o- (lu/n) arch, unit of measure of approximately one meter used by herdsman. cf. nzira.

a- plur. (li/ma) large expanse of water, kusibira ku mmeere, to imprison, send to prison, send ‘down the river.' This phrase has its origin in the fact that Luzira Prison is near the lake shore.

e- (n/n) kind of hardwood tree. It has an extensive system of branches but a small trunk and is the source of the staves which the Balaalo employ in herding cattle. (Sn.) cf. oluzira.

n. part of Luzira Central Prison where hardened criminals are confined; as a common noun solitary confinement.