o- (bu/-) large hole, pit, abyss, ku mugo gw'obunnya, on the brink of disaster, kuggya mu bunnya, to save or help (someone who is in danger), to ‘get out of the hole.' cf. ekinnya.

e- (ki/bi) hole; pit. Yasulanga kinnya na mpindi okuva ku kkolero. He used to live very near the factory, lit. hole and bean from the factory, cf. obunnya, akannya, olunnya.

n., obunnya, ekinnya.

care for. kweyolera mpiri mu bunnya, lit. bring up a viper in a pit, i.e., nurse a viper in one's bosom, have a traitor in one's household. Akabwa ke weeyolera ke kaku- luma enteega. (prov.) The little dog you raise is the one that bites your tendons.