o- (bu/-) quantity, amount; large quantity, abantu abasir.ga ebungi, the majority of people, most people. cf. -ngi(-yingi), yinga.

obwaliri, obwaguuga, obtititimbe, omweror enfakaali, obungi.

mubungi.

go to waste, be bungied/messed up; taik nonsense.

a- also akasimuuni (ka/bu) [Sif.] a 50'Cent piece, obusimooni obungi, a great deal of money. Musajja wa busi- mooni. He is a wealthy man. cf. simooni.

e- with the -a of rel. partly ripened (of fruit); not completely done (of food); light colored (of Africans), empafu ey'eki- bogwe, a partially ripened mpafu fruit. Abantu abasinga obungi mu bitundu bino balina obugunjufu bwa kibogwe. Most of the people in these areas have a defective/ poor culture.

use singa with obungi.

the highest mountain in Africa, abantu abasinga obungi, most people. Ekisinga togendayo. The best thing is for you not to go there. Additional examples: Asinze omusango. He has won his (court) case. Omusinze gumusinze. He has lost his case. Osinze. You are right. You have won ( said by one giving in after an argument). Akbsinga akukubya gw'olina. (prov.) He who excels you/is stronger than you beats you with (the stick, omuggo implied) which you have. Might makes right.

okusinga obungi.

omuwendo, obungi; a great q., kidoma, lufubanja, enkumu; vide abundance; a small q., ententwe, nteketwe; vide tu.

-yingirivu, obungi, ejjingirizi.lkayingo. For further references see under yinza.

-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.

many countries. cf. -yingi, yinga, bangi, obungi, nnamungi, ^awangi.