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buso

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Meaning

o- (bu/-) raffia fiber, fiber of the raffia palm, Raffia monbutlorum. cf. akaso.

buso, o- (bu/-) raffia fiber, fiber of the raffia palm, Raffia monbutlorum. cf. akaso.

Related Words
bu- a prefix of many functions for which see the grammars. The following usages are important for lexical purposes because the derivatives formed cannot all be i busobozi o- (bu/-) ability, capability, competence. cf. sobola. busobya o- (bu/-) fault, wrongness; mistake. cf. soba, sobya. busomi o- (bu/-) religiousness; spirituality, eby'obusomi, spiritual affairs, omwoyo ogw'obusomi, piousness, piety, cf. soma. busomyo o- (bu/-) marrow of the bones. Yalabika ng'obulumi bumutuuse mu busomyo. He looked as if he had been hurt to the quick. busonko o- (bu/-) infantile anemia. busosoze o- also obusosozi (bu/-) selectiveness, selectivity; discrimination (usually in the sense of hostility to another person or group) busowe o- plur. (ka/bu) roe (of fish). Busoga pr. n. district to the east of Buganda.