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

o- (bu/-) ability, capability, competence. cf. sobola.

o- (bu/-) fault, wrongness; mistake. cf. soba, sobya.

o- (bu/-) religiousness; spirituality, eby'obusomi, spiritual affairs, omwoyo ogw'obusomi, piousness, piety, cf. soma.

o- (bu/-) marrow of the bones. Yalabika ng'obulumi bumutuuse mu busomyo. He looked as if he had been hurt to the quick.

o- (bu/-) infantile anemia.

o- also obusosozi (bu/-) selectiveness, selectivity; discrimination (usually in the sense of hostility to another person or group), cf. sosola.

o- plur. (ka/bu) roe (of fish).

omusana, nnakasiki (infantile), obusonko.

for which see the grammars. The following usages are important for lexical purposes because the derivatives formed cannot all be included in the dictionary. 1) bu + la ~ negative infinitive, often equivalent to an English noun which is not an infinitive in form. okumanya, to know; obutamanya, not to know; ingnorance. 2) bu + stem of a noun from another class often produc es an adverb which must be rendered by a phrase in English, enkofu, guinea fowl; bukofu, like a guinea fowl, kukaabya bukofu, to make cry like a guinea fowl, i.e., to cause to suffer. 3) bu + reduplicated stem of a noun of another class indicates plurality with the added notions of indefiniteness, scattered state or even contemp t. essomero, school; obusomerosomero, small, scattered schools which are inferior in quality. 4) normal verb form + bu + verb stem + i. Abalala bagamba nti... others say that; Abalala bagamba bugambi nti... others just/ simply/only say that.

okusala, obutema; (nails) obutondola; also vide okutyemula, obubanga, okubagulula, obusongola, okuginga, okusennya. to c. off, okukomola. to c. open, okutundula. to c. down, okusanjaga, okusonjola.

eggi ; (of locust) obusowe. e.shell, ekisosonkole. e.yolk, enjuba y'eggi. boiled eggs, amagi ag'empogola.

a- (ka/bu) pith of the raffia palm. cf. obuso.

a- (ka/bu) small knife, obuso obw'oku mmeeza, table knives, cf. ekiso.

a- (ka/bu) extremity; tip; point; pointed end; pointed tooth, canine tooth, obusongezo bw'engalo, the finger tips. cf. songa.

o- (lu/n) frame on which bunches of sesame are dried. Also used as a synonym for entongooli, Busoga harp, q.v.

0- no plur. (lu/n) Lusoga, the language of Busoga.

Emmana, Obuseegu, Obusolo

obuso.

obusowe,

err. v.tr. cause to exceed/go in excess of; spoil, injure; rape, okusobya ebiragiro, to violate regulations, okusobya omuzigo, to violate the traditions associated with the marriage ceremony. cf. obusobya, ekisobu, ekisobyo, omu- sobya, omusobyo, ensobi.

v.i. recip. get along with each other; be capable of handling each other. cf. obusobozi.

o- (mu/ba) omutezi w'obusolo, trapper (of animals), cf. tega.

olusoma, olusomisomi,omusomi, omusomo, essomo, essomero.

omu- kessi nnakinku, master spy. nnakinku w'eddagala ery'ekinnansi, great authority on native medicine, omutezi w'obusoio nnaki- nkn, expert trapper, cf. obwannakinku, munnakinku.

0- (mu/ba) a native of Busoga.

obusosozi, omusosoze.

an anomalous verbal root which always takes the subject prefix ka- {the implied noun subject is akabi) and a direct object (usually p ronominal). In meaning it corresponds most closely to Eng. dare, singa kantanda ne nzita ku kamu ku busolo obwo, if I dared kill one of these little animals. Nyjende? Teka- kutanda. Shall I go? Don't you dare.

n. district to the east of Buganda.

o- (mu/mi) kind of tree (Busoga), Croton macroslaachys.

ensujju, wujju.

pr.n. formerly the title of the hereditary ruler of Busoga.