0- pr.n. the Crucified One, Jesus, cf. komerera.

o- (mu /ba) [Ereg. ] missionary.

o- also omuswera (mu/mi) swarm of flies, cf. ensowera.

o- (mu/ba) idiot, stupid person.

o- (mu/ba) wrecker; bungler. cf. faafaagana.

o- (mu/ba) one who cuts, cutter; cloth cutter, tailor, cf. komola.

o- (mu/mi) inner throat; windpipe; trachea, omumiro gw'emmere, foodpipe, gullet, okugolola emimiro, to clear the throat, okugogola emimiro, to gargle, okukuba emimiro, to make clicking sounds in the throat to express wonder, amazement, sadness, etc. okuweweeza emimiro, to drink, take a drink. Akasukka omumiro tekabalibwa. (prov.) lit. What has (already) passed the throat (in eating) is not reckoned (as important). The more you have, the more you want. cf. mira, ekimiro.

o- (mu/mi) sausage-tree, Kigelia moos a,

o- (mu/ba) absentminded/inat- tentive/careless person.

plur. bamakanika (la) mechanic cf. ^kanikc.,

0- (mu/ba) Pharisee.

o- (mu/mi) handle; spout of a kettle or teapot, cf. enkonda.

0- (mu/ba) [Siv-.Ar.] (an) Egyptian.

o- (mu/ba) killer, murderer, cf. tta.

o- (mu/mi) nut; kernel, core; piece of boneless meat. Adidde ggi kwesubya muwula. (prov.) He has eaten the egg and missed the meat (of the chicken). He prefers small present advantages to large future gains.

/4r.] pair of scissors.

o- (mu/mi) [Su>.] mattress.

o- (mu/ba) trumpeter; horn- blower. cf. ekkondeere.

o- (mu/mi) one who swallows, swallower; glutton. Ekizikiza kiyamba mumizi. (prov.) Darkness helps a greedy eater (because no one is watching). Basisinkanye omumizi n'omuwuwuttanya. (prov.) lit, They have met the glutton and the one who gulps hot food. An irresistible force has met an immovable object, cf. mira.

o- (mu/mi or la) kind of mushroom found near dried-up tree stumps.

o- (mu/mi) emptiness, hollow. Ennyumba yonna baagireka muwulenge. They left the whole house empty. Oyo omwana muwulenge mwereere. That child is empty-headed.

a- plur. of ekkaŋŋango, q.v.

o- (mu/ba) weak/lazy/cowardly person.

to stare.

o- (mu/ba) selfish person, one who gives grudgingly. Kya mummi okiriira ku mwana. (prov.) lit. (The food) of a grudging person, you eat it only through the intercession of (his) child, cf. mma.

o- (mu/mi) edible rat, cane-rat, an animal slightly larger than a rabbit, Thryonomys swinderianus. Ekika ky'Omu- su, The Edible Rat Clan, kusigala omu nga musu, to be left alone, be abandoned by one's friends or associates (esp. in time of trouble), kukuba nga misu, to be numerous/abundant, cf. Wamusu.

o- (mu/mi) opening, aperture; channel, cf. empuliru.

to go to bed hungry.

lit. his pocket is completely empty.

o- (mu/ba) impotent man. cf. ^fa, fiirwa.

o- (mu/mi) kind of tree, African Cutch, Acacia campylacantha.

o- (mu/ba) [Lot.] monk.

o- also omusumaawa (mu/mi) l>.] candle.

o- (mu/mi) hollow; gap; cave.

o- (mu/mit kind of acacia tree

food of every type, mu ngeri eno, in this way. mu ngeri y'emu, in the same way. ngeri is extensively used in the formation of phrases corresponding to English adverbs, mu ngeri ey'okusaaga, jokingly, in a joking way. mu ngeri ey'amaanyi, forcefully, with great force.

be hale and hearty, kumoga bukofu (from nkofu, guinea fowl), to be still awake, be sleepless, cf. ekimogo.

o- (mu/ba) a woman whose children die when they are babies, cf. ffa.

o- (mu/ba) a person who carries another person on his shoulders; chauffeur of the Kabaka. cf. ^kongojja.

o- (mu/ba) aggressive/determined/bold person; dangerous person.

o- (mu/mi) large amount of grass; grassy area, okwokya omusubi, to run away; to race away at great speed (of a vehicle), lit. burn the grass, okumalamu omusubi, to flee, run away, okukuba omusubi, to strike the air (when using a stick); to miss the target, fail in one's aim. cf. essubi.

o- (mu/mi) group; in the plur. groups; volley, shots, emiwululu gy'abaana,' groups of children, emiwululu gy'obubundu obutono, shots from small arms.

ideo. crack! pop! cf. mogoka.

o- (mu/ba) dead person, cf. lfa, -fu, ssemufu.

o- (mu/ba) slanderer, maligner. cf. konjera.

o- (mu/ba) a short person. Omumpi w'akoma w'akwata. (prov.) lit. Where a short person stops (in height) is where he grasps. A person must work within his limitations, cf. -mpi.

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

o- (mu/mi) mound, heap, mass (esp. of matooke and other food); large quantity of food placed in a banana leaf for cooking. Kino kyandibadde kuva ku muwumbo n'odda ku kitole. This would be preferring a crumb to the loaf. cf. ^wumba.

v.i. break off; be chipped off; crumble; fall to pieces.

o- (mu/ba) one who is ruled, subject. cf. fuga. mufuka (la) kind of banana used for making beer.

o- (mu/mi) hand; arm; sleeve; handwriting; measure of length, arm's length, omukono omusajja, the right arm/hand, omukono omukazi, the left arm/hand, omukono gwa ddyo, the right side, omukono gwa kkono, the left side, omwoleso gw'eby'emikono, exhibition of handicrafts, omukolo ogw'okussa omukono ku kiwandiiko, the ceremony of signing the document, oku- kunkumula omukono, to strip of office/power/ wealth/prestige (e.g., a high-ranking official). Tewali ankuba ku mukono. Nobody can tell me what to do, lit. strike me on the hand. Yakkiriza okujja okutusuula omukono. He agreed to come and give us (lit. throw us) a hand. Nnamukuba omukono. I flagged him down/stopped (e.g., a car) by the movement of my hand. cf. akakono, ekikono, olukono, enkonokono.

o- (mu/mi) fever, omusujja gw'ensiri, malaria, omusujja gw'omu byenda, typhoid fever.

o- rarely plur. (mu/mi) storm, tempest (over a body of water); typhoon. cf. kibuyaga.

etc. cf. meguka, mogo.

o- (mu/mi) case for carrying arrows; bag; purse, cf. fuka.

o- (mu/ba) quarrelsome person; blusterer; swashbuckler, cf. kontana.

o- (mu/mi) torch made of reeds. cf. olumuli.

o- (mu/mi) [Sw.J rare carpenter's brace.

o- (mu/ba) smoker of bhang/lndian hemp; user of narcotics, cf. enjaga.

o- (mu/mi) [Su>. 3 gutter, water pipe, drain.

o- (mu/mi) kind of softwood tree, Holoptelia grandis.

o- (mu/mi) kind of tree, Dawea ugandens is.

o- (mu/mi) plant which produces njagi fruit, q.v.

o- (mu/ba) one who snores, snorer. cf. fuluuta.

to pass wind.

o- (mu/mi) one who dresses very well, elegant dresser, cf. sukuma.

o- (mu/ba) hungry person; starving person, cf. oluyala, lenjala.

o- (mu/mi) kind of tree with white flowers.

v.i. be silent/ taciturn; be at a loss for something to say; fail to express oneself when one is expected to; be dumbfounded; be incommunicative while maintaining a sheepish or foolish expression.

o- no plur. (mu/mi) dew. okuma- lamu omusulo, to run away; to leave/disappear quickly.