o- (bu/-) neg. inf. of %a, q.v. indifference, unconcern; carelessness; laziness.

okuvvoola.

omulimu, emitawaana.

mmwe be nsasudde, you whom I have paid.

o- also bukudumo, o- (bu/-) sediment, dregs (in a liquid), cf. ebikudumo.

o- with the -a of rel. knock-kneed. Wa butagali. He is knock-kneed, cf. tagala.

okwaka, okubuubuuka.

oluyonkante.

draw attention to. Nnawuu- gula mbabagulize. I shouted to draw their attention.

they are. Be babazzi. They are the carpenters.

waabommwe, waaboobwe.

o- (bu/-) expertness, expertise; specialization, cf. -kugu, kuguka, omu- kugu.

o- (bu/-) freehold estates of the clans; ancestral home; place where one was born, home, kugwa butaka, to be fruitless, have no result. Enteesaganya zigudde butaka. The negotiations have fallen through. Ssente zaffe zigudde butaka. Our money has been wasted. cf. ettaka, omutaka.

o- (bu/-) top of the head, crown of the head. cf. tikka, -etikka.

okutukuza.

v., okutayira, okutawaana.

be cce, be mmu, be mmyu, etc. These are listed under the second element.

o- (bu/-) craftiness, slyness, cunningness; cleverness, cf. - kuj jukujju.

o- (bu/-) rust. cf. talagga.

o- (bu/-) roundness; circumference. cf. -etooloola, -etooloovu.

ereere, eru.

adj., amitawaana, nyiikivu; be b., okutawaana, okuse jjera, okutawuka, okwetawula mumirimu, okukabassana.

take on an attractive appearance (esp. of young girls or brides with the added implication that the skin is as fair and healthy as that of a baby).

o- (bu/-) mold; mildew; fungus, omusajja omukadde bukuku, an extremely old man, a man hoary with age. cf. kukula.

o- (bu/-) neg. inf. of-li, not to be. mu butali bugenderevu, unintentionally, mu butali butongole, unofficially.

o- (bu/-) humility, humbleness; meekness, cf. -to, toowala.

okulira, oktikaaba, okubejja gala.

naye; (except) wabula, wazira.

o- adv. like a rhinoceros, kujja bukula, to come with great speed and fury/ violence, cf. ^enkula.

o- (bu/-) stupidity, nonsense. cf. -li, ebitaliimu.

o- (bu/-) independence, self-rule. cf. twala, -etwala.

tr., okulumika; v.i., (at nose) okwerumika, okukanuka.

omubaazi.

or else.

o- (bu/-) leadership. cf. kulembera, omukulembeze.

bend over; squat; crouch; sit. cf. ekibutamu.

o- (bu/-) pride; snobbery; arrogance. cf. wulira, -ewulize.

n., akamogo, obulema, akabi, ekko.

v., okutomera.

bebbula less frequent variations of bembuka, bembula, q.v.

o- (bu/-) kind of tall grass used for thatching and for mashing mbidde.

o- neg. inf. of manya, not to know; ignorance.

o- (bu/-) oath, vow. cf. -eyama.

okutabula, okukologa, okuvuluga.

ekiwojjolo.

etc.

less common var. of babaatala. be flat,-flattened. cf. -bebeetavu.

o- (bu/-) age; importance; greatness; high position, high status; seniority, cf. kula, -kulu.

o- adv. like a wick, kwaka butambi, to be extremely hungry/thirsty, lit. burn like a wick. ; /. olutambi.

o- (bu/-) misery, suffering; poverty, the state of being curled/coiled folded, obwezinge bw'enviiri, the way the hair is curled, cf. zinga, -ezinga.

okuwa omukisa, okusabira omukisa.

amata amasunde.

break off, break open.

o- (bu/) bad smell.

o- (bu/-) travel; pilgrimage; fig. harlotry; unfaithfulness in marriage, Tunning around. ' cf. tambula.

doggedly, kulwana bwezizingirire, to fight bravely without retreating. Enkuba yatonnya bwezizingirire. The rain came whirling down. cf. zizingirira.

omukisa.

ettako, amakudde, obutuuliro.

o- adv. in vain, vainly, unsuccessfully. Kye yava anvaako bukumbu. For that reason he left me empty-handed. He did not get anything from me.

o- (bu/-) intoxication, drunkenness. cf. tamiira.

omuwempe.

eppeese.

crumble; break into pieces.

bojjana (-bojjanye) v.i. recip. peck one another; quarrel with one another. cf. embojjanyi, nnamwebozzi; bojjogola.

o- (bu/-) ownership; authority, jurisdiction.

o- (bu/-) uncertainty, doubt, hesitancy; hesitancy in speech, stuttering. cf. tamattama.

o- (bu/-) right to speak, chance to speak, a ‘voice,' a ‘say.' cf. yogera.

adj., zibe wa maaso; b. in one eye, a ttulu; b. man's buff, kantuntunu.

okugula; b. back, okununula.

o- (bu/-) splash, spray (e.g., ejected from potatoes or cassava which is being peeled, from plantain fiber which is being beaten).