n., omuntuomukulu.

omwenzi.

a bwenzi.

obwenzi.

commit, okwenda.

o- (bu/-) male sex (but not of adults), akaana ak'obulenzi.a baby boy. omwana ow'obulenzi, a male child, cf. omulenzi. contr. obuwala.

o- (bu/-) female sex (but not of adults), akaana ak'obuwala, a baby girl, omwana ow'obuwala, a female child, cf. omuwala. Contr. obulenzi.

o- (bu/-) adultery; fornication. cf. yenda.

e- (ki/bi) beard; moustache; whiskers, kukwata mu kirevu, lit. to grab by the beard, i.e., to be insolent towards, to tease (of a child towards an adult), cf. akalevu, amalevu.

ndeze) v.tr. nurse (a child); bring up, rear. Omwana bw'omulera era bw'akula. (prov.) lit. As you bring up a child, so he grows. An adult is the product of his childhood training, okulera engalo, to twiddle one's thumbs, be lazy.

a- piur. (ii/ma) illness ol children thought to be caused by specific types of adulterous behavior by either of the parents. cf. kansira.

a- plur. (li/ma) period of growth; period of sprouting of seeds. Aka- kyama amamera tekagolokokeka. (prov.) The little tree (aka- implies akati) which is crooked when it grows does not straighten up. Evil habits acquired in childhood are not usually eradicated in adulthood. c f, mera.

o- (nuAaj adulterer; fornicator. c f. yenda.

omutango; (for adultery) vide okukansira.

e- (li/ma) stress, emphasis; special attention. Buli ggwanga liteekwa okussa essira ku kuyigiriza abantu abakulu. Every nation should stress adult education. Ba- taddeko essira okutumbula eby okulima. They have put emphasis on the development of agriculture.

nnvenze) v.i. commit adultery; fornicate. okwenda inf. cf. -yenzi, obwenzi, omwenzi.

o- (mu/ba) man, adult male; husband. musajja wa Katonda, (often in an ironical sense) the poor fellow, musajjamukulu, old fellow, old man. cf. -sajja, olusajja, nnasajja, ssaabasajja.

o- also omusiguze (mu/ba) one who entices another away from the path of duty or virtue, tempter; seducer; adulterer. cf. sigula.

v.tr. perform cleansing rites for (a person guilty of adultery or a child of an adulterous union).

v.i. reach adolescence/ young adulthood; be a youth.

cf. yenda.

main. Missa enkulu, High Mass. enviiri enkulu, long hair. Eklezia enkulu, cathedral (Catholic), kkooti enkulu, senior/high court, cf. kula, obukulu, ekkulu, omukulu, amakulu.