o- (bu/-) obedience; docility. cf. wulira.

okubaako, okubeerako, okutuukako.

ekifuba; (woman's) ebbeere, q.v.; vide also nnansble, nnamba laala, empottowotto, lukambulizo, ekiwaama; inflamed breast, ebbanyi.

e- (li/ma) [Sw., Ar.] sheet of corrugated iron, tin or other metal used for the roofing or siding of a building.

be announced (of a death). Omufu yabikibwa. The deceased's death was announced.

a former kingdom in Uganda. Obuganda with concords appropriate to nouns of the bu/- class. the entirety of Buganda, Buganda with all of its peoples, resources, etc. cf. -ganda, Oluganda, Omuganda.

o- (bu/-) flour.

mumaaso ga; (of time) edda; also use the “ not yet ” tense.

omukka; be out of b., okufuuwuka, okuwejjawejja.

e- (li/ma) labia majora.

etc.

o- (bu/-) gunpowder; firecracker(s); disease of goats, cf. akaganga.

o- (bu/-) bachelorhood, single state, state of one who has never been married or who is separated from his wife, okuwona obuwuulu, to get married, lit. escape bachelorhood, cf. ^wuula, omu- wuulu.

okukwana na, okubeera, okuyamba.

okussa omukka; b. hard, okuweevuuma, okuwejjawejja, okuteetera; b. irregularly, okuwookeera.

e- no plur. (li/ma) burning smell, smell of burning. Emmere ewunya ebbabe. The food smells burnt, cf. babira.

o- (bu/-) popularity, favoritism; affection; favor, good turn. cf. ganja, omuganzi.

o- (bu/-) deep pit/hole; game pit, trapping pit.

okusaba, okwegayirira; okusabiriza.

sseruwale, empale,

e- (li/ma) draft (of a bill, proposal, plan, etc.); preliminary outline, cf. baga.

e- usually plur. (ki/bi) scaly syphilitic rash on the palms and soles of the feet. cf. kaatawala.

o- (bu/-) joining; adding; addition. cf. gatta.

okuzaala.

emmunduemmenye, empenjule.

e- (li/ma) carpenter's workshop. cf. bajja.

e- usually plur. (ki/bi) beans, peas, etc., in the pod and not yet mature, ebijanjaalo ebito ebikyali ebikagga, tender. young beans.

o- (bu/-) laziness; idleness. Obugayaavu buzaala obunafu. (prov.) Laziness produces weakness, cf. gayaala.

talk nonsense; act foolishly. cf. -buya, obubuyabuya, omubuyabuya.

omusabi, omusabirizi, omupeekerezi, kacoolo.

empewo.

e- also ebbaasa (n/n) L/'U'.J

e- from -kalu, dry, q.v. okutunula ebikalu, to look confused/worried/desperate, okwogera ebikalu, to quarrel.

o- (bu/-) width; breadth; thickness, okugwa obugazi, to fall flat on one's back. cf. -gazi.

hair); be bent/inclined; be on a slant; stoop, slouch; be poured. Olw'obuwanvu atambula abunduka. Because of his height he walks with a slouch. Ebintu ebiggya mu kiseera ekyo byabundu- kiranga kumu mu Buganda. At that time (all sorts of) new things were coming into Buganda at once.

crowd.

a bukodo.

ab'oluganda.

e- see ekikanja.

o- adv. like a ngege fish, kwekyusa bugege, to toss and turn (in bed); to fidget (in one's seat), cf. engege.

incline; pour out; spill; overturn.

o- (bu/-) help, assistance, aid. cf. yamba.

okusooka, okutanula, okutandika, okuyinama, okubanga, okubulula, okukkirira.

okusogola omwenge.

e- (n/n) [Sw>.] bowl.

e- plur. .(ki/bi) waste stalks, waste products of sesame.

o-: mu bugenderevu intentionally, on purpose, cf. genda, genderera.

o- (bu/-) kind of grass growing near lakes, also the plur. of akayanja, small lake. cf. yanja, lakayanja, ennyanja.

oluberyeberye, okusooka, entandikwa.

omusogozi.

e- (li/ma) spot; stain; color; mark, brand; birthmark; type, kind, engo y'ama- bala, a spotted leopard, kuggya muntu mu bbala, to alter/damage the appearance of a person (of disease, extreme poverty, etc.) cf. ebibalabala, akabalabala, ekibala, 4mbala.

rare very tightly.

o- (bu/-) food or drink received by a guest; visiting, kugenda ku bugenyi, to go on a visit, kutta bugenyi, to receive food (of a guest), as an adv. as a visitor. Yajja bugenyi. He came as a visitor. He came visiting, cf. -genyi.

o- (bu/-) bigness; area, size, extent. cf. -nene.

o- (bu/-) eby'obuyeekera, acts of arson/incendiarism; revolutionary activities, cf. yeekera, omuyeekera.

essogolero.

omubiikira.

o- (bu/-) disease of the feet characterized by an itching rash, athlete's foot. cf. ekigere.

mmunze) v.i. ramble, wander around aimlessly. ‘Sifugibwa' afa abunga. (prov.) (He who says) ‘I will not be ruled' dies a vagabond.

o- (bu/-) gray spots (on fowls ).

okusendasenda, okusemya, okulimba.

kata zzamiti,

e- (li/ma) fury, rage, wrath; madness.

cover up; close (a lid, a book), okubikka ku maddu, to restrain one's desires or passions, okubikka ebibiri, to do two things at once, both of which require considerable attention, okubikka emiggo, to give a sound beating to, lit. cover with sticks. Lugaba abadde akyatubisseeko akasubi. God was still protecting us, lit. covering us with a blade of grass.

o- (bu/-) fatness, obesity; plumpness. cf. gejja, -gevvu.

o- (bu/-) education, cf. yiga, yigiriza.

on, kubwa, kulwa.

n., enguzi.

q. v.). Bbalaza, Monday.

bikkibwa (-bikiddwa) v.i. pass. be covered, etc.