okukoma, okulekeraawo; (come to an end) okumala, okuggwa; (rain), okukya; c. bearing, okusajjawala, okusaatawala.

olutata, olugenderezo, olunye, kasukunsalo.

be announced (of a death). Omufu yabikibwa. The deceased's death was announced.

n., nguli, omugenzi.

go dry, cease giving milk (of a cow).

stop, come to an end, go as far as, reach. Wakoma wa? How far did you get/go? Awo we nkomye. That is all. That is all I have to say (said after recounting an event or story). Nkomye. I have had enough (said when declining an additional portion of food). Yakoma. She has stopped bearing children, kukoma awo, to stop, let matters rest. Erinnya Kayaga lyakomanga ku bawala bokka. The name Kayaga was restricted to girls. Note the additional meanings 0/koma with the enclitics.

adj. (deceased), nguli, omugenzi.

o- (lu/h) goat traditionally eaten by the children of the deceased at a funeral.

o- adv. ceaselessly, unendingly. cf. genda, gendereza.

o- plur. ennyimbe (lu/n) disease, illness; death; scourge; ceremony of distributing the goods and installing the heir of the deceased, olumbe lw'omusajja, a revolting/disgusting/obnoxious man. cf. ekimbe, Walumbe.

o- adv. endlessly, ceaselessly.

o- adv. ceaselessly, all the time, okuyomba olutakera, to quarrel all the time. cf. Ikya, keera.

o- adv. endlessly, ceaselessly.

o- also olutatadde adv. ceaselessly, continually, without stopping, cf. ta.

a- always plur. (li/ma) burial garment, grave clothes, shroud; gift (usually of money) to the family of the deceased. cf. olubugo.

departed, nguli jjajjange, my late grandfather. See omugenzi.

e- (n/n) beer made with very little sorghum; excessively sweet beer. Ekiwoo- mereze ekitatadde kye kizaala enkenku. (prov.) Sweetness which does not cease produces nkenku. Excess may ruin something that is essentially good.

possessor, nnannyini nnyumba, owner of the house; master of the house, nnannyini kutu, drum of the ear. bannannyini mugenzi, the relatives of the deceased. nnannyini mukolo master of ceremonies. nnannyinimu, owner of the house; husband, cf. Innyini, obwannannyini.

e-: ogw'ennembe (omwenge, beer, is implied), beer drunk during the ceremony of installing the heir of the deceased.

the Book of Kings. cf. kabaka.

yield, give up; give in, cease one's objections.

o- (mu/ba) heir, one who inherits a part or the whole of the possessions of the deceased, cf, l laama.

v.tr. embalm; rub a little butter on the forehead of a deceased person. (This is part of an old funeral ceremony known as *taking leave of the dead/)

o- (mu/ba) arch, grandson of a deceased chief who participated in the ceremonies at the grave.

cease; stop, cause to stop; bring back; cause to return; restore, okukomya mu

v.tr. appl. 2 throw away completely; abandon; become indifferent to; cease doing/concerning oneself with.

o- (mu/ba) deceased person, (the) deceased, (the) late. cf. genda.