a very large number of | guests, cf. omusera.

omuseese, omweramannyo, omwoloola.

okusesa, okusanyusa, okuzannya.

omuzannyo, okuzannya.

o- (bu/-) witchcraft, wild dancing and magical rites performed at night by the basezi. cf. sera, omusezi.

be boiling; fig. be cheerful; become exulted; get excited.

amuse, give pleasure to.

nkaana k'enkoko, omuseera.

ebisasiro, akalondwalondwa, ekikunkumuse.

omusengusi, omukunguzi.

q.v.

cf. ekidumusi.

ekitindiro, emikwero, omugala, lukangaga, olunnyo; (of house) omusekese; (of door) omuzigo.

kulu; vide musera.

okujjula, omusera.

issue forth.

get up suddenly, cf. gannamuka.

nnannamuse) v.i. start up, get up suddeniy/awkwaraly/ clumsily, cf. gagamuka.

struggle to one's feet.

dispute loudly.

be squeezed out; be drained; be dried up/exhausted.

kind of shrub the leaves of which taste of oxalic acid.

a- (ka/bu) small seed; pill, tablet; grain, akaweke k'omusenyu, a grain of sand, enviiri ez'akaweke, curly/kinky hair. cf. empeke.

e- (ki/bi) foot; paw; footstep; footprint. ekigere ekisajja, big toe. ow'ebi- gere, pedestrian, okudda mu bigere bya..., to follow in the steps of; to replace, kulya kintu ne musenza bigere, to eat one's fill, lit. to eat something and you push away with the feet. cf. obugeregere, eggere, akagere, olugere.

e- (ki/bi) amusement; entertainment; sport; social gathering, party; celebration, okukoza ekinyumu, to do (something) just for the sake of being sociable, cf. nyuma.

run away.

nnamuse) v.i. be or become healthy; revive, recover, regain one's health. Emmotoka eramuse. The automobile is in good condition again.

tereevu; vide omuseetwe.

nninimuse) v.i. go/move along (in a crowd); rush (in), flood (in); make a tramping/rumbling noise.

o- (lu/n) belt; strap; bootlace; complexion, appearance, olukoba lw'embwa, leash for a dog (usually made of leather). olukoba olupima, tape measure, enkoba za ggita, the strings of a guitar, omuserikale ow'olukoba, a high-ranking police officer {here olukoba = braid), cf. akakoba, ekkoba.

o- (lu/n) long bundle of firewood; long bundle, olusekese lw'enku, long bundle of firewood, okufuuka olusekese, to lose weight, become all skin and bones. cf. sekesa, omusekese.

burst out (of a noise, cry); burn; shine.

e- (n/n) described in previous dictionaries as: sternum, sternal cartilage; pit of the stomach; internal bodily part. It is now used almost always in a figurative sense: heart, soul, seat of the emotions. It occurs in hundreds of phrases and expressions of which the following is a sampling: mu ngeri ya kawanika mmeeme, in a frightening way. kwekuba mmeeme, to reconsider, emmeeme n'enfa, and my heart sank/I was utterly distressed. Nze emmeeme yangwa wala. I became very depressed. Otukubye wala emmeeme. You have really given us a scare. Emmeeme yamudda mu nteeko. He felt relieved, lit. his heart went back in place, ow'emmeeme etawaana amangu, one who is easily nauseated. Emmeeme entye- muse. 1 am terribly anxious/concerned/ shocked. Kino kyali ng'ekyawanula emmeeme ye. This seemed to relieve him/ calm him down. Emmeeme katale, ky'esiima ky'egula. (prov.) The heart is like going to market — it buys what it wants. Emmeeme gy'esula, ebigere gye bikeera. fprov.J Where the heart sleeps is where the feet- go in the morning, i.e., when you sleep with the intention of doing something, that is what you do. Emmeeme etefumba kigambo ekwo- geza munno ky'atagenda kwerabira. (prov.) lit. The heart which does not fashion well the spoken word makes you say what your friend will never forget. The spoken word can never be retracted.

nnyimuse) v.i. be lively/ active; respond/react positively; ooze, flow (particularly of banana juice). Okutuuka mu nju yasanga ssabbuuni amaze okummu- kira mu lubugo. When he arrived in the house he found that the soap was producing suds in the barkcloth, i.e., that things were really happening.

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.

e- (n/n) epaulet, omuserikale ow'enjota, military officer; police inspector.

e- (n/n) kind of grasshopper; grasshopper (in general). Ekika ky'Enseenene, the Grasshopper Clan, omutwe gw'ensee- nene, a head like that of a grasshopper, a pointed head. cf. obuseenene, omuseenene.

e- (n/n) pullet, young hen. cf. omuseera.

be pleasing to; be interesting to, interest; amuse, amawulire agatabanyumira, news which does not interest them.

omusekuzo, ekigotta.

n., olusenyi, omuseetwe.

olusenyi, omuseetwe.

n., omuggya, omusenze.

musenzaalanda.

omusenyu.

a musenyu.

etc. ebifo ebisanyukirwamu, places of amusement.

omuduuzi, omusekerezi.

arch, (of a woman) travel with the Kabaka, a chief or one's husband on a military expedition or a long journey, cf. omusebeyi.

make depraved/dissolute, etc.cf. -seegu, obuseegu, omuseegu.

level, level off. cf. -seeteevu, omuseetwe.

cf. olusekese, omusekese.

pour for. cf. omusenero, essenero.

sengusa (-sengusizza) v.tr. conv. caus. cause to leave; cause to move, move (e.g., people) from one place to another. cf. obusenze, omusenze.

get dug up.

be shaken; start, wince.

be converted to Islam.

awaken.

eggufa, omugo gge; (of house) omusekese.

omuserikale, omulwanyi.

e- (li/ma) place for brewing, brewery; place where drinks are stored, cf. sena, senera, omusenero.

omusembi.

grow up, mature; increase in height, cf. -suumufu.

omusenze, omwesengeze.

fly into a rage.

blaze (of a fire); spring up (of grass, vegetation); rise up in a group (as a flock of birds).

kutyetyemuka nnyindo yankolera, to laugh uproariously.

more frequently vulumula (-vulumudde) v.tr. okuvulumula amaaso, to open the eyes wide and move the pupils about rapidly as an expression of anger, okuvulumula emmotoka, to drive a car at great speed.

get better.

more commonly siramuka, 'q.v. become a Muslim.