o- adv. with nothing; empty-handed; naked; in vain; without cause, without reason; gratis, free, without charge. Oku- yingira kwa bwereere. Admission i'S free. Eky'obwereere kyaggwawo dda. (The time when you could get something) for nothing has long since passed, cf. -(y)ereere.

do insistently, keep on (followed by the inf. of another verb). Nnakanda kulinda nga tajja. I kept waiting but he did not come. Nnakanda kwegayirira nga bwereere. I kept pleading but all in vain.

ereere, bwereere; vide bukunya, bukunyegeere.

obwereere.

obwereere.

okulayirira obwereere.

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

to look fierce, oku- tunuza obumalirivu obwereere, to have a very determined look.

bare; cleared; naked; alone; mere, just, only; ordinary, ennaku enjereere, week days, ennyumba enjereere, an empty house; just a house, only a house. Abakristu abereere, ordinary Catholics, the rank-and-file Catholics. Yamuwadde kisero ky ereere. He gave him only a basket. Yamuwadde ekisero ekyereere. He gave him an empty basket, cf. obwereere, ekyererezi.