o- (bu/-) mold; mildew; fungus, omusajja omukadde bukuku, an extremely old man, a man hoary with age. cf. kukula.

omukadde w'ekkanisa, ddiikoni.

ekiwutta.

n., omukadde.

omukazl omukadde.

make old, age; cause to wear out. cf. -kadde, ^obukadde, omukadde.

irretrievably. Kagenderere, ng'omukadde akogga. (prov.) Gone for good like an old person who is getting thin. What is gone is gone. cf. genda, genderera.

e- (ki/bi) deserted house; deserted place. Omukadde akira ekifulukwa. (prov.) An old feeble tenant is better than an empty house. Half a loaf is better than no bread, cf. fuluka.

lit. ears of an old man. cf. tuga, omukadde.

elder.

lit. it sends the old one(s) off to war. cf. omukadde, tabaaza.

omuzadde, omukadde; (of chief) nnakazadde; vide zooboota.

omukadde w'ekkanisi.

kabona; (Protestant) omukadde w'ekkanisa; (R.C.) omusosodooti; high p., kabona lukulwe.

o- (mu/ba) old person, elderly person; parent, omukadde w'ekkanisa, elder of the church; minister, cf. -kadde.

aged (of people and animals); old, worn out (of things), cf. kaddiwa, ^obu- kadde, omukadde, nnakkadde, ssekkadde.