) cheat, fraud, cf. lyazaamaanya.
o- (mu/ba) one who is forgiven, penitent, cf. sonyiwa.
cf. mawogo.
o- (mu/mi) large sum, large amount. omudidi gw'ensimbi, a large sum of money.
o- = mukoloddoli. See also kolonga.
o- (mu/mi) profitable venture. cf. lva.
o- (mu/ba) forgiver, one who forgives. cf. sonyiwa.
o- (mu/mi) partial opening (esp. indoor). as adv. ajar, slightly open. Nnasuuliza eriiso mu muwogo ogwali mu luggi. I cast a glance through the slight opening in the door. cf. omwogo.
o- (mu/ba) member of any of the Northern tribes (very insulting).
o- (mu/ba) one who has a cough, cougher. cf. kolola.
o- pr.n. Satan, lit. the Accuser (Revelations, Xll, 9-)- cf. lyolyoma.
o- (mu/ba) teller of stories/^a fables/)3ro verbs.
o- (mu/ba) advocate, lawyer; intercessor, relig. patron, patron saint. cf. Iwoza, wolereza.
o- (mu/ba) harp player, musician. cf. ekidongo, endongo.
o- (mu/mi) small savannah tree, growing up to 50 feet, with yellow flowers, used in making walking-sticks and spear shafts, Grewia mollis, cf. enkomakoma.
o- also omumanyibwa (mu/ba) acquaintance, a person whom one knows. c f. many a.
o- (mu/ba) contributor (esp. of money), cf. sonda.
o- (mu/ba) tax collector; bibl. publican. cf. wooza.
(la) kind of plant which has medicinal uses.
o- (mu/ba) fumbler, one who fumbles (esp. in soccer).
o- (mu/mi) logon which bark- cloth is beaten, cf. komaga.
o- (mu/ba) princess.
o- adv. one by one, one at a time, singly, individually, mu ngeri ey'omu- soolesoole, one by one, individually.
o- with the -a of rel. partially dried. Ekyennyanja kya muwotokwa. The fish is partially dried, cf. wotoka.
o- (mu/mi) jug; pipe; barrel (of a gun), omudumu ogw'omn ttaka, underground pipe.
o- (mu/mi) kind of fruit tree similar in appearance to the guava but larger and more watery.
o- (mu/ba) executioner.
o- (mu/ba) originator, author; the first one (to perform an action), cf. sooka.
o- (mu/ba) one who shouts/ yells, cf. wowoggana.
a- plur. (li/ma) portion of meat (eight ribs) given to the third spearer on a hunt. cf. yiŋŋaanya.
o- (mu/ini) kind of small tree, Thylachium africanum. The leaves produce a poison which was formerly used in trials by ordeal, cf. amaduudu.
o- (mu/ba) one who makes bark- cloth, barkcloth maker, cf. komaga.
o- (mu/ba) dwarf; pigmy.
o- (mu/mi) detail(s); peculiarity, characteristic; requisite, requirement, condition. Alina emisoso, He is a demanding person/a stickler for details, kumenya misoso, to give/state the details.
o- (mu/mi) hollow, hollowed- out area.
adv. alone, bv oneself; uniquely. Bandeka bw'omu be mmummululu. They left me all by myself/ alone. Uganda tezibangako bbiri, eri emu be mmummululu. Uganda never was (divided into) two, it is one and indivisible.
o- (mu/ba) one who grows rapidly (e.g., a child, young adolescent). c f. Iduuma.
o- (mu/mi) pole that goes from the roof of a house down to the floor.
dark, threatening rain clouds.
o- (mu/ba) pleader (in a legal case). omuwozi w'omusango, pleader of a case, lawyer, cf. ^woza.
i, o- (mu/ba) commander; commanding officer. omuduumizi w'amagye, the commander of the army. cf. ^duuma.
to be magnificent/ wonderful/fascinating (often used in reference to an eventy celebration etc.). Kya- buze omukombi e Lubaga. There was a great celebration at Rubaga. cf. komba.
o- (mu/ba) wrestler, cf. megga.
o- also omusosozi (mu/ba) one who practices discrimination (in a bad sense), cf. sosola.
o- (mu/ba) lender, cf. 2wola.
o- also omuduuze (mu/ba) scoffer, one who is scornful, cf. duula.
o- with the -a of rel. very large; very important, omukomera gw'omusajja, a very important person.
o- (mu/ba) breaker, one who breaks, omumenyi w'amateeka, lawbreaker. cf. menya.
o- (mu/mi) snake, cf. akasota.
o- (mu/ba) (a) deaf-mute; dumb/ stupid person.
o- (mu/ba) worthless person.