lit. like a stick, without anything, empty-handed; without resources, kusigala buggo, to be left alone, be bereft of friends; to have all one's possessions stolen, kuvaayo buggo, to come back empty-handed, cf. omuggo.

embuukuuli, endoddo, omuggo gw'akaloddo ; (meeting place) kiraabu; (drinking resort) ekirabo.

omuggo.

omuggo, embuukuuli.

etc. Yatugalulira omuggo. He raised a stick against us.

gobesa (-gobesezza) v.tr. caus. 1 & 2 cause to chase/go after; cause to be expelled; cause to arrive/land; cheat, kugobya nkaaga, to fail in one's attempt. Ennyana togigobya muggo munene gutyo! Do not go after the calf with such a a big stick.

in which if a player is found without a stick, he is beaten until he obtains one. (Sn.) cf. omuggo.

a- (ka/bu) with the -a of rel. heavy, weighty, omuggo ogw'akaloddo, cudgel, club with a knob at the end.

kukuunya muggo, to beat severely with a stick, cf. olukuunya.

lundisa (-lundisizza) v.tr. caus. 1 & 2 cause to herd; herd with/ using. Lekerawo okulunza omwana omuggo otyo. Stop beating the child with a stick like that.

adj. \Lunyoro_) crooked, omuggo nkyamiremirongo, a crooked stick.

the highest mountain in Africa, abantu abasinga obungi, most people. Ekisinga togendayo. The best thing is for you not to go there. Additional examples: Asinze omusango. He has won his (court) case. Omusinze gumusinze. He has lost his case. Osinze. You are right. You have won ( said by one giving in after an argument). Akbsinga akukubya gw'olina. (prov.) He who excels you/is stronger than you beats you with (the stick, omuggo implied) which you have. Might makes right.

omuggo.

ddamula, omuggo gwa kabaka.

shake up; divide into smaller pieces (of hot lumps of bananas), okusinsimula omuggo, to beat with a stick. Waaliwo olulala lwe nnasinsimula embogo essasi. There was another occasion when I shot a buffalo with a bullet.

omuggo.

n., omuggo; (cane) oluga; (iron shod), omuwunda; (hooked) ekkongolijjo.

wrap up; fold, fold up; wind; coil; surround, okuzinga omuntu omuggo, to beat a person with a stick.

o- (mu/mi) stick; walking stick, cane; crutch. Katonda ankubye omuggo. Something bad has happened to me. God has chastised me. cf. obuggo, kaggoggo.

v.i. start off, depart (of a car or vehicle), kusimbula makanda, to start off, go (away), kusimbula misinde, to start running at a great speed, kusimbula muntu luyi/muggo, to give a person a hard slap/severe beating, nnali nnakasimbula ebigere bisatu, I had just taken three steps, bw'abasimbulako amaaso n'agazza ku ffe, when he took his eyes from them and looked at us, lit. returned them to us.

against) okwesimbaggi- riza ku muggo, to support oneself with a stick, lean on a stick; to walk with a stick.

to come back empty-handed, lit. like a stick {cf. omuggo) which digs clay.