ekika, oluse, eŋŋanda, olula, olulyo; large f., oluseregende.

have a mutual antagonism based on alleged differences of family, clan, etc.

o- (bu/-) relationship on the maternal side. Nfaanana bukojja. 1 resemble my mother's side of the family. cf. kojja.

e- plur. amayuuni (li/ma) plant of the arum family, Colocasia antiquorum. The leaves and roots are edible.

a- (ka/bu) small load/bundle; trouble, danger; scandal in a family, shameful secret which a family wishes to be hushed up. Onsombedde akagugu. You have caused me trouble. Balina akagugu mu nju. They have a skeleton in their closet, cf. omugugu.

a- plur. obwebindu (ka/bu) shoot(s) of the jjuuni, a plant of the arum family, Colocasia antiquorum, kumerako bwebindu, to put on airs, make oneself important, lit. to grow shoots.

e- (ki/bi) grave site; family graveyard; graveyard.

e- (ki/bi) clan; family; type, kind; form. t or sub-divisions of the clan see ~essiga, omutuba and olunyiriri.

o- plur. endyo (lu/n) family; race; genealogy, lineage, pedigree, olulyo olulangira, a noble/royal family, ab'olulyo, the members of the family, endyo z'abantu, the races of man; ancestry of man.

o- (lu/h) family; relationship; group; species; category. Ba luse. They are members of the same family. Nakibuuka, Mukasa amulinako oluse? Is Mukasa related to Nakibuuka?

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

the coronation of a Kabaka, a death in the royal family, a declaration of war, etc.). cf. jaguza.

e- (n/n) womb; inside of the stomach, enda yange, my children, enda yaffe, our family /not necessarily the immediate family), ab'enda emu, children who have the same mother, ab'enda ye, his relatives. cf. 2 ekyenda, nnyininda, omunda.

e- shrub of the Euphorbia family, Croton megalocarpus.

waabommwe, waaboobwe These constructions, usually following a personal noun such as mwana, are composed of the -a of rel. + -bo- + a plur. pron. They are best rendered of (our, your, their) family/ household/clan. Ono ani? Mwana waaboffe. Who is this? He is one of our family, cf. boowo.

o- (mu/ba) youngest child, last born of the family, lit. close-womb. cf. lggala, enda. contr. muggulanda. deaf person, lit. one whose ears are shut. cf. l ggala, -ggavu.

o- (mu/mi) load, bundle; ten thousand; payment made by the groom to the family of the bride, cf. twala, akakumi.

e- (n/n) drum; fig. chieftainship; royalty, abaana b'eŋŋoma, royalty; the royal family, okulya ennoma, to succeed to the throne; to be given a chieftainship. cf. omugoma.

o- (mu/ba) poor person, pauper; person without a family, omwana omunku- seere, poor orphan, cf. obunkuseere.

a child whose blood connections with the family, clan, etc., are held in doubt, cf. bool a, -eboolereza.

royal, omusaayi omulangira, royal blood, olulyo olulangira, noble/royal family, cf. omulangira.