o- (lu/n) cutting/slip of the sweet-po- tato vine. cf. lomuko.

o- (lu/n) belt; strap; bootlace; complexion, appearance, olukoba lw'embwa, leash for a dog (usually made of leather). olukoba olupima, tape measure, enkoba za ggita, the strings of a guitar, omuserikale ow'olukoba, a high-ranking police officer {here olukoba = braid), cf. akakoba, ekkoba.

o- (lu/n) kind of creeping plant. See ekkobe and ornukobe which are much more common.

o- adv. slowly, in a dilatory manner, ow'olukobo, a person who is slow in his movements and takes forever to accomplish a task. Ayogera lukobo. He talks long and tediously.

o- (lu/n) one who constantly hangs around, hanger-on, pest; sponger, cf. aka- kokobe.

o- (lu/n) elbow, okubukeereza enkokola (-bu- = obudde), to wake up bright and early, to begin (a taskj or start (a journey) early in the morning, olukokola lw'entebe, the arm of a chair, cf. akako- kola, nnabankokola.

o- (lu/n) line; scratch, cf. kolo- bola, akakoloboze.

o- with or without the -a of rel. (something) very long, olukoloddoli lw'eki- wandiiko, a very long document, ekiwandii- ko kyaii lukoloddoli. the document was a very long one.

o- (lu/n) kind of thorny creeper used to bind reeds.

o- (lu/n) long line, with the -a of rel. long, olukolongo lw'abantu, a long line of people, olukolongo lw'omusota, a long snake, cf. kolonga.

o- (lu/n) palm pole; trunk of a wild date palm (lukindu) when felled; sometimes used for the palm tree itself.

o- (lu/n) fence; hedge; palisade; barricade; barrier, cf. koma, komera, ek- komera.

o- (lu/n) copper wire; per ext. telephone; microphone. Yamukuba olukomo. He telephoned him. cf. ekikomo.

o- (lu/n) someone who stays too long; something unpleasant which persists; nuisance. Obulwadde bufuuse bwa lukongobe. The disease has become chronic, cf. kongoba.

0-: okuteekako olukongoolo or okussaako olukongoolo, to point at, point out; to point the finger of accusation against, okusimba olukongoolo, to stress, emphasize, place emphasis on.

o- (lu/n) pipe-stem euphorbia tree; colloq. milk. Yatuwa caayi ng'alimu n'olukoni. He gave us tea with milk. cf. enkoni.

o- (lu/n) ravine, crevasse, rift; division, separation; gap.

o- (lu/n) long arm. olukono lw'en- nyanja, inlet, estuary, okusimba olukono, to lean on the arms with palms out-stretched; to sit doing nothing expecting others to do everything for one. cf. omukono.

o- no plur. (lu/n) usually with -a of rel. incurable disease; fatal illness, obulwadde obw'olukonvuba, incurable disease, cf. konvuba.

o- (lu/n) kind of tall grass. cf. mukonzikonzi.

o- (lu/n) uninhabited country; wasteland; wilderness; desert, cf. munnalukoola.

o- (lu/n) kind of mushroom. cf. 2 koota.

o- (lu/n) edge (e.g., of a hill, of a village); boundary; coast.

o- also olukowekowe (1 u/n) eyelash. Aliko olukowe. He is feeling better. His health has improved, cf. ekikowe.

olukonko.

omukono; vide lukono; a. of the sea, ekikono.

enjaliiro, olukoma, omukiikiro.

olukoba, amanzambu, omukandala, siripi omusipi.

olulere, olukoba, ewuzi y'engatto.

olukoba.

olukoba.

o-: obubonero obukomera, parentheses. cf. koma, komera, olukomera.

olukomera, bbugwe; (of boat) amabuto.

olukonko, empago.

n., olufunyiro, eggoda, olukoda.

n:, olukoola, eddungu.

gayaavu, a lulembe; vide lukobo.

olukoole.

olukokola.

ekisaakaate, ekikaali, akasiira, akabanda, olukomera, olugo, ekigo, bbooma.

v., okukomera, okusita olukomera.

n. (cloth), olufunyiro, eggoda, olukoda; (enclosure) ekisibo, ekiraalo, olugo.

olukoba, oluyina, omukandala, olwebagyo, biti.

essubi, omuddo, essenke, olumbugu, etteete, olukonzikonzi, embubbu, ebisagazi.

olukomera.

endwadde, obulwadde; vide lukokkere; feign i., okwerwaza.

n., akaserengeto, olukooto, oluyiringito, ekikko, akasirikko.

tassuuka; vide lukokkere.

a- (ka/bu) small belt; small strap, ekirevu ky'akakoba, sideburns, side- whiskers. cf. olukoba.

a- (ka/bu) hanger-on, pest; sponge; nuisance, cf. olukokobe.

a- (ka/bu) small elbow; angle in a wall, akakokola k'entebe, the arm of a chair, okusaako kakokola tondeka nnyuma, to run for one's life. cf. olukokola.

a- (ka/bu) small line; small scratch, cf. kolobola, olukoloboze.

e- (ki/bi) cushion, pillow (made of grass or banana fibers), mu ngeri eteri ya kusimba lukokola ku kigugu, in a very industrious way, without showing any laziness, lit. in a way which is not that of planting the elbow on the pillow.

e- rare var. of olukobo, q.v.

e- (ki/bi) copper; bracelet, cf. olukomo.

e- (ki/bi) eyelid, okutemya ekikowe, to wink; to blink, nga kutemya kikowe, in an instant, cf. olukowe.

e- (ki/bi) diarrhea, ekiwaluko ky'omusaayi, dysentery, cf. waluka.

e- (li/ma) large belt, ekkoba eryelikka amasasi cartridge belt. cf. olukoba.

e- (li/ma) prison, jail. cf. koma, komera, olukomera.

v.tr. irritate, itch (of the throat). Obulago bunkoota. My throat itches. Omukazi ono yalina eyamukoota. There was somebody whom this woman liked very much. cf. olukoota.

n. (shoe), olukoba, olulere.

olulere, olukoba.

omugwa, olukoba.

wanvu, lukolongo; vide lubobye, lukwedenge, emiraatiira, omusisii rwa, omutiriba. make l., okuwanvuya. make of l. shape, okukolongola. longlegged, mucuumuule.

olukonvuba.

cf. olukonzikonzi.

v., okutuuma, okwatula, okw alula; (to give a bad n.) okussaako olukongoolo.

e- plur. of olukokola, q.v.

e- (n/n) with the -a of rel. long- enkoloddoli y'olusolobyo, a long pruning stick, cf. olukoloddoli.

kasimbe- nkokola. (la) mantis; plant with the nodal stem growing in a crooked way as though it had elbows (nkokola). cf. olukokola.