o- (bu/-) gruel/porridge made from millet or banana meal, kuyoya busera, to be tired and hungry. Mpolampola, ayiisa obusera. (prov.) Very slowly, he cooks (good) porridge. Slow but sure.

obusera.

a- see obusera.

poligi, obusera.

njoyezza) v.tr. desire, hanker after, crave, want, kuyoya busera, to be tired and hungry. okwoya or okuyoya inf.

-esooka (-esoose) v.i. & tr. refl. be first; do first; go first; precede. Ajja okubeesooka mu Bulaaya. He will get to Europe before they do. Okubwesooka si kubulya. /prov.) The first to arrive is not (the one) to eat it (bu = busera, porridge). The early bird does not get the worm.