adv., nnyo, nnyo nnyini.
o- (mu/ba) stingy/parsimonious/ frugal person, cf. ganira, ganiriza.
o- (mu/ba) harvester, reaper; deserter, absconder; bringer of bad luck. cf. kungula.
also nnakyewa (mu/ba) volunteer.
o- (mu/ba) drunkard. Omutamiivu tabaaga mbwa. (prov.) A drunkard does not kill a dog (thus violating a taboo). Even a drunkard has moments of lucidity and truth, cf. tamiira.
o- (mu/ba) lit. one who is able, one who is capable. Katonda omuyinza wa byonna, God Almighty, cf. yina, obuyinza.
amasanda.
o- (mu/mi) swarming (of termites); period/time when termites or grasshoppers swarm in great abundance, cf. eggana, olugana.
o- (mu/tai) kind of tree, Ficus enaphalncarnn^ Fiscus trzckyphylla, producing edible figs.
cf. olukoola.
o- (mu/mi) strip of cloth; measurement of length, the distance covered by the two arms when fully stretched out. emitanda gy'embugo, strips of barkcloth.
o- (mu/mi) kind of tree which produces red blossoms and has hook-like thorns on the trunk and branches, cf. ekiyirikiti.
empitambi, e ttaka.
Ar.[\ prostitute, harlot, cf. obwamalaaya.
n. part of Luzira Central Prison where hardened criminals are confined; as a common noun solitary confinement.
o- (mu/mi) profit, benefit, advantage, use. cf. ganyula.
o- (mu/ba) editor (of a newspaper or periodical); collector, cf. kuŋŋaana, kuŋŋaanya.
0- (mu/ba) a title of the Kabaka.
o- (mu/ba) passer-by. cf. 2yita.
o- (mu/ba) favorite, favorite person; sweetheart, lover, darling, cf. ganja, Ssaabaganzi.
o- (mu/ba) cheater, cheat, fraud, cf. kupaakupanya.
o- (mu/ba) foreigner. See munnaggwanga.
o- (mu/ba) founder, originator. cf. tandika.
0- les frequent var. of Musiraamu (mu/ba) Muslim, Moslem.
ettosi, ebitosi, ekisooto, ebitoomi.
o- (mu/mi) use, profit; advantage. with the -a of rel. profitable, advantageous. c f. gasa.
o- (mu/mi) kind of tree the bark of which is used for making rope. cf. olukusakusa.
o- (mu/mi) fine, sum imposed as punishment for an offense; arch, propitiatory offering, cf. tanga.
0- (mu/ba) an Italian.
emmale.
o- (mu/ba) mediator, cf. gatta.
o- less common var. of omu- nkuseere, q. v.
o- (mu/ba) successful person; lucky person, cf. omukisa.
o- (mu/ba) \_Eng.~] interpreter. cf. taputa.
o- (mu/ba) educated person, learned person, cf. yiga, omuyizi.
ekipampagalu.
o- (mu/mi) kind of tall forest tree, Uapaca guineensis.
o- (mu/mi) kind of maize/corn with large kernels which is used for making flour.
o- (mu/mi) chicken, lit. the one which does not cut (its) nails, cf. sala, olwala.
o- (mu/ba) learner, student, pupil. cf. yiga.
n., vide kintabuli, ensanso.
o- (mu/mi) kind of small bush the roots of which are chewed raw.
o- (mu/mi) kind of fig tree.
o- (mu/ba) hypocrite, cf. fuuka, fuusa, -nnanfuusi.
o- (mu/ba) [Lunyoro] spy, scout. c f. tata.
v.tr., okutabulatabula, okuvuluga, okuvulunga.
o- also mugayizi (mu/ba) scornful/ contemptuous person, cf. gaya, gayira.
o- (mu/mi) strait; canal; channel; trench, drain.
o- (mu/mi) sweet potato, cf. ekinnanga.
o- (mu/mi) tall, lanky person. Usually in association with another noun, with or without the -a of rel. abasajja emitattira, tall, lanky men. omutattira gw'omusajja, a tall, lanky man.
o- (mu/mi) person suffering from gonorrhea, cf. enjoka.
v.i., be in a m., okuvvunkana, okwemakula, okwetabika.
o- (mu/mi) headband worn by warriors; wreath; ribbon; band supporting the veil of a bride, cf. oluge.
o- (mu/ba) omukuufu w'amannyo, someone who has lost some or all of his teeth, cf. kuuka.
o- (mu/mi) trouble, difficulty; problem; preoccupation; chore. Alina emitawaana mingi. He is very busy. cf. tawaana.
0- (mu/ba) a Greek, cf. Obu- yonaani.
ebitosi.
o- (mu/mi) corpulence, fatness. cf- gejja.
o- (mu/mi) [Sw. ] chain, omu- kuufu gw'essaawa, watch chain, omukuufu gw'ebisumuluzo, key chain.
o- (mu/ba) native (of a country); citizen, cf. nsi.
o- (mu/mi) large laddie used to scoop up beer from the vat.
o- (mu/mi) lace; braid; girdle. cf. yonda.
plur. bamaleeto (la) mulatto.
who was the ‘Katikkiro of the Dead,' and governed Busiro [County].” (J. Roscoe)
o- (mu/ba) guard; guardian, omu- kuumi w'ekiro, night watchman, cf. Ikuuma.
o- (mu/mi) iron/steel bar; in the plur. bars; bars (of a jail).
o- (nrn/mil burned-out remains, charred remains, cf. ekiyonga.
n., ekikompe.
o- (mu/mi) rifle; shotgun.