o- adv. identically, in the same way. cf. 2-mu.

o- (bu/-) small amounts/frag- ments/bits.

o- (bu/-) marrow of the bones. Yalabika ng'obulumi bumutuuse mu busomyo. He looked as if he had been hurt to the quick.

o- adv. like a trap. Obulwadde bumuwese butego. He is all bent up from illness, cf. tega, omutego.

e- (n/n) pillar, post; pole. Omuwala obulungi bumukubya ku mpagi. The girl is very beautiful, lit. beauty makes her strike at the pillar, kusiba kintu ku mpagi, to endure/put up with something, cf. ^waga, eggwagi.

obumu.

obumu.

be itchy, v.tr. itch; irritate, annoy, omuntu okubaamu ekimu- siiwa, (a person) to have something itching him, i.e., to be mad, crazy (in a fig.sense). Obusungu bwamusiiwa. He was very angry. Obukaba bumusiiwa. He is immoral/profligate.

mingle. Mu miti mutobeekerezeemu obumuli. Let flowers be interspersed among the trees. cf. -tobeke, ekitobeko, entobeko.

obumu, okussa ekimu, okutabagana.

mpunye) v.i. smell, produce a smell/odor; stink, kuwunya bugobe, to seem to be certain of losing a game/a sporting competition, kuwunya lugendo, to be almost ready to depart, be on the point of departure, kuwunya luliroliro, to smell or look like one who has been working over a hot stove, kuwunya buwunyi ku mmere, to pick at one's food, eat only a little, kuwunyayo buwunyi or kuwunyamu buwunyi, to go to a place and leave soon, stay only for a short time. Era ye munnange mu nju yawunyamu buwunyi nga yeggyawo. And my friend just went into the house briefly and then went right out. Tewali mmotoka egi- wunyamu. There is no other car which is its equal. Obukulu bumuwunyako. Old age is creeping up on him.

nnyinze) v.i. & tr. be excessive; be too much/too great; do to excess; exceed, surpass; overwhelm. Yatuuka eka ng'obusungu bumuyinze. He arrived home bursting with rage, lit. as rage overwhelmed him.

one thing, ebintu ebimu, some things. The phrase -tali -mu (with the appropriate prefixesj means several, various, different, ebintu ebitali bimu, various things, ensi ezitali zimu, various/different countries. Kamu kamu gwe muganda. (prov.) One by one makes a bundle, cf. bumu, bwomu, kamu, kimu, lumu, omu.