o- (bu/-) millet, cf. akalo.
o- (bu/-) witchcraft, magic, sorcery. cf. loga.
o- (bu/-) lit. & fig- craziness, insanity, daftness, cf. eddogojjo, aka- logojjo, logojjana.
o- (bu/-) relig. salvation, cf. lokoka, lokola.
o- (bu/-) salvation; safety, cf. lokoka, lokola.
o- outgrowths, shoots. cf. loka, bu- (3).
o- see akalombolombo.
o- (bu/-) childhood, infancy, adv. again, anew, okudda obulo, return to childhood, grow childish (of old people); to regain health and plumpness after an illness; to come back again, recur (of a disease), cf.. -to.
obulongoofu.
v., okusigira, obulonda.
obulokozi, obulokovu.
obulogo.
a kitalo,a lugero.
ekyobulombolombo.
enkukunyi; fowl fleas, obuloolo.
eŋŋaano, omuwemba, obulo;
a- (ka/bu) finger millet, cf. obulo.
a- (ka/bu) tiny fowl flea, okutwala ssente buloolo, to be very expensive, require a great deal of money. Ku mbaga kwabaddeko abantu buloolo. There were a great many people at the wedding.
a- also akasiibulizo (ka/bu) leave taking, farewell; parting gesture. with the -a of rel. final, conclusive. Twabuuse bwe yafuuye firirabi ey'akasiibulo. We jumped when he blew the final whistle. cf subuka, sitbuia.
olugero, olugambo, ekyobulo mbolombo, olufumo.
bewitch, place a a spell on, put a hex on. okuloga obulwa- dde, to cure of sickness, okuloga ennyon- ta, to assuage thirst. Nzija kukukuba nkuloge eddalu eryo erikuli mu mutwe. I'll give you a beating that will knock that nonsense out of your head. Akuloze mukazi Muyima? Has a Muhima woman bewitched you? What has paralysed your efforts? Why are you there doing nothing (when work must be done or when danger must be avoided)? cf. -loge, obulogo, eddogo, omuloge, omulogo.
put up shoots; strike root. cf. obulokwalokwa, endoko.
o- (lu/n) kind of floating plant.
eddalu, obulalu, obulogovvu, akabango, akazoolezoole.
obulogo.
obulo, omuwemba, empengere.
obulongoofu; (morals) empisa, empisa ennungi.
ekyobulombolombo.
obulogo.
olubbulo.
obulongoofu, obutukuvu.
obulokozi, obulokovu.
say good-bye to one another. cf. akasiibulo, akasiibulizo.
obulogo, obusukko.
obulombolombo.
a bulombolombo.
obutali bulongoofu, obugwagwa.
obulungi, obulongoofu.
obulogo, obusezi, ettalo.
give salvation to. Abalokole, members of a religious sect, lit. the saved onefe. cf. obulokofu, obulokozi, otnulokole, omulokozi.
v.tr. appl. 2 keep picking up; pick up all the time. Awagwa ekku tewabula bulondererwa. (prov.) Where a large piece of firewood falls there is no lack of little pieces to pick up.
obulo) which has spilled cannot be scooped up. No crying over spilt milk. okuyoola inf. cf. omuyoolerero.
rave; act/talk in a crazy way. cf. obulogovvu, eddogojjo, akalogojjo; logootana.
-yingi adj. much; many (but only with nouns of the n/n class and plural nouns of the lu/n class; with other nouns the stem is -ngi). ensi nnyingi, many countries, obulo bungi, much (niUet. cf. -ngi, obungi, yinga.