o- (lu/n) light cloud; scattered cloud(s); with cap. the name of a lubaale associated with rain; a personal name. cf. ekire.
o- (lu/n) plantain leaf placed in a hole in the ground which may be used as a bath or as a place to keep beer.
o- adv. incessantly.
o- (lu/n) kind of plant with a hollow stem which is used for making tubes for drinking.
o- no plur. (lu/n) listlessness, slowness, as an adv. lazily, in a listless way. ow'olulembe, a slow-moving person. cf. lemba.
o- plur. ennenge (lu/n) edge, side; hem (esp. of a cloth or garment). Olugoye Iwe lujjudde ennenge. Her dress has uneven edges, olubugo Iw'ennenge, barkcloth trimmed ready for use. Omwana yajja kijja- nannenge. The child was bom feet first. cf. lekirenge; kijjanannenge.
o- plur. endere (lu/n) string (of a musical instrument); thong; long, thin strip; bootlace, cf. lakalere.
olulere, olukoba, ewuzi y'engatto.
gayaavu, a lulembe; vide lukobo.
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.
lutata, lunnye, lumoo nyere, lunyenyeegere, luleekereeke, lundikoobyo, lutaakome, lutankute, luteetera, ntakera, ssferebo; vide okulejja.
olulere.
a- (ka/bu) small strip; small layer; string of a musical instrument; shoelace; fringe; shred, cf. olulere.
e- (ki/bi) [Lunyoro] edge/side/hem of a cloth or garment; hoof. cf. akalenge, olulenge
n. (shoe), olukoba, olulere.
obunafu, olulembe.
olulere, olukoba.
nafu, yongobevu, lebevu; be l., okugojoba, okuyoobeera. listlessness, olulembe.
e- (n/n) beer bananas which are not fully ripe.
e- plur. of olulenge, q.v.
amalule.
kkakkakka, bikaakaalule; speak r., okwogera n'ebboggo, okukaayuukana, okuboggola, okutuntumuka.
okuwandiika amangu, okuwandiika bikaakaalule.
amalule.
lebevu, a lulembe.
olulembe.
also kijjamalenge (la) baby bom with feet first. (Formerly it was thought that such a child would grow up to he a criminal. It was often strangled and buried at the crossroads. Hence the word sometimes has the meaning of unknown corpse.) cf. olulenge.
ebaafu; (of leaf) oluleeba;
upside down, reversed, cf. fuula, olulenge.
o- (mu/mi) arch, door made of reeds or twigs.
-erembereza (-eremberezezza) v.i. & tr. appl. 2 caus. refl. approach cautiously/ carefully/slowly; be deliberate and slow in one's actions (towards). cf. olulemba.