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O- less frequently muku- lembezi (mu/ba) leader; guide; one who goes first, cf. kuletnbera. man; head, superior, person in charge; older brother; older sister, omukulu w'essomero, school principal. Omukulu w'Amatwale, colonial secretary. Lugaba mukulu. God is great (said after something unusually good happens), cf. kula, -kulu.
o- (mu/mi) arch, door made of reeds or twigs.
o- also omukululo (mu/mi) trail; track, emikululo egy'emmotoka. tire track? (of an automobile), cf. kulula.
o- (mu/mi) fuss, bustle; confusion. cf. kulungutana.
o- (mu/ba) one who is deceptive/evasive in speech; secretive person; sly person, cf. kulungutanya.
o- (mu/mi) doorpost.
o- (mu/ba) one who enjoys strutting around/parading about/showing off. cf. kumba.
o- (mu/mi) group; collection; party, troop; side.
o- (mu/ba) embezzler; prevaricator, liar. cf. kumpanya.
o-( mu/mi) navel, kusunda mukundi,to go where one is not wanted, kusembeza mukundi, to keep going near where there is food (esp. of hungry children), cf. ekkundi, enkundi, nnamukundi.
o- with the -a of rel. stunted, underdeveloped (esp. of animals); tough (of meat), cf. kundugga.
o- (mu/ba) high-ranking chief; high- ranking official; dignitary. cf. ekikungu, kkungu.
o- (mu/ba) mourner, one who laments, cf. kungubaga.
o- adv. kutambula mukungujjo, to walk straight ahead without turning right or left; to pass a person without greeting him. cf. kungujja.
o- (mu/ba) harvester, reaper; deserter, absconder; bringer of bad luck. cf. kungula.
o- (mu/ba) editor (of a newspaper or periodical); collector, cf. kuŋŋaana, kuŋŋaanya.
o- (mu/tai) kind of tree, Ficus enaphalncarnn^ Fiscus trzckyphylla, producing edible figs.
o- (mu/ba) cheater, cheat, fraud, cf. kupaakupanya.
o- (mu/mi) kind of tree the bark of which is used for making rope. cf. olukusakusa.
o- less common var. of omu- nkuseere, q. v.
o- (mu/mi) kind of tall forest tree, Uapaca guineensis.
o- (mu/mi) kind of fig tree.
o- (mu/mi) strait; canal; channel; trench, drain.
o- (mu/ba) omukuufu w'amannyo, someone who has lost some or all of his teeth, cf. kuuka.
o- (mu/mi) [Sw. ] chain, omu- kuufu gw'essaawa, watch chain, omukuufu gw'ebisumuluzo, key chain.
o- (mu/ba) guard; guardian, omu- kuumi w'ekiro, night watchman, cf. Ikuuma.
o- also omukuusakuusa (mu/ba) hypocrite; liar. cf. kuusa.
o- (mu/mi) long knife; rascal.
o- (mu/mi) kind of sycamore from which are made the keels of beer-making canoes/vats.
o- (-mu/ba) guardian of a minor; regent (of a hereditary ruler who has not yet come of age), cf. kula, kuza.
o- (mu/mi) kind of tree, ITor- burgia ugandensis.
o- (mu/mi) kind of very tall hardwood tree, lit. it brings up/nurtures (kuza) the calf (nnyana). (Perhaps so called because the tree yields an aperient medicine for cattle.) okukubisa emiku- zannyana, to beat with sticks.
o- (mu/mi) kind of thorny bush having heart-shaped leaves and bearing small fruits.
o- (mu/mi) friendship; romantic love, without the l.V. friend, ow'omu- kwano (plur. ab'omukwano or ab'emikwano) friend, cf. kwana, olukwano.
o- (mu/ba) lit. one who grasps/ catches; one who comprehends quickly, omukwasi w'ekigwo, wrestler, abakwasi b'amateeka, law-abiding citizens, cf. kwata.
o- (mu/ba) one who takes (kwata) things slowly (mpola); a calm, deliberate person who does things carefully without rushing.
o- (mu/mi) very small space only large enough to crawl through, cf. kwebera.
o- (mu/ba) one who uncovers what is hidden, cf. kweka, kwekula.
o- (mu/mi) trail/track of something dragged along the ground.
o- (mu/ba) scout; raider; member of a patrol, cf. kwekweta.
pr.n. the title of the Chief of Ssingo Countv (Ssaza).
o- (mu/mi) main post in the wall of a house, emikwero, framework of a house.
o- (mu/mi) trail of a rat.
o- also Munnakyaddondwa (mu/ba) native of Kyaddondo.
o- (mu/ba) lady; lady of the house; without the initial vowel wife; as a title of address Mrs., Miss. cf. nnakyala.
o- (mu/ba) hated one, enemy. Empaka ennemeremu zikubya Mukyawe. (prov.) Incessant arguments result in the beating of the hated (wife). Great troubles have their origins in insignificant events. cf. kyawa.
o- (mu/ba) one who hates, hater. cf. kyawa.
o- (mu/ba) visitor, cf. ^kyala.
o- also spelled omucondwa (mu/ba) bone setter.
o- (mu/ba) one who has changed his outlook/conduct; relig. convert, cf. kyuka.
0- (mu/ba) Kikuyu, a member of the Kikuyu tribe.
o- also omucuula (mu/mi) powder made from the leaves of a tree (binaabi- zaamu, q.v.) used in divination or as an aperient; also used of the tree itself.
o- (mu/ba) fickle person, one who keeps changing, cf. kyuka.
o- also spelled omucuuzi (mu/mi) [Stu. ] gravy.
o- (mu/ba) herdsman, tender of livestock.
o- (mu/ba) one who makes a will, testator, cf. laama.
o- (mu/ba) heir, one who inherits a part or the whole of the possessions of the deceased, cf, l laama.
o- (mu/ba) eunuch, cf. laawa.
o- (mu/mi) ridge pole of a house; rafter; beam. cf. akalabba.
o- (mu/ba) enemy, foe, adversary. cf. laba, obulabe.
o- (mu/ba) spectator, viewer. cf. laba.
o- (mu/ba) supervisor, superintendent; Protestant bishop, cf. laba, labirira, obulabirizi, ssaabalabirizi.
o- (mu/ba) one who gives instructions or directions; instructor; arch. & bib. teacher, cf. lagirira.
o- (mu/ba) one who consults a seer, one who has his fortune told by a fortune-teller, cf. lagula, omulaguzi.
o- (mu/ba) seer; prophet; oracle; fortune-teller, cf. lagula, omulagulwa.
o- no plur. (mu/mi) force, drive, vigor; stress; interest, concern; attraction, okussa ku kintu omulaka, to pay particular importance to/give great attention to something. okuggyako omulaka, to lose interest in, pay no attention to, disregard.
no plur. (la) a disease which affects the neck. cf. lalama.
o- (mu/ba) mad person, insane person; one who acts in a wild and erratic fashion but is not actually insane, cf. -lalu,
o- (mu/ba) pilgrim; one who takes a long journey, cf. lamaga.
pr.n. formerly title of the chief gate-keeper in the palace of the Kabaka.