o- (mu/mi) omuyiiro gw'omwenge, new batch of beer; quantity of beer brewed at one time. cf. ^ggya, yiisa.

o- (mu/ba) giver of a feast; lavish host/entertainer; generous giver; master of ceremonies, cf. gaba, gabula.

O- less frequently muku- lembezi (mu/ba) leader; guide; one who goes first, cf. kuletnbera. man; head, superior, person in charge; older brother; older sister, omukulu w'essomero, school principal. Omukulu w'Amatwale, colonial secretary. Lugaba mukulu. God is great (said after something unusually good happens), cf. kula, -kulu.

o- (mu/ba) warrior; fighter, combatant. cf. tabaala.

o- (mu/ba) one who makes beer, brewer, cf. ggya, yiisa.

o- (mu/ba) rich person, cf. -gagga.

o- (mu/mi) arch, door made of reeds or twigs.

o- (mu/ba) one who reconciles, mediator, cf. Itaba, tabaganya.

o- (mu/ini) fad, current vogue. Mubakira buli muyiito. You grasp at every new thing that appears on the horizon. cf. yiita.

o- (mu/mi) framework structure built around an anthill to help in the catching and collecting of nswa. Thick materials, such as banana leaves, are placed over the structure so that the nswa will not fly away but will collect in holes dug for the purpose. See nvubo.

o- also omukululo (mu/mi) trail; track, emikululo egy'emmotoka. tire track? (of an automobile), cf. kulula.

o- (mu/ba) poor person, pauper; person without a family, omwana omunku- seere, poor orphan, cf. obunkuseere.

o- (mu/ba) agitator, cf. tabangula.

o- (mu/ba) inventor; composer; originator, omuyiiya w'ennyimba, a composer (of songs), cf. yiiya.

o- (mu/mi) kind of long, slender drum. cf. engalabi.

o- (mu/mi) fuss, bustle; confusion. cf. kulungutana.

my companion; munno, your companion; munne, his/her companion; munnaffe, our companion; munnammwe, your companion; munnaabwe, their companion; bannange, my companions, etc. cf. kinna-, Munno.

(mu/ba) son.

o- (mu/mi) kind of creeping plant, the seeds of which are used in the game of mweso. cf. oluyiki.

ne sigenda. I have changed my mind and am not going. 5) 1Vhen used in the subj. and followed by another verb in the subj. mala introduces a climax. Ya- seerera bw'ati n'agwa amale amenyeke amagulu. He skidded like this and fell and ended up by breaking his leg. 6) Note the uses o/olumala and olwamala: Olumala okukola genda eka. When you finish (after finishing) work, go home. Olwamala okukola ne nnenda eka. After finishing work I went home.

o- (mu/ba) formerly page, boy residing in the palace and serving the Kabaka.

o- (mu/ba) one who is deceptive/evasive in speech; secretive person; sly person, cf. kulungutanya.

(la) Munnabuddu, a native of Buddu. Munnakyaggwe, a native of Kyaggwe.

o- (mu/ba) omutabufu w'obwongo, lit. one whose brain is mixed up, mentally disturbed/insane person, cf. tabuka.

o- (mu/ba) one who stands up for another, sponsor, patron, omuyima w'omu- goie omukazi, maid of honor, omuyima w'omugole omusajja, best man. cf. yima.

o- (mu/ba) careless/indifferent/ negligent person, cf. galamba.

o- (mu/mi) doorpost.

o- var. of omunabbi, q.v.

o- (mu/ba) mixer; troublemaker, omutabuzi w'eddagala, pharmacist, druggist. cf. tabula.

0- (mu/ba) A Muhima (the Bahima are o pastoral people who live in Ankole). Akuloze mukazi Muyima? Has the Muhima woman bewitched you? What has made you unaware of impending danger?

also mpapiiro with the -a of rel. scarce; hard to get. Mn kitundu kino amazzi ga mpambiiro. In this section water is scarce.

o- (mu/mi) trouble; unsettled condition, cf. galangatana.

o- (mu/ba) one who enjoys strutting around/parading about/showing off. cf. kumba.

o- (mu/ba) nun. cf. omu- biikira.

o- (mu/ba) head of a clan (ekika) or of any of the sub-divisions of a clan (essiga, omutuba, olunyiriri). The bataka formerly possessed large areas of land, kuba mutaka (mu kifo), to be an old-timer/ a long-time resident (in a place). Paapa mutaka mu Butuluki. The Pope has already arrived in Turkey, cf. ttaka, takawala.

o- (mu/ba) singer, cf. ^yimba.

o- (mu/mi) group; collection; party, troop; side.

o- (mu/mi) village; newly acquired land; land between two streams or swamps used as a measure of distance, emitala wa..., over, across, on the other side of. emitala w'omugga, across the river, emitala w'amayanja, overseas, abroad, emitala w'eno, on this side, emitala w'eri, on the far side.

o- (mu/ba) propagandist. cf. lyimba, yimbirira.

o- (mu/ba) colloq. terror, something terrible, omuganda w'obulwadde, a terrible disease, omuganda w'enkula, a monstrous rhinoceros.

o- (mu/ba) embezzler; prevaricator, liar. cf. kumpanya.

o- var. of omukalabanda, q.v.

0- (mu/ba) an Indian, cf. Obuyindi.

o-( mu/mi) navel, kusunda mukundi,to go where one is not wanted, kusembeza mukundi, to keep going near where there is food (esp. of hungry children), cf. ekkundi, enkundi, nnamukundi.

o- plur. bannaggwanga or bannamawanga (mu/ba) foreigner. cf. leggwanga.

o- var. of omutattira, q.v.

o- (mu/mi) handle (of a hoe, shovel or spade).

v.i. & tr. appl. 2 be determined/resolved/resolute.

O- (mu/ba) native of Buganda. Omuganda agamba nti... The Muganda says... (a stylized introduction to the telling of a proverb), cf. Obuganda, ^ekiganda, Oluganda.

o- with the -a of rel. stunted, underdeveloped (esp. of animals); tough (of meat), cf. kundugga.

cf. ekibiina.

o- (mu/ba) one who wanders about/ goes from place to place; woman who goes from one man to another; man who goes from one woman to another, cf. talika, matalisi.

o- (mu/ba) a person who is sad/ pccr/miocrablc/irnpuvcitslieu. cf. obuyintke.

o- usually plur. emigandu (mu/mi) trouble, problem, difficulty.

o- (mu/ba) high-ranking chief; high- ranking official; dignitary. cf. ekikungu, kkungu.

o- (mu/ba) one who offers sacrifice; relig. celebrant, one who says mass; arch, executioner, cf. tamba.

o- (mu/mi) kind of tree. Possibly var. o/3omuyanja, q.v.

v.tr. appl. 2 caus. finish completely.

plur. bambega (la) detective; spy. c f. 3iega.

o- (mu/ba) doctor, physician; witch doctor, cf. Iganga.

o- (mu/ba) mourner, one who laments, cf. kungubaga.

o- (mu/mi) [Su>. ] spring; trigger; in the plur. steering wheel, steering device; controls; helm; leadership, looya ajja okuba mu mitambo gy'omusango, the lawyer who will be in charge of the case. Ali mu mitambo. He is in the driver's seat. The direction of the matter is in his hands.

o- (mu/mi) kindof shrub = enkoolimbo, q.v.

adj., ngi.

q.v.

o- (mu/mi) usually in association with another noun worn out; wretched; crippled, omugangatika gw'omusajja, a wretched man; a man who is all skin and bones. Emmotoka yagula mugangatika. He bought an old beaten-up car. cf. gangatika.

o- adv. kutambula mukungujjo, to walk straight ahead without turning right or left; to pass a person without greeting him. cf. kungujja.

o- (mu/ba) dwarf.

o- rarely omutambuzi (mu/ba) walker; pedestrian; traveler; faithless husband; faithless wife. cf. tambula.

o- (mu/mi) carefreeness; abandon, yielding to impulse; disregard (e.g., of danger), cf. yinaayina.