o- (bu/-) fluffy substance resembling cotton often used for stuffing mattresses and pillows; the plant from which this substanceis obtained, cf. olufumbo.

o- (bu/-) subjection, forced rule, colonialism, mu biseera by'obufuge, in colonial days. cf. fuga. bufumbo, o- (bu/-) marriage, the marital state, obufumbo obw'ekitala, civil marriage, cf. fumba, fumbirwa.

pamba; (thread) ewuzl; silk c., obufumbo.

okugattululwa mubufumbo.

obufumbo.

e- (ki/bi) celebration; festival; jubilee; party; rejoicing, exultation. Bampi- se ku kijaguzo kyabwe eky'emyaka 25 mu bufumbo. They have invited me to their 25th wedding anniversary celebratiob. c/. j aguza.

e- (ki/bi) sheep/goat pen; enclosure for cattle; chicken coop, okuyingira mu kisibo ky'obufumbo, to join the ranks of the married, cf. siba.

o- also olufumbofumbo (lu/n) a kind of grass which produces a substance resembling silk. cf. 20bufumbo.

obufumbo, okufumbiriganwa.

disastrous, totally destructive. olutalo nnamuzisa, a disastrous war. eby'okulwanyisa binnamuzisa, nuclear armaments, atomic weapons, yegu nnamuzisa, Asian flu. ebisolo nnamuzisa, deadly animals, nnamuzisa w'obufumbo, destroyer of marriage, cf. zika, omuzisa.

a bufumbo, a bugole.

be scattered; be adjourned (of a meeting); disintegrate, break up, collapse, oku- sasika kw'obufumbo, the breaking up of a marri age. Olukunn aana lwasasise. The meeting broke up. cf. ekisasiro, ensasi; sansa, saasaana.

liiri; vegetable s., obufumbo.

all over. Ekya- tabula obufumbo buno Iwa musajja kutambula tokkowenja mu bakazi abalala. What ruined this marriage is the fact that the husband chased all over after other women.

^obufumbo, effumbiro, kifumba- mutuku (under mutuku), olufumbirwa, olu- fumbofumbo, mufumbakafu, ^omufumbi, omufumbiro, omufumbo, mufumbyannanda, enfumbiraganwa.