o- (mu/ba) adroit/clever/skillful person, cf. -jagujagu.

o- (mu/ba) flatterer, cf. jajjatta.

o- (mu/ba) a member of the Luo tribe.

o- (mu/ba) filthy/dirty person, cf. jama.

o- (mu/ba) strong, aggressive person; rascal, rogue; terrorist; rebel.

o- (mu/ba) rebel, insurgent, cf. jeema.

o- (mu/ba) subdued rebel, one who has given up efforts at rebellion, cf. jeema, jeemuka.

o- (mu/ba) very poor person; insignificant person, person of no account. cf. akajeerejeere.

o- (mu/ba) weakling; coward; naive/ gullible person, person who is easily influenced. cf. jegeka, obujega.

to jump for joy.

o- (mu/ba) also jjama [At.] member of the Muslim faith; fellow Muslim.

o- (mu/ba) one who cares for the sick, nurse, cf. jjanjaba.

o- (mu/mi) lit. coming together. with the -a of rel. constant, continuous, steady, unending, frequent, obusambattuko bw'eby'obufuzi obw'omujjirano, constant political crises, cf. jja, jjira.

o- (mu/mi) kind of bird, coly. cf. jjonkera.

o- less frequently omujjuzi (mu/mi) flood, deluge, inundation, cf. jjula, jjuza.

o- (mu/ba) man's sister's child, nephew or niece (who is the child of a man's sister).

o- (mu/ba) jabberer, one who talks unintelligibly; stutterer, cf. joboja.

o- (mu/mi) kind of forest tree, crabwood, Carapa grandiflora.

o- (mu/ini) kind of small bird, merops, bee- eater.

pr.n. the name of a lubaale.

o- (mu/ba) potter in the service of the Kabaka.

o- (mu/ba) offensively domineering/aggressive person, bully; aggressor. cf. jooga.

o- (mu/mi) [Eng. ] jersey, pullover.

o- (mu/mi) a small bell used as an ornament on the neck or on drums.

o- (mu/ba) witness; martyr. cf. ljula, julira.

o- (mu/ba) witness; martyr, omu- julizi omukazi, maid of honor, omujulizi omusajja, best man. cf. ^jula.

o- (mu/mi) omujumbi gw'enkuba, a torrent of rain.

o- (mu/mi) rag. okwetimba emijumbi, to wear rags/tom clothes.

o- also omujwenge (mu/mi) tassel, cf. akajwenge, ekijwenge.

o- (mu/ba) omujwetesi w'ebigambo, one who makes up stories/lies. cf. jweteka.

o- (mu/mi) kind of shrub or tree, also called mulirira, q.v.

o- (mu/mi) kind of gourd, cf. enkaabu.

o- (mu/ba) [Sw.,Ar.2 pagan, heathen; non-believer; atheist, cf. obu- kaafiiri.

o- shortened form of mukaafiiri, q.v.

o- reamer, (mu/mi) six. with the -a of rel. sixth, omulundi ogiv'omukaaga, the sixth time. cf. -kaaga, Olwomukaaga.

pr.re. the title of a very cruel executioner who held office during the reigns of Muteesa 1 and Mwanga II; royal executioner; rascal, cruel person, cf. -ekaajanga.

o- (mu/mi) a barkcloth tree (mutuba) from which the bark has not yet been removed; the first bark to be removed from the tree.

o- (mu/ba) daughter-in-law, lit. the wife (muka) of one's child (omwana). cf. -ekaamwana.

o- (mu/ba) deceitful/crafty/ shrewd/unscrupulous person.

o- (mu/ba) immoral/profligate/li- centious person, cf. -kaba.

o- (mu/ba) person utterly lacking in character, uncouth person.

o- (mu/ba) one who speaks in a hostile/irritable/snappish manner, cf. kabuka.

o- (mu/ba) old person, elderly person; parent, omukadde w'ekkanisa, elder of the church; minister, cf. -kadde.

o- (mu/ba) frugal, economical person, cf. kagiriza.

o- (mu/mi) Wood brotherhood; coalition; alliance, okutta omukago, to establish a relationship of blood brotherhood, gavu- menti ey'omukago, a coalition government, ab'omukago, very close friends.

o- (mu/ba) intrepid person; aggressive person, abakakaalukanyi b'eby'obufuzi, politicians, cf. kakaalu- kana, enkakaalukanyi.

o- (mu/mi) kind of rough-textured cloth.

o- (mu/mi) kind of tree, Sideroxy- lon brevipes.

o- also omutalabanda (mu/mi) heavy wooden slipper or sandal.

o- (mu/mi) dried/smoked meat, biltong. c f. kala.

o- (mu/ba) a shrewd/crafty person; clever person, cf. kala, -kalukalu.

o- (mu/mi) rainless interval during the rainy season. Obudde bwali bwa mu- kal we. It was not raining. There was a period when there was no rain.

o- (mu/ba) master; employer, boss; with cap. the Lord (God); formerly the title of the hereditary rulers of Bunyoro and Toro.

o- (mu/mi) kind of tree, Hymeno- cardia acida, producing a wood used in

o- (mu/mi) belt, girdle.

o- (mu/mi) mangrove tree.

(la) peahen.

o- (mu/ba) one who terrifies/ scares; terrorist, cf. kanga.

o- (mu/mi) kind of rubber tree, Clitandra orientalis,

pr.n. (la) the name of a lubaale associated with Lake Victoria and the Ssese Islands. Mukasa and the feminine variant Nnamukasa are now extensively used as personal names.

o- (mu/ba) child slow in learning to walk.

o- (mu/ba) incompetent person, person with no experience; greenhorn. cf. -katagga.

O- (mu/ba) a Roman Catholic. cf. Obukatoliki.

o- (mu/ba) pilferer; swindler. cf. katula.

o- (mu /ba) [L uvumal arch, expert diver.

o- (mu/ba) woman; wife (less respectful than mukyala). omukazi ow'omu- kono, a woman who is always successful in growing plantains, vegetables, etc., a woman with a‘green thumb.' cf. -kazi, kaziwala, omukazi, amakazi.

o- (mu/mi) [Sw. ] can; tin can; cigarette case, ennyama y'emikebe, canned meat.

o- (mu/ba) inspector; examiner. cf. kebera.

o- (mu/mi) kind of tree, Cordia abyssinica.

o- (mu/mi) mat. okufuna eby'oku mukeeka, to get something for nothing, get something without working for it.