o- no plur. (lu/n) direction; side; party, faction, ku ludda olulala, on the other hand, viewing things from a different point of view, amawanga agatalina ludda, the unaligned nations, nze nga nnyimiridde erudda ne munnange erudda, and I was standing on one side and my friend on the other. Ali ludda wa? Where is he?

all the while, all along; lately; on that occasion; already, conj. all the time that, while. Bakira oli ludda wa? Where were you all the while? Bak ira nkugamba ggwe nga towulira! I kept telling you but you wouldn't listen!

o- noun used as adv. on tiptoe, okutambuza obunkenke, to walk on tiptoe, okubeera ku bunkenke, to be on one's toes, be ready for action. Akulira oludda olu- tambuliza Gavumenti ku bunkenke. He is the head of the party which keeps the Government on its toes (i.e., the opposition party).

e- adv. long ago, in former times; (with a future verb) in the future, eddako. a short time ago; (with a future verb) later on, in a short time, afterwards, edda n'edda lyonna, always (only with the past). Edda n'edda lyonna wali oli ludda wa? Where were you all that time? Tulibiraba edda. We will see them in the distant future. Tunaagenda edda. We will be going later on (in the near future).

be next in order, oluddako, the next day, the following day (lu- implies lunaku, day). Nnambi y'anzirako. Nnambi is my younger sister/the one who comes after me. Namusoke azzeeko omubiri. N. has gained some weight.

obukiika, oludda; vide okulaga; (order) ekiragiro; changed., okuweta olugendo.

o- (lu/n) defeat (in sports); forward line (in soccer), oludda olugobe, the defeated team, oludda olugoba, the winning team, ow'oku lugoba olwa ddyo, right wing (in soccer), cf. goba.

n., obukiika, oluuyi, ebbali, eki balaaju, olusegere; (of body) embiriizi; (conceit) amamima. on this s., kuludda luno, emitala w'eno. on that s., emitala w'eri. lay s. by s., okuganzika, okukomeka. on both sides, eruuyi n'eruuyi. on all sides, enjuyi zonna.

o- (mu/ba) chairman, presiding officer; president, omukubiriza w'oludda oluwabula gavumenti, the opposition leader (in government), cf. ^kuba, kubiriza.

omukono ogwa ddyo, the right hand, ku ludda olwa ddyo, to the right side. Wa ddyo- He is right-handed, obukiika obwa ddyo, south. See kkono.