cf. kuba, ekkonde; ndizabawuulu.

n., omuntuomukulu.

malayika omukulu, ssaabamalayika.

e- (li/ma) large barkcloth. kugwa mu bbugo, to ask secretly for help. Yamukubira essimu ng'amugwa mu bbugo. He telephoned him and asked him in confidence to help. cf. olubugo.

e- also used in sing, (ki/bi) labor pains. Ebisa bijjira kumukumu. The labor pains are progressing fast.

o- (bu/-) leadership. cf. kulembera, omukulembeze.

o- (bu/-) deceit; treachery; double-dealing; hypocrisy, cf. kuusa, omukuusa (kuusa).

o- adv. tightly, firmly, closely; rigidly, strictly, okukuuma obutiribiri, to guard closely, okukuuma essaawa obutiribiri, to be absolutely punctual. Omusawo omulwadde amukuuma butiribiri. The doctor is keeping a close watch over the patient.

pastor (of a Roman Catholic parish), cf. bwana, omukulu.

omukuto.

omugabe, omukulu, omuto ngole, kapitaani.

olujegere, essamba, omukuufu.

omukubirizi; be c., okukubiriza.

n., omulimba, omukuusa, omulyazaamaanyi.

omwami, omukungu, omukulu; c.'s residence, embuga.

n., ekibiina; in crowds, kumukumu.

omukuumi.

omusengusi, omukunguzi.

omukulu, ow'ekitiibwa.

omunnanfuusi, omukuusa.

omukuŋŋaanya.

well-trodden roads, omukwano omukuukuulivu, a well-established friendship, cf. kuukuutira.

omukulembezi omukulembeze.

omukuumi w'ekkomera.

n., omukuumi.

omukuza, omula birizi.

n., omusaale, omukulembezi.

omutwe, kasoomi, enseenene; (of bed) emitwetwe; (of drum) obusu; (of corn) ekirimba; (chief) omwami, omukulti; h. cloth, ekiremba.

omukundi.

nene nnyo; vide muku.

omukuusa, munnanfuusi.

munnanfuusi, omukuusa, omuguya.

n., omulamuzi, omukubirizi w'emisango.

collective) kind of bird, ringdove. A single specimen is kakaamu- kuukulu (plur. bukaamukuukulu). It is considered a bird of ill omen.

a- (ka/bu) lot; lottery; vote, omukubi w'akalulu, voter, akalulu k'omukisa, raffle, akalulu k'eggwanga, national lottery, okukuba akalulu, to vote; to hold a lottery.,

a- (ka/bu) kind of bird resembling a small dove. If it flies into a house it is considered a bad omen.

omukuumi.

e- (ki/bi) image, likeness; picture; photograph; painting, ekifaananyi ekibumbe, statue, omusiizi w'ebifaananyi, artist, ebifaananyi ebisiige, paintings, omukubi w'ebifaananyi, photographer, okukuba ebifaananyi bya..., to take pictures of, photograph. okukukuba ekifaananyi, to imagine. c f. faanana.

e- (ki/bi) trip, fall; throw in wrestling; wrestling; wrestling match, kukuba kigwo. to throw (in wrestling), kukwata kigwo, to wrestle, omukubi w'ekigwo, wrestler. Ngudde kigwo. I have fallen/tripped, kugwa kigwo, to be wasted/squandered. Essente ze nnawaayo okusomesa omwana oyo zaagwa kigwo. The money I spent to educate that child was utterly wasted, cf. gwa.

e- (ki/bi) fist, omukubi w'ebikonde, boxer, ebikonde, fists; boxing, okusekera mu kikonde, to laugh inwardly, suppress a laugh, cf. ekkonde.

e-: okutunula ekimogo, to cast a furtive/coy/shy glance. Saamukubako kimogo. I did not catch a glimpse of him. cf. moga.

e- (ki/bi) [Su>., At. ] book, ekitabo ekiwandiikibwamu, notebook, exercise book, omukubi w'ebitabo, book publisher, cf. akatabo.

e- (1 i/ma) navel, umbilicus, ekkundi lya kibulira, hollow navel, cf. omukundi, nnamukundi.

very beautiful dress material, omukyala atakubikamu liiso, a very beautiful woman. cf. obukubirire, ekikubira, ekikubiro, ekkubiro, omukube, omukubi, omukubiriza, omukubi rizi, omukubiza, 2 enkuba.

make fun of, scorn, laugh to scorn, cf. obukudaaze, omukudaazi.

hem (cloth); restrict, limit; border; hinder; prohibit, forbid, okukugira ennyumba, to put a fence around a house, cf. olukugiro, omukugiro.

make proficient, etc. cf. -kugu, obukugu, omukugu.

etc. Baagezaako okumukumbira. They tried to court/woo her. cf. omukumbi; kulukumba.

deceive, defraud; embezzle, steal, cf. omukumpanya; kupaakupanya.

o- adv. close together, right next to each other, one after another; in crowds, in great numbers, ebibuuzo eby'omukumu- kumu, a barrage of questions, one question after another.

fail to develop; grow thin; fail to become well cooked, cf. omukunduggu.

etc. cf. omukungubazi.

lead away, spirit away (with a personal object). cf. mukungujjo.

conceal; shelter, treat with care, omwana omukusike, a sheltered child.

be in a neck-and-neck competition. cf. kkuulaamalungi, -^omukuufu.

kuumisa (kuumisizza) v.tr. caus. 1 Sc 2 cause to guard, etc.; guard with/using. cf. -kuumi, ekkuumiro, omukuumi.

be a hypocrite, v.tr. dupe, deceive. (Not to be confused with -ekuusa which is listed under kuuta.) cf. obukuusa, omukuusa(kuusa).

v., okukulembera, okuluŋŋamya; l. good life, okuyisa obuluugi. leader, omukulu; (guide) omusaale, omukulembeze.

ekikoola, eddagala; (of plantains) olulagala, omukumbu; (dried) essanja; (of book) olupapula, omuko; l. bud, omuziŋŋoonyo, omubumbu.

o- plur. empya (lu/n) yard; courtyard. -a kiyita mu luggya, short, brief; temporary, not permanent, lit. passing through the courtyard. Olugendo lwe luno lujja kuba lwa kuyita mu luggya. This trip of his will be a very brief one. Omukulu takulira mpya bbiri. (prov.) A chief is not a chief of two compounds. Even those with great authority have limitations.

o- (lu/n) copper wire; per ext. telephone; microphone. Yamukuba olukomo. He telephoned him. cf. ekikomo.

omukulu.

omwami omukulu, mukama. m. of ceremonies, omugabuzi. be own m., okwetwala. join a new m., okusenga, vide okulanda.

namely. It is similar in function, to nti (q.v.) but implies doubt and unc ertainty. Yagamba nti alijja. He said that he would come. Yagamba mbu alijja. He said that he would come (but I am not at all sure that he will), as an adv. it would seem that, apparently, one might get the impression, they say. Mbu omubbi bamukutte. Apparently (I think, I have heard) they have caught the thief.

omukubi w'ennanga.

omukungubazi.

omukunguzi, ekyuma ekisala omuddo.

e- (n/n) pillar, post; pole. Omuwala obulungi bumukubya ku mpagi. The girl is very beautiful, lit. beauty makes her strike at the pillar, kusiba kintu ku mpagi, to endure/put up with something, cf. ^waga, eggwagi.

o- (mu/mi) moon; month, omwezi omuto, the new moon, okulwala omwezi, to be in a menstruation period, omwezi omukazi (- ttoggo, q.v.), the rainy season between February and June, lit. the feminine month, omwezi omusajja (= ddumbi, q.v.), the rainy season between August and November. The Luganda names of the months are: Gatonnya, January; Mukutulansanja, February;. Mukulukusabitungolungo, March; Mugulansigo, April; Muzigo, May; Ssebaaseka, June; Kasambula, July; Mwaka musajja, Muwakanya, August; Mutunda, September; Kafuumuulampawu, October; Museenene, November; Ntenvu, December.

lit. chief's gourd.