n. (of gun barrel), omulenge.

v., okuwummula; ( = bother) okukooya, okweraliikiriza; be bored with, okuweerera, okutamwa.

v., okukuba dwiro; (bore hole) okuwummula.

e- no plur. (li/ma) sloth; idleness; boredom, blase feeling, cf. gayaala.

drill.

e- (ki/bi) [Lunyoromat used by itinerant laborers, olumbe lw'ekirago, source of much trouble; terror; abomination.

e- (ki/bi) lit. it-will-not-grow-up (from kula), kind of insect which bores into dry wood. Kitaakule kizimba mu lumuli. (prov.) The kitaakule builds in a reed (and will soon perish when the reeds are burnt).

v., okukoona; t. out, okuwummula ( = bore),

e- (li/ma) thistle, Acanthus arboreus. Kasonsomolera nga eriggwa ly'ettovu etto. I like him (her) very, very much. I consider him a very good friend, lit. pricks like the thorn of a young thistle.

mpummuse) v.i. be pierced/bored.

bore.

o- (mu/ba) hired workman, worker; manual worker, laborer; porter; employee. cf. pakasa.

o- (mu/mi) giant yellow mulberry, Myrianthus arboreus.

o- (mu/mi) hollow of a tube; bore of a barrel, cf. eddenge.

v.tr. bore into; eat into; enter slowly; penetrate; infiltrate; fig. undermine.

v.i. become worm-eaten; be bored by insects.

o- (ba/mu) doer; worker, laborer; employee, ekibiina kyl abakozi, trade union, labor union, abakozi b'obubi, evildoers. abakozi b'ebya mbyone, mischief- makers. cf. kola, koza.