o- adv. in vain; to no purpose; empty-handed, with nothing; naked, abawala ab'obusa, single/unmarried girls. Tali busa (or Tali yekka). He is not alone (implying that he is relying on the aid of spirits, that there is more to his situation than meets the eye, etc.). cf. -sa.

o- (bu/-) dung, excrement of animals.

o- (bu/-) rare beauty; fitness, suitability.

o- (bu/-) sympathy, compassion. cf. saasira.

o- (bu/-) poison, venom.

o- (bu/-) masculinity, manliness. cf. -sajja.

o- (bu/-) summit; edge, extremity; outskirts.

o- adv., lit. like ivory, expensive, costly, very dear. Emmotoka zigulwa busanga. Cars are very expensive. cf. essanga.

o- (bu/-) gentle southeasterly breeze.

o- (bu/-) kind of mushrooms which grow on withered plantain leaves (ssanja).

o- (bu/-) numbness; electric shock, cf. sannyalala, amasannyalaze.

o- (bu/-) okulaga

o- (bu/-) rebelliousness; riotousness, cf. sasamala.

o- (bu/-) medical science, medicine. obusawo bw'ebisolo, veterinary science, cf. omusawo, ensawo; sawula.

obulungi, obusaamu.

okusabusa; (annoy) okutega nya, okweraliikiriza; be chafed, okusabuka, okukuubuuka, okuyaayuuka.

ssebusa.

obusa, kalimbwe, eddimbwe, emizi, enkiringi, entalondwa.

adj., eddembe, wa busa.

obusajja.

obusaakaavu, ekiyimbiro.

e- (ki/bi) euph. snake, python, lit. it goes naked.

obusa, ebijimusa.

v., okuteekako obusa oba ebijimusa.

etc. Bannange lubamenyedde busa. My friends, you have come here in vain (-lu- implies lugendo, trip).

n., omwennyango, kibugga, nnakitiddabusa.

e- (n/n) third haul of a dragnet.

e- (n/n) scorpion, enjaba ey'obusagwa, scorpion.

it., obutwa, ekkesula, obusagwa; vide obusukko.

a butwa, a busagwa.

n., okuteesa; to no p., busa, mukokko, ssemadaane.

be scattered; spread; disperse, separate. Obudde busaasaana. It is dawning. It is becoming light.

render numb. cf. obusannyalaze, amasannyalaze.

please. cf. -sanyufu, obusanyuukirivu, essanyu.

cure. cf. obusawo, omusawo, omusawuzi.

enjaba y'obusagwa.

e- (li/ma) elephant tusk; ivory. cf. obusanga.

e- (li/ma) dry/withered piantain leaves, cf. obusanjasanja, ^ekisanja.

entikko, obusammambiro, akawaala.

etc. cf. ekintabuli, olutabu, omutabufu, omu- tabuzi, tabika.

etc. c /. teba.

etc. kuteganira busa, to trouble oneself in vain.

a busa, omuwuulu.

in, bwereere, busa, bekkotoggo, bireebwe, bukumbu; go in v., okugubagguba.

obusagwa.

a busagwa, a kkalwekkalwe.

obuvubuka, omuvubuka.

obusango.

(la) kind of plantain.

etc. Baabinjokerawo nti teri mulimu. They told me right off that there was no work, lit. burned words (-bi- implies ebigambo) at me. Omusana gunjokedde busa. have troubled myself/worked in vain, lit. the sun has shone on me in vain, kukwokera Katebo, to be depressed at not getting what one wants, labour in vain, Katebo is a port on Lake Victoria).

obusasamavu, akasasamalo.

(la) kind of stinging nettle.

o- (mu/mi) lit. coming together. with the -a of rel. constant, continuous, steady, unending, frequent, obusambattuko bw'eby'obufuzi obw'omujjirano, constant political crises, cf. jja, jjira.

adj. disastrous, cataclysmic; huge, tremendous. Musisi ddekabusa, a hideous earthquake.

incite, induce, ku- sindika kyasi, to fire a shot, kusindika busaale, to shoot arrows, kusindika munya mu ssubi, lit. to push a lizard into the grass; also kusindika mwana wa jjajja we; lit. to send a child to his grandparent's. both expressions mean to tell someone to do something which he would be happy to do anyway.

v.tr. caus. cause to look back over the shoulder.

v.tr. caus. cause to go up; make climb; raise. cf. amambuka.

to look happy, to ‘put on a happy face.' cf. sanyuka.

v.i. become deserted/abandoned/vacated (originally of a termite hill); go away; fig. become stupid/'empty in the head;' become discredited. Obugagga bwe yalina bwonna bwafuluka. The wealth which he had has all disappeared. Yafu- luka mu busawo. He lost his reputation in (the profession of) medicine.

v.tr. caus. = sibula.

(la) stomach.

nothing but, only. Yazaala abaana bawala basa. She only had daughters. Twasanze ennyumba nsa. We found the house empty, cf. lobusa, eki- sassalala.

feel sorry for oneself. cf. obusaasizi, ekisaasaazi, ekisaasizi, omusaasizi.

ente ensajja, bull, omukono omusajja, the right hand, ekigere ekisajja or eggere essajja, the big toe. engalo ensajja, the thumb, enjoka ensajja, gonorrhea. omwezi omusajja (= ddumbi, q.v.), the rainy season between August and November. cf. sajjakula, sajjawala, obusajja, olu- sajja, olusajjalala, olusajjasajja, amasajja, omusajja, nnasajja.