okusiriiza, okubabula.

omuyimbi.

perhaps, for all I know; probably.

adj. excellent, first-rate, omuyimbi kayingo, a very talented singer, omuzinyi kayingo, a great dancer, omusambi w'omupiira kayingo, an outstanding football player, cf. yinga.

o- plur. ennyimba (lu/n) song; hymn, okufumba ennyimba, to compose songs. Ow'ennyimba mbi, ayimbira mu babe. (prov.) A poor singer sings only among his own people, cf. lyimba, ennyimba.

until, okutuusa ku Lwokuna, until Thursday, okutuusa lwe nnadda engulu, until I regained consciousness. kutuusaawo (following a neg. finite verb), to that extent, that much. Tayimba kutuusaawo. He doesn't sing that well. He isn't that good a singer.

v.i. be burned slightly; be singed; be smoked over fire; crack (of the lips).

v.i. appl. 2 keep smoldering/singeing; be on fire; have a burning sensation; fig. talk volubly/very fast/breathlessly.

v. tr. appl. 2 caus. cause to singe; set on fire.

okubabula emmere, to cook a meal in a hurry, okubabula omu- somo, to finish a course quickly, okubabula emiggo, to beat severely with sticks, okubabula ebigambo, to talk rapidly/volubly. cf. -babule, ekibabu, olubabu; babira.

o- (mu/ba) singer, cf. ^yimba.

cf. babuka, babula.