omwami, mukama.

o- (bu/-) office of overseer; overlordship; bishopric; diocese (Prot.). cf. laba, labiriza, omulabirizi.

a- plur. (li/ma) colloq. beer, liquor, alcoholic drink(s). Mukasa n'ajja ng' amakerekete g'akombye gooza lumonde. When M. arrived he was as drunk as a lord, lit. had lapped liquor which would wash sweet potatoes.

e- (n/n) prayer, essaala ya Mukama waffe, the Lord's prayer, cf. ^saala.

o- (mu/ba) [fug.] lord (of the British variety).

o- (mu/ba) master; employer, boss; with cap. the Lord (God); formerly the title of the hereditary rulers of Bunyoro and Toro.

be in the ascendant, okukajjalira ku muntu owa bulijjo, to lord it over the common man.

-esiima (-esiimye) v.i. refl. be pleased/ happy/contented. Beesiimye abafiira mu Mukama. Blessed are they who die in the Lord.