o- (mu/mi) forest-edge tree, from 40 to 50 feet, with drooping foliage, Sapiurn el- lipticum. The wood is hard and is used for making anvils for beating barkcloth and also for making charcoal.

o- also omusaserdooti, omu- sosodooti (mu/ba) [Fr.,Lat. ] Catholic priest.

o- (mu/ba) one who goes to forage for food, one who travels about to obtain food either by purchase or in exchange for services.' omusasi w'amawulire, newspaper reporter, one who ferrets out news, omusasi w'ejinambo, gossip, gossiper. cf. saka.

o- (mu/ba) doctor, physician, omusawo w'amannyo, dentist, omusawo w'obwongo, psychiatrist, omusawo w'ebisolo, veterinary, veterinarian, cf. sawula, ensawo.

o- (mu/ba) rare one who heals, healer; doctor, cf. sawula.

o- (mu/ba) one who cuts, omusazi w'ensawo, pickpocket, omusazi w'empaka, judge of a contest/competition, omusazi w'emisango, judge, court judge, omusazi w'enviiri, barber, omusazi w'ebigambo, one who makes false accusations, abasazi b'eddiiro, members of the legislature who join the other party {lit. crossers of the floor). omusazi w'omupiira, referee of a ball game. cf. sal a.

o- (mu/ba) beater, one who drives game animals out of hiding; recruiter, cf. sagga; omusagguzi,

ekinywa, nnawolovu, ekivu, nayiga, entumbugulu, omufumbi.

a maanyi; be m., okugubira, okunyuntuka.

v., okufumiitiriza.

o- (mu/ba) arch, a woman who travels with the Kabaka, a chief or her husband on military expeditions or on a long journey, cf. sebeya.

o- (mu/ba) dissolute/profligate/ shameless person, cf. -seegu, seeguka.

o- also omuseemya (mu/ba) seducer, tempter, cf. seemya.

o- (mu/mi) kind of very tall tree, Podo or East African yellowwood, Podo- carpus gracilior and Podoc arpus milanjianus.

o- (mu/mi) period from November to December when the nseenene (type of grasshoppers) appear.

o- (mu/mi) full-grown chicken which has not yet produced eggs. cf. enseera.

o- (mu/mi) kind of tree, Rhus natalensis.

o- (mu/mi) plain; plateau; level area, with the -a of rel. flat, level. Ensi yali ya museetwe. The country was flat/ level, cf. seeteera. charges, one who sells at exorbitant prices; swindler, cf. ^seera.

o- (mu/mi) wild dog; wolf, with the -a of rel. wild, unruly; fierce, emisege gy'abaana, wild, bad-mannered children, emisege gy'agabwa, huge, fierce-looking dogs.

o- = omusege, q.v.

o- (mu/mi) kind of long drum.

o- (mu/mi) swarm of lice. cf. ensekere.

o- (mu/mi) large load/bundle of firewood, omusekese gw'enju, a long house, cf. sekesa, olusekese.

o- (mu/mi) wooden pestle, cf. sekula.

o- (mu/mi) giant swamp rat.

o- (mu/ba) brewer, cf. sena, essenerG.

o- (mu/ba) one who has moved away/emigrated, cf. ^senga, senguka.

o- (mu/mi) sand.

o- (mu/ba) tenant; temporary resident; newcomer, recent inhabitant; emigrant; new member; servant. Basenze were originally people who lived on the private lands of a chief for whom they worked or fought in exchange for the land which they tenanted, cf. Isenga.

o- (mu/mi) full serving, full portion, emisera ebiri egy'omwenge, two glasses of beer full to the brim, as an adv. brimful, to the brim. Endeku yali ejjudde musera be ddu. The gourd was full right up to the brim. cf. lensera.

o- (mu/mi) flat rump, emmotoka ey'omuserebende, sedan, saloon car.

o- = museegu, q.v.

o- (mu/ba) thatcher; roofer, one who constructs a roof for a house, cf. sereka.

o- (mu/ba) [_Sw. ,Ar.~] soldier.

o- (mu/ba) of the SseseIslands.

o- (mu/ba) war veteran. The Ugandans who took part in World War 2 belonged to the 7th Army. The number ‘seven' used to appear on the sleeves of their uniforms, cf. sevena.

o- (mu/ba) one who practices a form of black magic characterized by wild dancing, raising the bodies of the newly-dead and eating portions thereof. These activities occur at night, cf. sera, obusezi.

akatiko, akasukusuku, ggudu, kigulumusu, kinyulwa, empeefu, mmusukundu, nsununwa.

o- (mu/ba) one who grinds grain, miller, cf. sa.

o- (mu/ba) prisoner, cf. siba.

o- (mu/ba) lit. one who ties, omu- sibi w'abagole, bride dresser, one whose occupation is making wedding clothes for brides, cf. siba.

o- (mu/ba) policeman. cf. siba, ebbwa.

e ddoboozi ly'ennanga.

o- (mu/ba) assistant, deputy. cf. sigira, obusigire.

o- also omusiguze (mu/ba) one who entices another away from the path of duty or virtue, tempter; seducer; adulterer. cf. sigula.

o- (mu/ba) boy or girl serving as a page in the palace of the Kabaka. cf. 2siiga.

o- (mu/ba) one who stires up trouble, troublemaker. Oli musiikuuzi wa nkukunyi. You are trying to cause trouble. cf. siikuula.

o- (mu/mi) kind of shrub which bears hard red seeds (nsiiti). cf. ^siita, olusiiti ensiiti

o- (mu/ba) painter, omusiizi w'ebi- faananyi, painter (of pictures), artist, omusiizi w'ennyumba, house painter. cf. Isiiga.

o- (mu/ba) heir; successor. cf. Isika.

o- with the -a of rel. straight, direct; vertical; precipitous, olukoloboze olw'omusimbalaala, a straight/vertical line.

o- (mu/mi) large amount of money. cf. ehsimbi.

o- (mu/ba) epileptic, person with epilepsy, cf. ensimbu.

o- (mu/ba) digger, excavator.

o- (mu/mi) the type of noise produced by the tramping of feet, the firing of a gun, the detonation of explosives; thumping; (the sound of) footsteps, emi- sinde is also used as an adverb with the meaning very fast, at great speed, okuta emisinde, okudduka emisinde, okusiikuula emisinde, okutyekula emisinde, all of which mean to move at a great speed. cf. leki sinde.

o- (mu/mi) pig iron. Tukyakuba r misinga. We are just starting.

o- (mu/mi) foundation (of a house); f fig' foundation, basis, ejjinja ly'omusingi, cornerstone, okutema omusingi, to lay the foundation.

o- (mu/mi) pledge, something given as security; deposit, down payment; guarantee; hostage, cf. 2 singa.

o- (mu/mi) clitoris.

0- (mu/ba) Muslim, Moslem. cf. siramuka.

o- (mu/mi) cultivated field, cultivated plot, garden.

o- (mu/ba) quiet/taciturn person. cf. sirika.

o- also omusirusiru (mu/ba) fool, foolish/silly person, cf. -siru, siriwala, obusiru, kasiru.

cf. sisiwala.

o- (mu/mi) skewer (usually made of wood) used for roasting or storing meat.

o- (mu/mi) [Sw.] ruled line.

o- with the -a of rel. tall, of good build, evvubuka ery'omusituka, a big strapping youth, cf. situka.

o- (mu/mi) pole used for raising j the frame of a house, cf. situla.

o- (mu/mi) artery; vein. cf.(

o- (mu/mi) kind of timber tree, Maesopis eminii.