o- (bu/-) stupidity, foolishness, idiocy, cf. -toole, ekitooletoole, omutooletoole.

omugabe, omukulu, omuto ngole, kapitaani.

omutonzi.

engatto zange kaboga kakobogo, my brand new shoes. Omukyala yawasa muto kaboga. He married a very young girl.

a- (ka/bu) blade of grass. Oyo mutono ng'akasubi. He is as thin as a rail. as a pr.n. Kasubi, a place in Kampala where the tombs of the Kings of Buganda are located, cf. essubi.

a- (ka/bu) small reed, omukyala omutono kayulu nnalunyonga, a slim, beautiful woman.

e- (ki/bi) created thing, created being, creature, cf. tonda, omutonde.

e- (ki/bi) arch, office of position of mutongole (q.v.); bibl. unit of soldiers, omwami w'ekitongole Omulumi, Roman centurion (Matth. VIII, 5); current usage government department; department, office. cf. tongola.

e- also ekitontogolo (ki/bi) kind of tree of the genus Ficus, cf. omutonto, entonto.

e- usually plur. (ki/bi) mud, slush; mud-on the feet. cf. omutoomi, ettoomi.

maama omuto, aunt, mother's sister, interj. expressing surprise or enthusiasm my goodness! gee! boy! Maama ng'olabye! Gee, I am sorry about what has happened to you! Note also that a mother may address her daughter as maama wange, my mother.

omukozi, omutonzi.

teenager, lit. young blood, cf. omusaayi, -to.

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- also entontogolo (n/n) fruit of trees of the genus Ficus, (juweddeko entontogolo, ennyonyi ziyita ku ttale. (prov.) tVhen (the tree) has been stripped of all its fruit, the birds pass on to (other) areas. Wealthy people receive many visitors; the poor, none. cf. ekitonto, omutonto.

omwami, omutongole, omukulu.

tono, a mubiri mutono, kuubukuubu; vide a nnalubiri.

omwami omuto.

overdo things; try to create an impression, okukola eby'akatiwuuko, to act/do things in an exaggerated way. -to adj. young, not fully grown; small, omwezi omuto, the new moon, omulamuzi omuto, junior judge, -toototo, rather young. Omusajja yalina abaana be basatu nga batoototo. The man had three children, (all) rather young, kuluyita luto, to treat lightly, consider of no consequence, call it (-lu- implies lutalo, battle) small. Sisobola kuluyita luto. 1 cannot say that it is a matter of small consequence, cf. toowa, toowala, obuto, ekilo, oluto, omuto; (be) ttottololo.

mingle. Mu miti mutobeekerezeemu obumuli. Let flowers be interspersed among the trees. cf. -tobeke, ekitobeko, entobeko.

-^omutonyi.

obutonde, obutonzi, Kalonda, ekitonde, omutonde, omutonzi.

kojja; kita omuto; (of king) ssaabaganzi.

omutoototo.

v.i. appl. 2 keep complaining about unfair treatment; be very difficult to satisfy. cf. omutomi.

o- (mu/ba) child; young person; younger brother. Omugole yabadde muto. The bride was a virgin. Muto anyumya ne muto munne. (prov.) lit. A child converses with a fellow child. Birds of a feather flock together, cf.

o- (mu/mi) kind of forest tree, Baphiopsis stuhlmannii.

o- (mu/ba) ungrateful/unappreciative person; complainer. cf. ^toma.

o- (mu/ba) one who is created, human creature, human being, cf. tonda.

o- (mu/ba) judge; arbitrator, omu- lamuzi omuto, junior magistrate, omulamuzi omukulu, chief justice, cf. lamula

o- (mu/ba) official, officeholder: formerly chief appointed directly by the Kabaka. cf. tongola, ekitongole.

o- (mu/mi) kind of tree, Ficus asperifolia. cf. ekitonto, entonto.

o- (mu/ba) giver, one who gives a gift. cf. ^tona.

o- (mu/ba) one who tints/colors/ paints/decorates, cf. ^tona.

o- (mu/ba) creator, cf. tonda.

o- (mu/mi) ebony tree, Dalbergia melanoxylon.

o- (mu/ba) stupid/empty-headed person, cf. -toole, obutooletoole, eki- tooletoole.

o- (mu/mi) thick mud, a great deal of mud. cf. ekitoomi.

taata omuto, father's brother, uncle.

v.i. become a mutongole;

a foreign government). cf. -tongole, obutongole, ekitongole, omutongole.

o- (mu/mi) kind of fishing basket with which to trap fish. Ssemuto w'attira eggege w'azza omuya. (prov.) The youth brings back his fishing basket to the place where he caught a large ngege (type of fish).

kitaawo, kitaawe, kitaffe, kitammwe, kitaabwe; bakitaffe, etc. kitange omuto, my paternal uncle.

omukeeka omutobe- ke, a multicolored mat, a mat with a colored pattern, cf. tobeka.

n>mutonyi.

empty-headed, cf. obu- tooletoole, ekitooletoole, omutooletoole.

youngish, omu- lenzi omutoototo, a rather young boy. cf. -to.