o- adv. on the move; in flight, okufumita obutanga, to spear (an animal) in the open (as opposed to one which is in a trap).

o- (bu/-) sharpness; acuteness (of the senses); fig. sharpness, brightness (of intellect), with the -a of rel. -a yogi, sharp, cf. -yogi, yogiwa.

v. (destroy sight), okuzibya amaaso; (deceive), okulimba, okuseemya.

omuguzi.

nag, urge with troublesome persistence; pursue closely, follow behind.

decay; fester (of an ab- cess); become overripe, become bruised and soft (o f fruit).

o- plur. (ka/bu) small bits of banana in strained juice; bits of sediment/dregs in beer.

o- (bu/-) light; clearness; transparency, cf. tangaala.

o- (bu/-) arson, cf. yokya, yokerera.

okusiba kantuntunu.

okuwuuma, okuvuumira, okuvuuvuuma.

get soft and mushy. cf. -bolu, -bovu, -bolerevu.

o- adv. with nothing; naked. cf. obukuunyegere.

olugendo is implied by -lu-). to be just beginning, to have a long way to go. Tetunnaluba. We are just beginning.

o- (bu/-) poverty, destitution, cf. omwolo.

obuzibe bw'amaaso.

prep, of agent not expressed.

etc.; interrupt.

beekeka neut. forms of ba, q.v.

o- (bu/-) shuttle used for embroidering by hand.

o- (bu/-) arch, wealth, affluence. cf. omwome.

mugoya.

olwenda.

q.v.

flow profusely (of tears, particularly in cases of diseases of the eyes).

thunder (of the sky); rustle, make a rustling/scuffling sound, cf. ekibukutu.

cf. embu- tanta.

o- adv. alone, by oneself. c/. -mu.

okutemya, okutemereza.

olugero.

groan (in intense pain); overflow, flood.

o- adv. unintentionally, accidentally, mu butanwa, iden. cf. ztana.

o- (bu/-) brain, brains, omuwala amulya obwongo, a girl who appeals to him/who is attractive to him, lit. who eats bis brains. Ki ekikulya obwongo? What's eating you? What's troubling you?

essanyueringi.

beerera appl. forms of ba, q.v.

o- adv. like cattle, kugumba bute, to huddle/cluster together like cattle, as a noun obute is the plur. of akate, q.v.' cf. ente.

o- (bu/-) deficiency in a child caused by premature weaning, cf. yosera.

n., e bbavu, e bbambavu, aka tuulituuli.

mbedde) v.tr. help, assist.

mmombye) v.i. flee, escape from custody.

o- adv. quickly.

intensifier which usually occurs after a poss. pron. or adj. own, very own. mikwano gyange bwoya, my own friends.

v.tr., okubambula; be blistered, okubambuka.

omubombl; -ebomboola.

o- plur. (ka/bu) bits and pieces of dried leaves floating in drinking, water/ tea/mubisi, etc.; dregs or sediment in any beverage.

o- (bu/-) peace, obutebenkevu mu by'obufuzi, political stability, cf. tebenkera.

o- plur. of akooya, q.v.

sanyufu, a ssanyu.

o- adv. for cash, for cash on the line.

o- adv. without limit/restriction, to an extreme degree, cf. -eddiza (under ^dda).

e- the initial element of many nouns (or noun phrases). It is composed of the -a of rel. and the pron. concord. It implies a preceding bintu, things, affairs, matters, obusuubuzi, trade; eby'obusuubuzi, trading matters/affairs, okulya, to eat; ebyokulya, food. The singular ekya is used in a similar manner.

vide okuzimba.

o- always plur. (bu/-) scraps of firewood, cf. oluku.

o-: nga buteerere adv. in vain, vainly, without result, to no avail.

v.tr., okuzibikira, okuziyiza. be blocked, okuziyira, okuziba.

mmombose) v.i. roam about, wander, wander about, cf. emmotnboze.

o- adv. without hesitation; straightforwardly; forcefully.

o- neg. inf. of-e sagga, to fan oneself, as adv. without delay, without hesitation; rapidly, quickly.

n. (for drum), omuwulugwa; (for cap) effolooma; (pulley) essirlngi.

all the while, all along; lately; on that occasion; already, conj. all the time that, while. Bakira oli ludda wa? Where were you all the while? Bak ira nkugamba ggwe nga towulira! I kept telling you but you wouldn't listen!

keep (someonej company (a sick person, a child, a person who is lonely). Genda obeesebeese omwana aleme kukaaba. Go and stay with the child so that he doesn't cry.

o- adv. stark naked, cf. obukunya.

o- (bu/-) intelligence, discernment, understanding, cf. tegeera.

e- see ekyafaayo.

omusiru.

waabommwe, waaboo- bwe.

o- (bu/-) deceit; treachery; double-dealing; hypocrisy, cf. kuusa, omukuusa (kuusa).

o- adv. like a trap. Obulwadde bumuwese butego. He is all bent up from illness, cf. tega, omutego.

omusaayi. blood brotherhood, omukago. blood brother, omunywanyi. blood pudding, kafecce.

‘paddy' wagon, lit. they have sent me for you.