bi okusinga; a person's inferiors, abantuabali wansi wa . . .

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.

o- (bu/-) evil, wickedness; badness; inferiority; ugliness; excreta, as an adv. badly; poorly. Bamuli bubi. They have it in for him.

e- plur. (ki/bi) bad/inferior beer. cf. omwenge.

e- (ki/bi) piece of cloth; rag; duster; patch; bandage. Ate linda ggwe, bino bi- kyali biwero. But just wait, this is only the beginning (of what I have to tell you). kuba biwero buwero, to be nothing, be far inferior to the person or thing with which comparison is being made, lit. be mere rags.

(la) bad/inferior beer; nonsense.

no plur. (la) inferior variety of cassava characterized by extreme bitterness. cf. nnakacaacaali.

o- with the -a of rel. inferior; of any old kind, picked up at random, ebyambalo eby'omuyoolerero, nondescript clothes, cf. yoola.

-kolya adj. ignorant; inexperienced (esp. of dogs). Embwa enjizzi ezaala enkolya. (prov.) lit. A (good) hunting dog may give birth to a defective (one). Superior parents may have inferior offspring.