o- (mu/mi) sizable amount, considerable sum. omuvangata gw'ensimbi, a considerable amount of money, cf. akavanga- ta.

o- (mu/ba) fisherman, cf. vuba.

o- (mu/mi) bellows (instrument used by a blacksmith).

kind of Jong plantain.

o- (mu/ba) youth, young man; young person, cf. vubuka.

o- (mu/ba) driver; paddler; oarsman, omuvuga w'ennyonyi, airplane pilot. cf. ^vuga, omuvuzi.

o- (mu/ba) rival; competitor. c f. Ivuga, vuganya.

o- (mu/mi) iroko, a kind of very large timber tree the wood of which is highly resistant to termite attack and often used as a substitute for teak, Chlorophora excelsa.

o- adv. at random, in a mixed- up/unplanned way. Ennyumba enzungu tezi- zimbibwa muvuluugiriro. European houses are not built in an unplanned fashion.

o- (mu/mi) gown, robe, long dress/ garment.

0- (mu/ba) a native of Buvuma Island.

o- (mu/mi) bunch; cluster, cf. ekivumbo.

o- (mu/ba) inventor; discoverer; explorer, cf. vumbula.

o- see -vundu.

o- (mu/ba) arch, paddler in the middle of a canoe.

o- with the -a of rel. young, immature (of bananas, plantains).

o- (mu/mi) confusion, mess. cf. vuya.

o- (mu/ba) driver, cf. ^vuga, omuvuga.

o- (mu/ba) blasphemer, cf. vvoola.

o- (mu/ba) interpreter; translator. cf. wuunula.

o- (mu/ba) accuser; leg. plaintiff, complainant; prosecutor, cf. waaba.

o- more commonly omuwawaa- birwa (mu/ba) defendant, one charged/accused. cf. waaba.

o- also omuwaanirizi (mu/ba) one who engages in constant flattery. cf. waana.

o- (mu/mi) space, room; opening; gap, breach; (mountain) pass.

o- (mu/mi) kind of savannah tree, Acacia sieberiana,

adv. in a panic; with great haste.

o- (mu/ba) one who makes accusations, slanderer, c.f. waayira waayiriza.

o- usually in the plur. (mu/mi) dispersion. okubuna emiwabo, to scatter in all directions, cf. waba.

o- (mu/ba) poisoner; witch, lit. a-give-poison. Avanjaza amagalo ng'omu- wabutwa. He is handling things with his dirty fingers, cf. wa, obutwa.

o- (mu/ba) Muslim, cf. wadimuka.

o- (mu/mi) incense tree, Canarium schweinfurthii. The fruit is called empafu, q. v.

o- (mu/ba) supporter, backer, adherent. cf. lwaga, wagira.

August- September, lit. the month of the struggle (between the rain and the sun), cf. wakana.

o- (mu/ba) disputant; contender, competitor; adversary; one who protests, protester, cf. wakana.

o- (mu/mi) faggot, bundle (of firewood). cf. akawakata.

o- (mu/ba) provocative person, one who starts fights, abawakuzi b'entalo, warmongers. cf. wakula.

o- (mu/ba) girl; without the I.V. daughter, cf. -wala, obuwala, eggwala, akawala, oluwala.

0- (mu/ba) (an) Arab. cf. Oluwalabu.

o- (mu/ba) tomboy; amazon; corpulent person; giant, cf. omuwala, -iume.

o- (mu/ba) attractive, well- developed teen-age girl.

o- (mu/ba) persecutor, harasser, tormentor, cf. walana.

o- (mu/ba) [_Sw.,Ar.^ teacher; Muslim teacher; a title of respect given to men of learning or distinction.

o- (mu/ba) prisoner, captive. c f. wamba.

o- (mu/ba) one who captures, captor; one who confiscates; one who asks a merchant to reserve an item which will be paid for and claimed at a later date. Omu- wambi si muguzi. (prov.) One who has an article set aside is not necessarily the one who buys it. cf. wamba.

o- (mu/mi) trail made in the grass by an animal.

o- (mu/mi) handle of a shield.

o- (mu/mi) booty taken in war. cf. wamba.

o- (mu/ba) writer; secretary; scribe, clerk, omuwandiisi w'amawulire. reporter, journalist, cf. wandiika.

pr.n. the name of a lubaale.

o- (mu/ba) conqueror, victor; winner, cf. ^wanguka, wangula.

o- (mu/ba) treasurer; arch. steward, cf. wanika.

o- (mu/mi) acacia-like shrub or tree, Dichrostachys glomerata.

o- (mu/ba) exile; one who has been banished from his country; wanderer; nomad; vagabond, cf. waŋŋanguka.

o- (mu/ba) schemer; crafty/conniving person. cf. watanya.

o- (mu/ba) leg. defendant, one who is charged/accused, cf. waaba.

o- (mu/mi) kind of tree, Ficus exasperata. cf. wawula, oluwawu.

o- (mu/ba) tanner, one who tans hides; one who planes boards, cf. 2 Wala.

o- (mu/mi) track of a wild animal.

o- (mu/ba) one who serves, servant; attendant; waiter; waitress, cf. ^wa, weereza.

o- (mu/ba) worker in metal, smith, blacksmith, cf. ^weesa.

o- (mu/ba) poor person; common man, ordinary person, cf. obuwejjere.

o- (mu/mi) sorghum or millet used for making beer. cf. akawemba.

o- (mu/mi) okumwa omuwempe, to shave the hair completely off of the head.

o- (mu/ba) shameless person, one who acts shamelessly, cf. -wemu, wemuka, obuwemu.

o- (mu/mi) number; price; value; sum. amayinja ag'omuwendo, precious stones.

o- (mu/ba) infant, newborn child. cf. 2obuwere, nnakawere.

o- (mu/mi) kind of tree with medicinal properties, cf. ekiwo.

o- (mu/mi) rare passion, predilection, avidity.

o- (mu/mi) partial opening (esp. indoor). as adv. ajar, slightly open. Nnasuuliza eriiso mu muwogo ogwali mu luggi. I cast a glance through the slight opening in the door. cf. omwogo.

cf. mawogo.