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o- (mu/mi) one who swallows, swallower; glutton. Ekizikiza kiyamba mumizi. (prov.) Darkness helps a greedy eater (because no one is watching). Basisinkanye omumizi n'omuwuwuttanya. (prov.) lit, They have met the glutton and the one who gulps hot food. An irresistible force has met an immovable object, cf. mira.
o- (mu/ba) selfish person, one who gives grudgingly. Kya mummi okiriira ku mwana. (prov.) lit. (The food) of a grudging person, you eat it only through the intercession of (his) child, cf. mma.
o- (mu/ba) [Lot.] monk.
o- (mu/ba) aggressive/determined/bold person; dangerous person.
o- (mu/ba) a short person. Omumpi w'akoma w'akwata. (prov.) lit. Where a short person stops (in height) is where he grasps. A person must work within his limitations, cf. -mpi.
amambulugga.
o- (mu/mi) torch made of reeds. cf. olumuli.
o- (mu/mi) kind of softwood tree, Holoptelia grandis.
to pass wind.
v.i. be silent/ taciturn; be at a loss for something to say; fail to express oneself when one is expected to; be dumbfounded; be incommunicative while maintaining a sheepish or foolish expression.
o- (mu/mi) lip; beak, omumwa gw'ennyindo, nostril, ow'omumwa, quarrelsome person (esp. a husband who quarrels with his wife), okufuna eky'okuzza eri omumwa, to get something to eat, lit. to bring back to the lip. okubega emirawa, to pucker one's lips (as one on the brink of tears or who feels an aversion), okukwata ku mumwa, to be amazed/astonished, kuggya mumwa ku muntu, to stop slandering a person, kuggya mu kintu mumwa, to have eaten enough, be surfeited with food. Omumwa gumuli mu nnyindo. He is very angry, lit. his lip is in his nose. Obunyo- nyi tubukwata mimwa. We wake up early in the morning, lit. the little birds we catch them by the beaks, cf. obumwamwa, akamwa.
o- (mu/mi) coffee tree. cf. emmwanyi.
o- (mu/ba) giggler, one who indulges in persistent and foolish laughter, cf. mwenyereketa. one who gives a shave; arch, barber, cf. mwa.
o- (mu/ba) deputy, one who is second in command; chief of second rank. cf. 2myuka.
o- (mu/mi) the washing of on's hands preparatory to eating. Twakomye ku munaabo. We were disappointed in our expectations. We did not get what we wanted, cf. naaba.
o- ^mu/mi) tower; steeple; minaret; flagpole.
o- numer. (mu/mi) eight, with the -a of rel. eighth, omulundi ogw'omunaana, the eighth time. cf. -naana.
o- also omunaanagize (mu/ba) stutterer, stammerer, cf. naanaagira.
o- (mu/ba) lazy person, cf. naanya.
O- (mu/ba) omunaawuuzi w'entalo, a fomenter/instigator of feuds/ battles/wars. cf. naawuula.
o- also omunazzi (mu/mi) kind of tall hardwood tree, Parinari excels a.
o- also nnabbi (mu/ba) relig. prophet, cf. obunnabbi.
o- with the -a of rel. scarce, few. Lumonde ow'omunaganwa, few sweet potatoes.
o- (mu/mi) cloak, robe, wraparound, cape. cf. nagira.
o- (mu/mi) kind of tree, Alsodeia ilicifolia.
o- (mu/ba) poor person; person in misery/wretchedness; disturbed/troubled person. Omunaku kaama. (prov.) A poor person is a yam (he is neglected but can still manage), cf. -naku, nakuwala, obu- naku, ^ennaku.
o- (mu/mi) [Sm. ] coconut tree. cf. ennazi.
okugaaya, okumeketa.
o- as a noun of limited occurrence inside, interior. Minista w'ensonga rz'c-.ur.da, min iatei of imernai affairs. as an adv. inside, within, cf. enda.
a munsi muno.
o- (mu/mi) rare space, var. of omwangaala, q.v.
0- (mu/ba) Englishman, English person, cf. -ngereza.
o- plur. emyungu (mu/mi) a type of vegetable which resembles squash or cucumbers. It is eaten cooked. Ebiyigibwa yalyanga mungu buteesokoola. He did not have the slightest difficulties with his studies, lit. he ate mungu without having to pick his teeth.
(la) [_Sw. 3 God (used by Muslims).
o- with the -a of rel. insufficient; inadequate; unsatisfactory; few. Ensonga ezireetebwa za munguuba. The reasons given are not satisfactory. Enva zino za munguuba. This sauce is watery.
obugabi.
gabi.
o- with the -a of rel. trivial, unimportant, of no consequence. Enzonga ezo si za muniino. These are not matters to be treated lightly, cf. niina.
o- (mu/ba) poor person, pauper; person without a family, omwana omunku- seere, poor orphan, cf. obunkuseere.
my companion; munno, your companion; munne, his/her companion; munnaffe, our companion; munnammwe, your companion; munnaabwe, their companion; bannange, my companions, etc. cf. kinna-, Munno.
(la) Munnabuddu, a native of Buddu. Munnakyaggwe, a native of Kyaggwe.
o- var. of omunabbi, q.v.
o- (mu/ba) nun. cf. omu- biikira.
o- plur. bannaggwanga or bannamawanga (mu/ba) foreigner. cf. leggwanga.
cf. ekibiina.
o- (mu/ba) dwarf.
also nnakyewa (mu/ba) volunteer.
cf. olukoola.
o- (mu/ba) foreigner. See munnaggwanga.
o- (mu/ba) successful person; lucky person, cf. omukisa.
o- (mu/mi) kind of maize/corn with large kernels which is used for making flour.
o- (mu/ba) hypocrite, cf. fuuka, fuusa, -nnanfuusi.
o- (mu/mi) sweet potato, cf. ekinnanga.
o- (mu/ba) native (of a country); citizen, cf. nsi.
0- (mu/ba) in the plur. the first Arabs to come to Buganda; current usage person with bad manners, uncultured person.
o- (mu/mi) hole in the wall of a goat pen through which dung is removed.
o- also munnyo, o- (mu/mi) salt, omunnyu ogw'ensero, salt which is white and crumbly, omunnyu mawewule, salt which is very fine and white, omunnyu kabumba, brownish salt, omunnyu gw'olu- kalabule, salt which has a very strong taste, omunnyu gwa magadi, salt which occurs in large chunks, omunnyu gwa kisula, salt characterized by fairly large lumps. Omunnyu gwa biswazzi. The salt is insufficient. There is not enough salt. cf. olunnyu, olunnyunnyu, otunnyu.
o- (mu/mi) bad habit, okuggya eminoko, to criticize.
o- (mu/ba) researcher, investigator. cf. noonya, noonyereza.
o- (mu/ba) seeker, omunoonyi w'obubudamo, refugee, cf. noonya, budama.
o- (mu/ba) person, human being, man; in the plur. abantu people, omuntu obuntu, an ordinary person, the average person, a mere mortal, mu bifo by'abantu bonna, in public places. Bantu mannyo ga mpisi, gaseka kungulu, nga munda mu- limu bussi. (prov.) People are like the teeth of hyenas which outwardly are laughing, but on the inside are filled with murder, cf. obuntu.
o- (mu/mi) the middle part of the upper lip.
food of every type, mu ngeri eno, in this way. mu ngeri y'emu, in the same way. ngeri is extensively used in the formation of phrases corresponding to English adverbs, mu ngeri ey'okusaaga, jokingly, in a joking way. mu ngeri ey'amaanyi, forcefully, with great force.
o- (mu/ba) well-bred person; humane person, omusajja omuntumulamu, a gentleman in every sense of the word. cf. obuntubulamu, kintukiramu.
0- (mu/ba) (a) Nubian.
o- (mu/ba) rescuer; liberator; relig. Redeemer, Saviour. cf• nunula.
o- (mu/mi) normally linked with another noun by the -a of rel. one, a single (one), unit, omunwe gwa lumonde, a sweet potato, eminwe gy'amatooke, several plantains, cf. olunwe.
o- (mu/mi) lizard, kusindikira munya mu ssubi, to tell a person to do something he wants to do anyway, lit. to push a lizard into the grass, cf. ekinya.
o- (mu/mi) first bananas of a young plant; kind of small fish resembling a sprat, cf. -nyaala, akanyaala.
o- also omunyaganyaga (mu/ba) uncouth person; boor. cf. ekinyaganyaga.