okusaba; vide essaala; (on behalf of) okusabira; (request) okwegayirira.

okusaba, essaala.

o- (bu/-) splash, spray (e.g., ejected from potatoes or cassava which is being peeled, from plantain fiber which is being beaten).

o- (bu/-) mission, task for which one is sent; relig. apostleship, disciple- ship. obutume obw'okwegayirira, apostleship of prayer, cf. tuma.

etc.; spray (e.g., insects), kufuuyira mbuzi mulere, to waste one's time/breath, lit. blow a pipe for a goat, kufuuyira malenge, to drink a lot without having one's thirst assuaged, kufuuyira mmindi, to smoke an empty pipe while reciting incantations for the purpose of putting a hex on someone; to wish someone bad luck.

a- usually plur. (ka/bu) tiny fragments and liquid spray which splash off of barkcloth when it is being beaten.

e- (ki/bi) Rom. Cath. morning prayers; evening prayers.

o- (lu/n) row; line; list; category, class. Akoowoola bantu bonna okuyisaako olubu lw'ebigere e Nsambya mulabe aba- kyala bye bakoze. She asks that you all go to/pay a visit to (lit. pass a series of steps to) Nsambya and see what the women have done, olubu lwa ssapule, relig., the (prayers of the) rosary.

e- (n/n) pronunciation; way of uttering/expressing; with cap. the official prayer book of the Church of Uganda. cf. yatula.

cause to be or feel cold; dampen, spray (clothes before ironing), ekyuma ekinnyogoza, refrigerator, icebox. Ebi- gambo bye yannamba byannyinyogoza. The things he said to me hurt me very much/disturbed me greatly. cf. -nnyogovu, -nnyogoogerevu, obunnyo- govu, ekinnyogoga.

cf. essaala.

ask for.

pray all the time; keep asking, importune.

sabisa (-sabisizza) v.tr. caus. 1 & 2 make pray/ask; pray/ask by means of. cf. omusabi, omusabirizi, omusabiriza, essabo.

v., okumansira.

e- (n/n) prayer, essaala ya Mukama waffe, the Lord's prayer, cf. ^saala.

mponze) v.i. & tr. make an offering/sacrifice (to a lubaale or spirit); dedicate; pray (used by Christians). Bye nkubuulira by'otowonga. 1 have told you what to do, you have ignored my advice and are now complaining to me.

e- (n/n) charm, amulet (often in the form of heads); prayer beads of Muslims.

(li/ma) Muslim prayer beads.

v.i. <£ tr. request; ask; ask for; beg; pray.

entreat, implore, make a plea to; pray to. Obutume obw'Okwegayirira, the Apostle- ship of Prayer, cf. gaya.