o- (lu/n) piece of firewood; in the plur. firewood, okukuba oluku mu mutwe, to succeed in, get what one is after. Omusomo yagukuba oluku mu mutwe. He passed the course with flying colors. Omusango yagukuba oluku mu mutwe. He won the lawsuit. cf. obukuukuku, akaku, 2ekiku, olukukku, enkukku.

o- no plur. (lu/n) drizzle, drizzling rain. cf. ^enkuba.

o- (lu/n) kind of mushroom.

o- (lu/n) tuck; hem of a garment; boundary; edge. cf. kugira.

o- (lu/n) thin, emaciated hip. cf. ekkugunyu.

o- (lu/n) picuc uf firewood, cf. oluku.

o- no plur. (lu/n) a disease of the skin which causes excessive itching (esp. of dogs), cf. ekikuku.

o- (lu/n) hiding place; lair. cf. kukuma.

o- no plur. (lu/n) dust. cf. ekkukuuzi.

o- (lu/n) long-necked drinking gourd; tall, skinny person.

o- gen. plur. enkulo (lu/n) scrapings from a hide in curing/dressing.

o- (lu/n) rare ridge; sharp edge.

o- no plur. (lu/n) odor of sweat.

o- (lu/n) stream of dripping liquid (e.g., tears running down the face, a liquid spilled on a table, etc.); mark/stain left by a liquid, cf. kulukuta.

distinguished, renowned; clever; champion, expert; notorious, abayizzi lukulwe, great/highly skilled hunters, omubbi lukulwe, notorious thief.

o- numer. (lu/n) thousand, with the -a of rel. thousandth, ekitabo eky'olukumi, the thousandth book. cf. -kumi.

o- (lu/n) used with the -a of rel. cascade, olunkukumuli lw'ebigambo, a torrent of words, olukunkumuli lw'abantu, a great many people, cf. kunkumuka, kunku- mula.

o- with the -a of rel. yellowish- brown, yellowish-red. ente eya lukunyu, a yellow cow.

o- also olukunyukkunyu (lu/n) kind of bird, lesser hornbill.

o- (lu/n) [Stu., dr.] permission; permit; leave, authorization for temporary departure from duty.

o- (lu/n) bark from the mu ku sa- kusa tree used for making rope.

o- no plur. (lu/n) measles; case of measles, cf. kusensa.

o- (lu/n) skin; rind; peel, okwerya enkutakuta z'emimwa, to eat the skins of one's lips, i.e., to be very hungry, cf. ekikuta.

o- (lu/n) long corridor/passage; stripe; streak, kukuba luguudo (mu mutwe), to part one's hair, put a part in one's hair. cf. akakuubo, ekikuubo, ekkuubo.

awaka.

o- (lu/n) the damaging/ruining of plantain trees by stripping off most of the leaves; the tendency to beat/bully other people. Alina olukuunya. Heisabully. cf. kuunya.

o- (lu/n) red earth, red soil; fig. the grave fbecause it is dug at least as deep as the red soil), okulannamira olu- kuusi, euph. to be dead and buried, cf. ekikuusikuusi.

prep., wa gguluwa, kunguluku.

enkulukuku, ekiswa; some names of the ants may be put into the ki-class to denote the hill built by that ant.

ekibiina, olukuŋŋaana, olukiiko.

bambulukuka (-bambu- lukuse) v.i. conv. 1 & 2 become unpegged; get unstuck; blister, peel off (of skin). .

kalu, a lunnyo; (female animals) gumba, ensaata; also vide olukumakuma, enkumba, olunnyo; become b., okusajja kula, okusaatawala.

bbirira mod. forms of bba, q.v. cf. lbbika, bbinkira, bbulukuka, lubbira, ^omubbizi.

okukoowa, okufumbuka, okuggya, okufumbulukuka, okubuta, okuvuya, okulebettuka.

bembulukuka (-bembulukuse) v.i. conv. 1 & 2 come off (of a scab, scales); peel (of skin); become unstuck, get detached. Langi yonna yabembulukuka ku kisenge. All the paint came off of the wall.

ensalo, embibi, enkingi, omuzibo; (of mat) olusandaggo; (of cloth) olukugiro.

olutindo; (of nose) olukulukumbi lw'ennyindo.

kukuba budinda, to know thoroughly, have down pat. Oluswayiri balukuba budinda. They know Swahili very well. cf. eddinda, amadinda.

o- (bu/-) light rain, drizzle. cf. olukubakuba, lenkuba.

o- always plur. (bu/-) scraps of firewood, cf. oluku.

crumble, disintegrate. cf. -bumbe, ebbumba, ebbumbiro, ekibumbe, olubumbiro, emmumba, emmumbwa, omu- bumbi.

ripen fully. cf. -buulukufu.

okudibya, okujjulula, okuggyawo; be cancelled, okudika, okujjulukuka, okuggibwawo.

okujeemulukuka.

adj., kulu, a kitiibwa, lutikko, lukulwe.

ebbumba, olukuusi.

okugwa, okwegulukuka, okuyegaayega; (faint) okuzirika.

adj., fumbe. well c., a lulata (of plantains). be c., okuggya, okugulumba. be overcooked, okufumbulukuka, okuyungulukuka, okuserebera.

v.i., okuwamatuka, okuwulukuka.

n., ensonyi, obuwemu; fall into d., okuswala, okuseeseetuka, okusaabulukuka.

okuboola, okuboolereza, okuzaalukuka,

v.i., okusaasaana, okwabulukuka, okwabuka, okwediima, okugumbulukuka.

v., okukulukusa; (one's glass) okwekamirira, okukatankira, okukutamira.

omugo, amabbaii, olubuubuuto, enjegoyego, omuleboolebo; (of cloth) olukugiro ; (sharpness) obwogi, olukulukumbi; be set on e., okunyenyeera.

okulabika, okunnyulukuka, okunaawuuka, okupapankuka.

v., okugwa, okwetujja ekigwo; (err) okukyama; (rain) okutonnya. f. from hand, okusumattuka. f. backwards, okugalanjula, okugwa bugazi. f. off stalk, okudyebuka. f. in, okwegulukuka. f. into debt, okugwa mubbanja. f. one on another, okwetlnda. f. to pieces, okumogoka. f. apart, okubumbulukuka. f. off head (of load), okutikkuka. f. open, okuwenjuka. fall, n., ekigwo; (roof) okwesulika.

v., okuzimbulukuka.

kambwe, vide lukumbi.

very skillful person. Yali ffuluku mu kukwata emisota. He was very skillful in his ability to handle snakes. Abantu bamwogerako nga ffuluku mu kumannya eddagala ery'ekinnansi. The people described him as being an expert in (knowing) native medicine.

v., okuseeyeeya, okuyenjeera, okubbulukuka, okutengejja.

okukulukuta, okugenda, okugera; (of menses) okukuuluula; f. into (tributary), okufukako.

fumbukuka (-fumbukuse), fumbulukuka (-fumbulukuse) v.i. (conv. in form) be poured out/emptied out; come out (of the contents of a container); come apart; issue forth (as smoke from a fire).

knot; bring to an end, conclude, oku- fundikira omugwa, to tie a knot in a rope, okufundikira enviiri, to braid the hair into knots, okufundikira olukunnaana, to close a meeting, okufundikira obuliri, to tuck in the sheets and blankets (when making a bed), okufundikira essaati, to tuck in one's shirt.

etc.; make indemnify, cause to pay compensation. Bangassa ssiringi lukumi oiw'okuvuga mmo- toka ekimama. They made me pay a thousand shilling fine for careless driving.

e- (li/ma) partly ripened fruit of the muwafu or the musaali tree. Lukuba eggu ne luleka omuzima. (Death, olumbe) strikes the young fruit and leaves the ripe fruit (untouched). This saying refers to one who dies at a very young age.

ekirabo, ekitone, ekiweebwayo; g. of food to king, olukungo.

enziku, enjoka ensajja, ekisununu, enjoka za kisombi, lukuumabintu, lukuumawaka.

okwekulukuunya.

ekikulukuto.

adj., kulu, a lutikko, a lukulwe.