o- (mu/mi) first stretcher/seat in a canoe.
o- (mu/mi) corpse, dead body.
o- (mu/ba) inspector; tourist. cf. lambula.
o- (mu/ba) healthy person; living person, okutuusa luno jjo ly abalamu, until recently. Omufu y aliisa omulamu emmere. (prov.) The dead provide food for the living. We profit by the acts of those who have gone before us. cf. -lamu.
(mu/ba) brother-in-law; sister-in-law.
o- (mu/mi) kind of tree.
o- (mu/ba) judge; arbitrator, omu- lamuzi omuto, junior magistrate, omulamuzi omukulu, chief justice, cf. lamula
o- (mu/mi) gist; essence.
o- (mu/mi) trailing shoot /esp. of sweet potatoes), cf. ^landa, olulanda.
o- (mu/mi) root; fig. connection, relation, cf. ^landa, akalandira.
o- (mu/ba) one who plays a nnanga (harp, organ, piano).
o- (mu/mi) outcry, cry, clamor; groan, wail; alarm; appeal, okukka mu miranga, to break into a lament, okutema emiranga, to wail, okukuba omulanga, to appeal to.
o- (mu/mi) with the -a of rel. very tall/high, emirangaatira gy'abasajja, very tall men. emirangaatira gy ensozi, very high mountains, cf. omulaalira.
o- (mu/ba) prince; euphem, measles. Omwana mulwadde mulangira. The child has the measles, cf. -langira.
o- usually plur. emirannamiro (mu/mi) foot of the bed. adv. at the foot of the bed, cf. lannama.
o- adv. stiffly; stretched out. okutambula omulambaalo, to walk/proceed straight ahead without looking to either side. cf. lambaala.
o- (mu/ba) announcer, one who makes an announcement; Rom. Cath. prophet, cf. ^langa.
o- (mu/ba) archer; one who shoots, rifleman, cf. lasa.
o- (mu/mi) wooden spatula, large wooden cooking spoon.
o- (mu/ba) policeman on patrol, patrolman, cf. lawuna.
okutanza.
e nnyumbu.
o- (mu/mi) border, edge. cf. endeboolebo, enjegooyego.
o- (mu/mi) difficult situation/job; hardship; a ‘strain.' cf. leega.
o- (mu/ba) noisy and boisterous person, cf. leekaana.
o- (mu/mi) embroidered design on the front of a kkanzu.
o- (mu/ba) one who brings, bringer; one who causes, omuleesi w'ekiteeso, the author of a proposal, cf. leeta.
o- (mu/ba) one who stretches, stretcher (e.g., of hides), cf. leega.
o- (mu/ba) woman whose pregnancy is overdue, cf. obulega.
o- (mu/mi) lower abdominal swelling.
plur. bamulekwa (la) orphan. cf. leka.
o- (mu/ba) cripple, crippled person; lame person, cf. lema, lemala.
o- also omulemampangu kind of tree with very hard wood, Pappea ugandensis. century, with the -a of rel. modern, up-to- date. eby'okulwanyisa eby'omulembe, modern arms/armaments. The plur. emi- rembe has the additional meanings: peace; safety; as adv. safely. Twatuuka mirembe. We arrived safely, emirembe n'emirembe, for ever and ever. Emirembe ngalo. Things come and go, lit. generations are fingers.
o- (mu/mi) kind of tree with soft wood and large leaves.
o- (mu/mi) rubber vine, Landoiphia florida. cf. eddemu.
o- (mu/mi) with the -a of rel. minor, insignificant, (something) which can be taken lightly. Ebyo si bya mulendo. These are not minor matters, cf. lendera.
o- (mu/ba) stingy cook, woman who rations her guests, cf. lenga.
o- (mu/mi) kind of sunflower; sundial; clock; watch, cf. lenga, enjuba.
o- (mu/mi) hollow of a tube; bore of a barrel, cf. eddenge.
o- (mu/ba) omulenge.zi w'ewala, far-sighted person; man of foresight. cf. lengera.
o- (mu/mi) limited amount/quantity; pile, heap; unit (e.g., of nuts, etc.. set out by a merchant for sale), cf. lenga.
o- (mu/ba) boy, youth. cf. obulenzi, eddenzi.
o- (mu/ba) flute player, (mu/mi) flute; pipe; horn, omulere omuzungu, trumpet, clarinet. Afuuyira embuzi omulere. He is blowing a horn for the goats (to dance), i.e., he is wasting his breath/talking to someone who is not interested. cf. akalere, endere.
o- (mu/mi) quarreling, dispute; vexation; trouble, something bothersome, okuzaala emirerembe, to cause trouble.
c (mu/mi) [S«/. j must (of a ship); flagpole.
o- (mu/ba) [Su;.] drunkard; good-for- nothing, bum.
o- (mu/ba) nurse, woman who takes care of a small child, cf. lera.
o- (mu/ba) eater; glutton; omuli w'enguzi, taker of bribes, omuli w'olukwe. traitor, cf. lya.
muli beewulira nti..., inwardly they feel that.. cf. muno.
o- (mu /mi) trouble, something to wrestle' with. cf. liga, ligana.
o- (mu/ba) (physically) dirty/filthy person, cf. obuligo.
o- (mu/ba) lookout; police spy. cf. liima.
o- (mu/ba) glutton, cf. lya.
o- plur. bamuliisamaanyi (la) one who gets his way by using force; bully, cf. lya, liisa, amaanyi.
o- (mu/mi) snare for trapping antelopes and warthogs. cf. liita.
o- (mu/mi) lime tree.
o- (mu/ba) liar; deceiver, cf. limba.
o- (mu/ba) farmer, farm worker; cultivator, cf. lima.
o- (mu/mi) work; task; job; employment; business, kuggwa mirimu, to be well done; to be dressed beautifully, be dressed ‘fit to kill.' cf. eddimu, akalimu.
there is/are. ..inside/in it. cf. -li (under ba).
o- (mu/mi) ambatch tree, Herminiera elaphroxylon. It has very light wood and grows in or near swamps.
o- (mu/ba) arch, grandson of a deceased chief who participated in the ceremonies at the grave.
o- (mu/mi) neighborhood, vicinity, environs, ow'omuliraano, neighbor, cf. liraana.
o- (mu/mi) kind of medium sized tree, Harungana madagascariensis. It is perhaps called the ‘mourner' (cf. Iirira) because the sap which comes from it is said to resemble blood. It is also called mukaabira, q.v.
o- (mu/mi) fire, ekidduka eky'omu- liro, motor vehicle, okusala ku muliro, to reduce the speed (of a vehicle), okukwata omuliro, to catch fire, okuwulumula omu- liro, to drive at a great speed, akaato ak'omuliro, motorboat, emmotoka n'agi- ssaamu omuliro, and he started the car. cf. biriroliro, ekiriro.
o- no plur. (mu/mi) sleepiness, drowsiness. Omulo gunzijudde. I am very sleepy. Nnasuze ku mulo. 1 spent a sleepless night, cf. lotulo.
o- (mu/ha) one who fishes with a hook, angler, cf. loba.
o- usually plur. emiroboli (mu/mi) trouble, hardship; vexation; problem.
o- (mu/ba) one who is bewitched. Wano wafiira muloge. This place is not safe, I (we) have to get away in a hurry, lit. (Only) a person who is bewitched would die here. cf. loga.
o- (mu/ba) witch, sorcerer, magician; wizard,' remarkably talented person, cf. loga.