o- (mu/ba) relig. one who is saved; with caps, member of an envangeli- cal sect who believes in public testimonials and the experience of being saved. cf. lokola.
o- (mu/ba) one who talks on and on; one who is irrelevant or indiscreet in what he says. cf. lokompoka.
o- (mu/ba) rescuer; relig. Saviour. cf. lokola.
o-: okutunula omulolo, to stare; to to have a dull/glazed look; to look flabbergasted. cf. lolobala.
o- (mu/mi) kind of creeping plant with edible roots.
o- (mu/ba) twin (used only in reference to human beingsj; umbilical cord (esp. of the Kabaka). cf. -longo.
o- (mu/mi) kind of tree which has pale wood.
o- (mu/ba) surgeon, cf. longoosa.
o- (mu/ba) one who has been operated on. cf. longooka, longoosa.
o- (mu/ba) elector, voter, cf. londa.
o- (mu/ba) [fug.] lord (of the British variety).
o- (mu/ba) denouncer; tattletale, one who reveals or exposes (the acts of another), cf. loopa.
n., okubala emirundi.
v.tr., okubala emirundi.
ekibiina, olufulube, enkuyanja, enkuzi.
o- (mu/ba) a priest of the native religion, one who is able to communicate with the lubaales (native deities) and the world of spirits and thereby predict the future and produce other paranormal phenomena. cf. lubaale.
o- (mu/mi) greed, greediness.
o- (mu/mi) hollow; hollowed out area; hole; opening; passage.
o- plur. emiruka (mu/mi) parish, sub-district, administrative unit immediately below the ggombolola. okulyamu omuluka, to become outstanding/distinguished, earn a name for oneself.
v.i. slip away; glide away; fly away; disappear.
see muluka.
o- (mu/mi) carcass of an animal.
o- (mu/mi) greed; great desire/ interest/passion, cf. 2juj8i -lulu.
o- (mu/mi) tall forest tree, with large leaves and brownish-white wood,
o- (mu/mi) iron weed, asterace- OUS shrub, Vernonia amygdalina. Its leaves have a medicinal value.
o- (mu/ba) rear paddler in a canoe, cf. akalumba, ekirumba.
o- (mu/ba) attacker, assailant. cf. lumba, lumbagana.
o- (mu/ba) attacker, assailant; aggressor, cf. lumba.
o- (mu/ba) cupper, bleeder, one who has the occupation of bleeding others. cf. lumika, omwerumisi.
o- (mu/mi) tool heated at one end and used for boring, okussa ku mulumyo, to put (someone) in an agonizing situation. cf. luma.
o- arch., now replaced by omulunzi, q.v.
o- (mu/mi) time, occasion; kind, type, category, mulundi gumu, once, emi- rundi mingi, often, emirundi egimu, sometimes. emirundi, multiplication table, ku mulundi guli, on the last occasion, the last time.
o- (mu/mi) more commonly olulundulirunduli (lu/n) shin, shinbone.
o- (mu/mi) kind of tree from which shields are made.
o- (mu/ba) beautiful/handsome person; good/virtuous person, cf. -lungi, obulungi.
o- (mu/mi) kind of tree, Syzygium guineense and Eugenia guineen- sis. It has pale, heavy wood. cf. akalunginsanvu.
o- (mu/ba) person from the coast; foreigner.
o- (mu/ba) sailor, seaman. cf. ennyanja.
o- (mu/ba) herdsman, shepherd, tender of farm animals, cf. lunda.
o- (mu/ba) weaver, cf. iluka.
o- (mu/mi) white pith of the plantain stem, with the -a of rel. large and bulky, massive, omututumba gw'enjovu, a huge elephant.
o- (mu/ba) a member of the Alur tribe of Northern Uganda.
0- (mu/b)a (a) Roman.
o- (mu/mi) pole used for carrying animals killed by hunters.
o- (mu/mi) large amount, large mass, omuluutu gw'emmere, a large quantity of food.
blue vitriol, bluestone.
O- (mu/ba) glutton.
o- (mu/ba) sick person; patient. cf. Mwala, obulwadde, endwadde.
o- (mu/ba) fighter, one who fights for a goal, omulwanirizi w'eddembe, freedom fighter, cf. Mwana, lwanirira.
o- (mu/ba) fighter, cf. ^lwana.
o- (mu/ba) cunning and deceitf ul person; extortioner, cf. obulyake; lya- kula, omulyakuzi.
o- (mu/ba) cheat, fraud; treacherous person, cf. lyakula; omulyake.
o- see mmamba.
o- plur. emiryango (mu/mi) doorway; in the plur. front of the house; living room.
o- (mu/ba) (person who is a) cheat, fraud, cf. lyazaamaanya.
o- (mu/mi) profitable venture. cf. lva.
o- pr.n. Satan, lit. the Accuser (Revelations, Xll, 9-)- cf. lyolyoma.
be, okumumunyala.
o- also omumanyibwa (mu/ba) acquaintance, a person whom one knows. c f. many a.
o- (mu/ba) princess.
okuvulungutana, okutaavuujana, okubuguuya.
o- (mu/ba) executioner.
o- (mu/ba) dwarf; pigmy.
dark, threatening rain clouds.
o- (mu/ba) wrestler, cf. megga.
o- (mu/ba) breaker, one who breaks, omumenyi w'amateeka, lawbreaker. cf. menya.
o- (mu /ba) [Ereg. ] missionary.
o- (mu/mi) inner throat; windpipe; trachea, omumiro gw'emmere, foodpipe, gullet, okugolola emimiro, to clear the throat, okugogola emimiro, to gargle, okukuba emimiro, to make clicking sounds in the throat to express wonder, amazement, sadness, etc. okuweweeza emimiro, to drink, take a drink. Akasukka omumiro tekabalibwa. (prov.) lit. What has (already) passed the throat (in eating) is not reckoned (as important). The more you have, the more you want. cf. mira, ekimiro.
0- (mu/ba) [Siv-.Ar.] (an) Egyptian.