o- (bu/-) in-laws; relationship acquired by marriage; relationship of a man to his wife's brothers; disease or misfortune due to the violation of any of the prohibitions relating to in-laws; Parkinson's disease, eby'obuko, bride price. Tugenda ku buko. We are going to visit our in-laws. cf. ebiko, ^njuko.

o- (bu/-) stinginess, miserliness. cf. -kodo.

kutemya bukofu, to blink like a guinea fowl, i.e., be wide awake, cf. enkofu.

o- (bu/-) relationship on the maternal side. Nfaanana bukojja. 1 resemble my mother's side of the family. cf. kojja.

o- (bu/-) dirt, filth (esp. that which collects on the body).

kukaabya bukoko, to make (someone) cry like a chicken, to make suffer, cf. enkoko.

o- adv. whole, in entirety; in bulk form. Embuzi gifumbe bukolokolo. Cook the goat whole (i.e., do not cut it into pieces before cooking).

o-: obubonero obukomera, parentheses. cf. koma, komera, olukomera.

o- adv. like a stump (ekikonge). kutuula bukonge, to stay put, sit like a ‘bump on a log.'

o- (bu/-) tiredness, fatigue; weariness, cf. koowa.

o- (bu/-) tiredness; lack of vitality/strength; minor sickness, cf. koseka, -kosefu.

o- (bu/-) thinness, leanness. cf. kogga.

obukodo, omululu.

a bukodo.

e- plur. (ki/bi) lewdness; indecency; the sexual organs, cf. obuko, ekiko, 2 muko.

for which see the grammars. The following usages are important for lexical purposes because the derivatives formed cannot all be included in the dictionary. 1) bu + la ~ negative infinitive, often equivalent to an English noun which is not an infinitive in form. okumanya, to know; obutamanya, not to know; ingnorance. 2) bu + stem of a noun from another class often produc es an adverb which must be rendered by a phrase in English, enkofu, guinea fowl; bukofu, like a guinea fowl, kukaabya bukofu, to make cry like a guinea fowl, i.e., to cause to suffer. 3) bu + reduplicated stem of a noun of another class indicates plurality with the added notions of indefiniteness, scattered state or even contemp t. essomero, school; obusomerosomero, small, scattered schools which are inferior in quality. 4) normal verb form + bu + verb stem + i. Abalala bagamba nti... others say that; Abalala bagamba bugambi nti... others just/ simply/only say that.

ensibuko.

ettaka, ekko, empitambi, obukokoliko, ettosi, ebikookobereze; sit in the d., okwetubika.

obukovvu.

obukoowu.

ettaka, empitambi, ekko, ekko kobereze, obukokkoliko; (moral) obugwagwa, ekiko.

a- (ka/bu) ruse, trick; stratagem; device; technique, obukodyo bw'amagye, military tactics.

a- (ka/bu) small stump, engatto ey'akakondo, a pair of high-heeled shoes, empale ey'obukondo, pants/trousers with suspenders, cf. ekikondo.

e- with the -a of rel. dark green, obukoola obwa kisugga, dark green leaves. cf. nnakasugga, ensugga.

e- rare. See obukokkoliko.

cf. -kodo, obukodo, omukodo.

mother's brother. cf. obukojja.

lose the feeling of tiredness. cf. -koowu, obukoowu, ekikoowukoowu, mwamyakooye; toowolokoka.

obukovvu.

obukodo.

adv., n'obukodo; become m., okukodowala.

e- (n/n) guinea fowl. cf. obukofu.

e- (n/n) chicken; hen. kukaabya bukoko, to make (someone j cry like a chicken, make suffer, kuzuukuka mu nkoko, to wake up bright and early, ku- kwala nkoko mumwa, to get up early, start out early/before the cock crows, Kye yankoze enkoko ekikola baana baayo. He treated me like a dog, lit. what he did to me the chicken does to its children.

e- (n/n) source of a river; source, origin; beginning (of a story, a tale), cf. sibuka.

ensowoko, obuko.

kodo, a bukodo.

ekitundu, omugabo; (marriage) obuko, akasimo, omutemwa.

n., omuwendo; (for wife) obuko, akasimo; vide kuwasiriza.

to, bukolokolo.

obukodo.

ensibuko.

n. (origin), ensibuko.

v.i. blink, okutemya n'okuzibula or okutemya ekikowe, in the i.winkling 01 an eye, very quickly, kutemya bukofu, to be alert/wide awake, lit. blink like a guinea fowl, ow'erimu kutemya ku w'abiri, a person with one (eye, eriiso implied) to blink at one with two (eyes). This is used of an event, gathering, celebration, etc., which is very impressive or of enormous magnitude, okutemyako, to give a hint to by winking. Akutemyako, oyagala wa mbazzi? (saying) He has winked at you, do you want the one with the ax (to tell you)? Do you need a roof to fall down on your head?

obukoowu.

v.i. be first; be the first one to; do first. Si ye yasooka okulaba ensi- buko y'omugga ogwo. It is not he who was the first to see the source of this river.

apprehend; arrest, capture; rape; /ig. comprehend, ‘catch on to.' v.i. touch; adhere; turn sour (of milk); freeze (of water); coagulate (of blood); be contagious/infectu- ous (of a disease); be intoxicating (of liquor), okukwata omuliro, to catch fire, okukwata wansi ne waggulu, to become furious, hit the ceiling; to become very dangerous/serious (of a situation), okuwata ku mumwa, to be amazed/astonistad. okukwata amateeka, to obey the laws; to memorize the Ten Commandments, emisomo egikwata ku by'obulimi, courses relating to/about/ concerning agriculture, ebintu ebitakukwata- ko, things which do not concern you. obu- lwadde obukwata obukoko obuto, a disease which strikes young chickens. Obulwadde buno bukwata. This disease is contagious. Yakwata lya mu Buyindi. He started off for India, lit. took (kkubo, road, is implied) to India. Obudde bwali bukutte. It had become dark. Omusango gwabakwata. They were found guilty. Ndese bakutte. I have left them eating. Jjangu tukwate. Come and join US in eating, kllkwata eyr. n'pyr, be very large/extensive. Yazimba enju ekwata eyo n'eyo. He built a large house/a house covering a large area. Yankwata mu liiso. He deprived me of something. He did me out of something. Omwami oyo ebyambalo bye bimukutte bulungi. The clothes of that gentleman are very becoming/fit him perfectly.

o- (mu/ba) brother-in-law of a man; son-in-law. in the plur. abako, relatives. cf. ebiko, obuko.

obukovvu, omugogge, omukogge.

kukekemya bukoko, to make suffer, lit. cause to cackle like a chicken.

be hale and hearty, kumoga bukofu (from nkofu, guinea fowl), to be still awake, be sleepless, cf. ekimogo.

to demonstrate fancy footwork (in soccer).

kkomekkome, ekkomera, ekkoma, olukomera, olutaakome, amakoma, amakomawo, Omukomerere, enkomeredde, enkomerero, enkomyo.

ill. cf. kosa, koseka, obukosefu.

miserly, niggardly, cf. kodowala, obukodo, omukodo.