o- (bu/-) bachelorhood, single state, state of one who has never been married or who is separated from his wife, okuwona obuwuulu, to get married, lit. escape bachelorhood, cf. ^wuula, omu- wuulu.

nzijudde or njijudde) v.tr. dish up, serve (food); uncover (food). (Ki- ganda food is cooked with a covering of banana leaves and therefore has to be uncovered before eating). Kye nnava nsigala ku bwa kinejjulira. For that reason I remained a bachelor, (kinejjulira means literally it will serve itself.) cf. -jjule, eki- jjulo, kinejjulira, lujjudde.^olujjula, olu- jjuliro,

lit. one who serves (food) for himself, cf. ^jjula.

adj. wonderful, magnificent; amazing, akasiki makuge, a very fine bachelor's party.

e- (n/n) bachelor; poor boy, poor kid. cf. ^-wuula.

lit. the bachelor roars. cf. omuwuulu, wuluguma.

e- (n/n or la) kind of plantain whose units grow very close together, lit. it-makes-the-bachelors-weep. cf. lira, omuwuulu; mukubyakkonde.

omuwuulu, embula.

o* (mu/ba) bachelor; widower; man who is separated from his wife. cf. ^wuula, obuwuulu.

-eyoleza (-eyolezezza) v.tr. appl. refl. wash for oneself. Wali okooye obuwuulu n'okweyoleza engoye zo. You were tired of bachelorhood and washing your own clothes.