omubi, lunkupe.

etc. Obudde bubabijjiridde. Things have become very gloomy for them.

o- (bu/-) poverty; wretchedness. cf. seega.

e- (ki/bi) usually plur. pus formation in a sore eye; matter which accumulates in the eyes during sleep; colloq. miserable, hateful wretch, \bantu abaali eyo ow'enjo- gcra in hi ug'abayiia binyinyi. Tnere were an enormous number of people there, lit. one who uses bad language would call them binyinyi. cf. akanyinyi.

e- (n/n) splayfootedness; fig. nonconformity, deviation from an accepted pattern of action, ow'embaliga, one who walks with both feet pointed outwards, okusaawa ku mbaliga, colloq. to walk. Yandeeta embaliga mu mwoyo. He caused me to change my attitude towards him (for the worse). Ebintu bigenda mbaliga Things are going wretchedly. , Alima embaliga. He is unconventional/does the opposite of what other people do. cf. baliga.

o- (mu/ba) very poor/poverty-stricken person; destitute wretch, cf. obwolo.

etc. cf. nakuwala, -nakuwavu, obunaku, obu- nakuwavu, omunaku, ^ennaku.

misfortune; wretched person; unlucky person, cf. suba.

v.i. be miserable; be wretched; be destitute/poor/in a state of squ alor.

endure a prolonged illness.

v.tr. caus. make wretched/miserable; cause to suffer a prolonged illness. cf. obuseege.

(la) rare poor wretched person.

v.i. be or become ugly (often but not always referring to persons); put on a sour/ugly face. Leero ate ng'obudde bubizze bulala. My, how wretched the weather has become.

o- (mu/ba) poor person; person in misery/wretchedness; disturbed/troubled person. Omunaku kaama. (prov.) A poor person is a yam (he is neglected but can still manage), cf. -naku, nakuwala, obu- naku, ^ennaku.

o- (mu/mi) usually in association with another noun worn out; wretched; crippled, omugangatika gw'omusajja, a wretched man; a man who is all skin and bones. Emmotoka yagula mugangatika. He bought an old beaten-up car. cf. gangatika.

miserable; distressed; sorrowful, cf. nakuwala, obunaku, omunaku, ^ennaku.