o- (bu/-) deep pit/hole; game pit, trapping pit.

talk nonsense; act foolishly. cf. -buya, obubuyabuya, omubuyabuya.

crowd.

o- (bu/-) help, assistance, aid. cf. yamba.

o- (bu/-) kind of grass growing near lakes, also the plur. of akayanja, small lake. cf. yanja, lakayanja, ennyanja.

draw, okukuba embuyaga.

o- (bu/-) stupidity, idiotic behavior. cf. -buya.

kibuyaga.

v., okugeregeza; (talk foolishly) . okubuyabuya.

kibuyaga, omuyaga, kikuŋŋunta.

kibuyaga, kikuŋŋunta.

majwajwa, omusaazi, omubuya buya, nnakapanka.

a- (ka/bu) small lake. cf. yanja, obuyanja, ennyanja.

storm wind (over land areas), cf. embuyaga, ^omuyaga, Nnakayaga.

e- (n/n) trouble; confusion, chaos.

e- (n/n) stormy wind, okuba mbuyaga ekunta, to die, be dead, lit. be the wind which blows. Ate ddala mba kukikola, singa kati ndi mbuyaga ezikaza engoye. Indeed if I had done it I would be dead by now, lit. would be the wind which dries the clothes, cf. kubuyaga.

e- (n/n) basket/container woven from buyanja grass used for storing grasshoppers, beans, peas, etc.

e- (n/n) lake; large body of water. Ennyanja Enfu, the Dead Sea. Ennyanja y'e Buyindi, the Indian Ocean, cf. yanja, obuyanja, oguyanja.l akayanja, ekyennya- nja, omulunnyanja. ^muyanja,^omuyanja.

obuyanja.

okuweereza, omulimu; (help) okuyamba, obuyambi, okubeera; (worship) okusinza, okusaba.

olunyago, ekiti, ekirungu; (of mine) obuya.

n., kibuyaga.

kibuyaga, enkuba,

v., okubuyaana.

v., okwogera, okunyumya, okulojja. t. loudly, okuyoogaana. t. nonsense, okubuyaabuya, t. fast, okujabiriza. t. to oneself, okweyogeza.

kibuyaga, enkuba, kikuŋŋunta, omuyaga.

kibuyaga.

obusiru; vide obubuyabuya.

plead with, implore; cry for. okuwanjagira obuyambi, to cry for help.

kibuyaga, embuyaga.

n., empewo, kibuyaga; (breath) omukka.

omuyambi.

pr.n. the name of a female lubaale associated with storms and heavy winds. She was the wife of Kiwanuka. cf. kibuyaga.

v.tr. appl. 2 caus. increase; make adequate/complete. cf. obuyaliri.

o- (mu/ba) stupid/silly person. cf. -buya, buyaabuyana.

o- rarely plur. (mu/mi) storm, tempest (over a body of water); typhoon. cf. kibuyaga.

of a bill in the assembly). cf. -yanje, obuyanja, oguyanja, Jakayanja, 1 muyanja, 2 omuyauja, ennyanja; yanjala.

seize (in wrestling); get the better of; surpass, prevail over; treat, behave towards, v.i. behave, act. kuyisa mu muntu lukwe, to incite to join in a plot/conspiracy, kuyisa mumwa mu muntu, to speak slanderously/critically/in a backbiting manner about someone, butabaako w'oyisa kigere, to be crowded/hemmed in, lit. have nowhere to pass your foot, okuyisa etteeka, to pass a law. okuyisa amaaso, to give a quick glanceAook. okuyisa omukka mu nnyindo (mu kamwa), to breathe through the nose (mouth), kuyisa amazzi mu kamwa, to rinse the mouth with water, kuyisa olugero, to cite an example/give an instance (by quoting a proverb, etc.). kuyisa kiwulu, to hold a parade, kuyisa ensana, to plait mats. Yampisaako ow'e Mbuya. He beat me. (ow- implies Kaggo, the ssaza chief of Kyaddondo; kaggo also means small stick). Ekikolwa ekyo ne tukiyisaako buyisa maaso. We simply overlooked/took no notice of this act.

silly, idiotic; naive, ignorant, cf. buyaabuyana.