o- (mu/ba) advocate, lawyer; intercessor, relig. patron, patron saint. cf. Iwoza, wolereza.

o- (mu/ba) tax collector; bibl. publican. cf. wooza.

o- with the -a of rel. partially dried. Ekyennyanja kya muwotokwa. The fish is partially dried, cf. wotoka.

o- (mu/ba) one who shouts/ yells, cf. wowoggana.

o- (mu/mi) hollow, hollowed- out area.

o- (mu/ba) pleader (in a legal case). omuwozi w'omusango, pleader of a case, lawyer, cf. ^woza.

o- (mu/ba) lender, cf. 2wola.

o- (mu/ba) (a) deaf-mute; dumb/ stupid person.

o- (mu/ba) idiot, stupid person.

o- (mu/ba) absentminded/inat- tentive/careless person.

o- (mu/mi) nut; kernel, core; piece of boneless meat. Adidde ggi kwesubya muwula. (prov.) He has eaten the egg and missed the meat (of the chicken). He prefers small present advantages to large future gains.

o- (mu/mi) emptiness, hollow. Ennyumba yonna baagireka muwulenge. They left the whole house empty. Oyo omwana muwulenge mwereere. That child is empty-headed.

o- (mu/mi) opening, aperture; channel, cf. empuliru.

o- (mu/mi) hollow; gap; cave.

o- (mu/mi) group; in the plur. groups; volley, shots, emiwululu gy'abaana,' groups of children, emiwululu gy'obubundu obutono, shots from small arms.

o- (mu/mi) mound, heap, mass (esp. of matooke and other food); large quantity of food placed in a banana leaf for cooking. Kino kyandibadde kuva ku muwumbo n'odda ku kitole. This would be preferring a crumb to the loaf. cf. ^wumba.

o- (mu/mi) goad; spike (e.g., at the end of a pole, used for killing mmale fish).

o- (mu/ba) one who ferries over, ferryman, cf. wungula.

o- (mu/mi) watery/inedible/old potato; fig. stupid person, cf. wutta, emputta.

o- (mu/mi) with the -a of rel. swollen, bloated (from pathological causes), omuwuulo gw'okugulu, a swollen, bloated leg.

o* (mu/ba) bachelor; widower; man who is separated from his wife. cf. ^wuula, obuwuulu.

o- (mu/ba) hunter who is second to 3 spear a hunted animal, cf. 2wuula.

o- less commonly omuwuuya (mu/ba) abductor, cf. wuuya.

o- (mu/ba) swimmer, cf. ^-wuga.

o- (mu/mi) kind of fishing basket with which to trap fish. Ssemuto w'attira eggege w'azza omuya. (prov.) The youth brings back his fishing basket to the place where he caught a large ngege (type of fish).

o- (mu/ba) new tenant; new arrival; newcomer.

o- (mu/mi) kind of wild cat which is somewhat larger than a house cat. cf. akayaayu.

o- rarely plur. (mu/mi) storm, tempest (over a body of water); typhoon. cf. kibuyaga.

o- (mu/ba) smoker of bhang/lndian hemp; user of narcotics, cf. enjaga.

o- (mu/mi) plant which produces njagi fruit, q.v.

o- (mu/ba) hungry person; starving person, cf. oluyala, lenjala.

O- (mu/mi) file. See the var. omwamba.

o- (mu/ba) helper, assistant. cf. yamba.

o- (mu/ba) The members of the Heart Clan (Ekika ky'Omutima) are sometimes called Abayanja. It is thought that they came originally from the Ssese Islands. cf. ennyanja.

o- (mu/mi) kind of very tall forest tree, Symphonia gabonensis macrantha.

o- (mu/mi) kind of tree. cf. ejjebe.

o- also omuyeekezi (mu/ba) incendiary, arsonist; revolutionary, rebel. cf. yeekera, obuyeekera.

o- (mu/mi) swarm (of insects); line (of people).

o- (mu/mi) edge, border, side, rim, brink.

o- (mu/mi) mango tree; mango. cf. 2 ejjembe.

o- (mu/mi) kind of tree (Busoga), Croton macroslaachys.

o- (mu/ba) extremely sick person. Omulwadde muyi. The patient is extremely sick/ls in a critical condition.

o- (mu/mi) hunt, hunting expedition; prey, spoil, fruit of the hunt; quarry, cf. yigga

o- (mu/l>a) teacher; teacher of religion, cf. yiga, yigiriza.

o- (mu/ba) lit. one who is taught; disciple, follower (of a religious leader), cf. yiga, vigiriza.

o- (mu/mi) fire, conflagration. c.f. ggya.

o- (mu/mi) omuyiiro gw'omwenge, new batch of beer; quantity of beer brewed at one time. cf. ^ggya, yiisa.

o- (mu/ba) one who makes beer, brewer, cf. ggya, yiisa.

o- (mu/ini) fad, current vogue. Mubakira buli muyiito. You grasp at every new thing that appears on the horizon. cf. yiita.

o- (mu/ba) inventor; composer; originator, omuyiiya w'ennyimba, a composer (of songs), cf. yiiya.

o- (mu/mi) kind of creeping plant, the seeds of which are used in the game of mweso. cf. oluyiki.

o- (mu/ba) one who stands up for another, sponsor, patron, omuyima w'omu- goie omukazi, maid of honor, omuyima w'omugole omusajja, best man. cf. yima.

0- (mu/ba) A Muhima (the Bahima are o pastoral people who live in Ankole). Akuloze mukazi Muyima? Has the Muhima woman bewitched you? What has made you unaware of impending danger?

o- (mu/ba) singer, cf. ^yimba.

o- (mu/ba) propagandist. cf. lyimba, yimbirira.

0- (mu/ba) an Indian, cf. Obuyindi.

o- (mu/mi) handle (of a hoe, shovel or spade).

o- (mu/ba) a person who is sad/ pccr/miocrablc/irnpuvcitslieu. cf. obuyintke.

o- (mu/mi) kind of tree. Possibly var. o/3omuyanja, q.v.

o- (mu/mi) kindof shrub = enkoolimbo, q.v.

o- (mu/mi) carefreeness; abandon, yielding to impulse; disregard (e.g., of danger), cf. yinaayina.

o- (mu/ba) lit. one who is able, one who is capable. Katonda omuyinza wa byonna, God Almighty, cf. yina, obuyinza.

o- (mu/mi) kind of tree which produces red blossoms and has hook-like thorns on the trunk and branches, cf. ekiyirikiti.

o- (mu/ba) passer-by. cf. 2yita.

0- les frequent var. of Musiraamu (mu/ba) Muslim, Moslem.

0- (mu/ba) an Italian.

o- (mu/ba) educated person, learned person, cf. yiga, omuyizi.

o- (mu/ba) learner, student, pupil. cf. yiga.

o- (mu/mi) person suffering from gonorrhea, cf. enjoka.

0- (mu/ba) a Greek, cf. Obu- yonaani.