o- with the -a of rel. scarce; very few; insufficient. Abayindi ab'omu- swaba, a very small number of Indians.

o- (mu^ni) = omugwabi hookah, pipe for smoking hemp.

o- (mu/mi) [Su).,/lr. J a piece of twig used for cleaning the teeth; toothbrush.

o- (mu/mi) with the -a of rel. wild, intractable, omuswaswaggule gw'omusajja, a ruffian.

0- (mu/ba) a Swahili.

o- (mu/mi) wrinkle/line on the forehead (often of a temporary character, re-

(mu/ba) close friend.

o- (mu/ba) warrior; fighter, combatant. cf. tabaala.

o- (mu/ba) one who reconciles, mediator, cf. Itaba, tabaganya.

o- (mu/ba) agitator, cf. tabangula.

(mu/ba) son.

o- (mu/ba) omutabufu w'obwongo, lit. one whose brain is mixed up, mentally disturbed/insane person, cf. tabuka.

o- (mu/ba) mixer; troublemaker, omutabuzi w'eddagala, pharmacist, druggist. cf. tabula.

o- (mu/ba) head of a clan (ekika) or of any of the sub-divisions of a clan (essiga, omutuba, olunyiriri). The bataka formerly possessed large areas of land, kuba mutaka (mu kifo), to be an old-timer/ a long-time resident (in a place). Paapa mutaka mu Butuluki. The Pope has already arrived in Turkey, cf. ttaka, takawala.

o- (mu/mi) village; newly acquired land; land between two streams or swamps used as a measure of distance, emitala wa..., over, across, on the other side of. emitala w'omugga, across the river, emitala w'amayanja, overseas, abroad, emitala w'eno, on this side, emitala w'eri, on the far side.

o- var. of omukalabanda, q.v.

o- var. of omutattira, q.v.

o- (mu/ba) one who wanders about/ goes from place to place; woman who goes from one man to another; man who goes from one woman to another, cf. talika, matalisi.

o- (mu/ba) one who offers sacrifice; relig. celebrant, one who says mass; arch, executioner, cf. tamba.

o- (mu/mi) [Su>. ] spring; trigger; in the plur. steering wheel, steering device; controls; helm; leadership, looya ajja okuba mu mitambo gy'omusango, the lawyer who will be in charge of the case. Ali mu mitambo. He is in the driver's seat. The direction of the matter is in his hands.

o- rarely omutambuzi (mu/ba) walker; pedestrian; traveler; faithless husband; faithless wife. cf. tambula.

o- (mu/ba) drunkard. Omutamiivu tabaaga mbwa. (prov.) A drunkard does not kill a dog (thus violating a taboo). Even a drunkard has moments of lucidity and truth, cf. tamiira.

o- (mu/mi) strip of cloth; measurement of length, the distance covered by the two arms when fully stretched out. emitanda gy'embugo, strips of barkcloth.

0- (mu/ba) a title of the Kabaka.

o- (mu/ba) founder, originator. cf. tandika.

o- (mu/mi) fine, sum imposed as punishment for an offense; arch, propitiatory offering, cf. tanga.

o- (mu/ba) \_Eng.~] interpreter. cf. taputa.

o- (mu/mi) chicken, lit. the one which does not cut (its) nails, cf. sala, olwala.

o- (mu/ba) [Lunyoro] spy, scout. c f. tata.

o- (mu/mi) tall, lanky person. Usually in association with another noun, with or without the -a of rel. abasajja emitattira, tall, lanky men. omutattira gw'omusajja, a tall, lanky man.

o- (mu/mi) trouble, difficulty; problem; preoccupation; chore. Alina emitawaana mingi. He is very busy. cf. tawaana.

o- (mu/mi) large laddie used to scoop up beer from the vat.

o- (mu/mi) iron/steel bar; in the plur. bars; bars (of a jail).

o- (mu/ba) a circumcised person. cf. tayirira (under tawa).

o- (mu/ba) nagger, pesterer; importunate person; one who circumcises. cf. tawa, tayirira.

o- (mu/ba) one who has been released/ freed (from prison, captivity, etc.). cf. ta.

o- (mu/ba) chair-bearer. cf. entebe.

o- (mu/ba) marksman; shooter; one who shoots for a goal (in football), cf. teeba.

o- (mu/mi) hex, evil spell. cf. Iteega.

o- (mu/mi) heap, pile. cf. ^teeka.

o- (mu/mi) trouble, difficulty; chore, daily task; problem. Gyebale emi- teeru. Gyebale emirimu. Thank you for the work you are doing. (These phrases are used almost in the nature of a greeting.)

pr.n. the name of two former Ka- bakas; he title of the chief of Mawogola County (Ssaza). cf. lteesa.

o- (mu/ba) one who consults/confers, conferee; councillor, cf. ^teesa.

o- (mu/ba) master of ceremonies; planner, organizer, omuteesi- teesi w'embaga, one who is in charge of arrangements for a wedding, cf. ^teeka, teekateeka.

o- (mu/mi) kind of tree from which knife handles are made, Allophylus sub- coriac eus.

o- with the -a of rel. expansive, extensive, omuteeteema gw'ekyalo, an extensive village.

o- (mu/ba) constant talker, omu- teetuzi w'olugambo, gossip, gossiper. cf. teetula.

o- (mu/ba) one who lies in ambush, one who ambushes; one who is offside in football, cf. Iteega.

o- (mu/mi) headache (in the forehead); migraine headache, omutwe omu- teezi, iden.

o- (mu/ba) arranger, one who makes arrangements, cf. tegeka.

o- trap; bow; fig. trap, snare, pitfall. Akateeyanira ke kafa omutego. (prov.) lit. (The little animal) which does not cry out dies in the trap. Survival is granted only to those who fight for it. cf. tega, obutego.

o- no plur. (mu/mi) hunger, lit. (that which) cuts slowly, cf. tema, mpola.

o- (mu/ba) [Su>. 3 hawker, itinerant merchant, peddler, cf. tembeeya.

o- (mu/mi) twine net for carrying small water pots or milk pots; fig. spider's web.

o- also omutemuzi (mu/ba) assassin; murderer, killer; armed criminal, criminal with murderous intent, cf. temula.

o- (mu/mi) allocation; allotment of money; assessment; apportionment. cf. tema. step, degree (in a process or development), emitala n'emitendera, everywhere, all over.

o- (mu/ba) instructor, cf. ^tendeka.

o- (mu/ba) weakling, weak person (either physically weak or deficient in will or character). Mukasa si mutene. Mukasa is not a weak person, cf. -tene.

o- (mu/ba) one who plays the ntenga, a type of drum, q.v.

o- (mu/mi) starchy food (such as bananas, sweet potatoes, cassava, etc.) which is chopped into small pieces and dried for future use. It was consumed during times of famine, mutere wa lumonde, potato(es) cut into thin slices and dried in the sun. cf. kasodde.

o- (mu/ba) prince of high rank who was a potential candidate for the Kabakaship.

o- (mu/ba) formerly the title of the chief who supervised older men who guarded the area in the rear of the palace and cared for the plantain gardens of the Kabaka's womenfolk.

o- (mu/mi) ciit banana/plantain stem. cf. ekiteteme.

o- (mu/mi) layer immediately under the bark of a barkcloth tree.

o- (mu/ba) omutezi w'obusolo, trapper (of animals), cf. tega.

o- (mu/mi) tree; wood, piece of wood; fig. child, young ‘sprout.' ekijiiko eky'omu- ti, a wooden spoon, omuti gw'essimu, telephone pole, emiti egya zaabu, gold bars, emiti gy'ettaala, light poles (in the streets), emiti okuwanikibwa ettawulo, towel racks. Emiti emito gye giggumiza ekibira. (prov.I The young people are the hope of the future, lit. young trees strengthen the forest, cf. akati, lekiti, oluti, olu- titti.

o- more frequently spelled omutyi,^.f.

o- (mu/mi) [S«'.,^r.] fig tree. cf. ettiini.

o- (mu/mi) abundance, large amount, omutiiti gw'ensimbi, a great deal of money.

o- (mu/ba) timid/scary person; coward, cf. tiitiira.