omulabe.

e- (n/n) back of the head, okukuba enkoona, to turn one's back to; to go away from, leave behind, okulaba omulabe ku nkoona, to defeat the enemy, lit. see the enemy on the back of his head, okusuulira enkoona, to toss the head back, omwaka ogukubiddwa enkoona, the year which has just passed.

mpoonye) v.tr. seek; claim; go after, pursue (e.g., an enemy).

o- (mu/ba) hated one, enemy. Empaka ennemeremu zikubya Mukyawe. (prov.) Incessant arguments result in the beating of the hated (wife). Great troubles have their origins in insignificant events. cf. kyawa.

o- (mu/ba) enemy, foe, adversary. cf. laba, obulabe.

okugobereza amaaso, to follow with the eyes, omwana abadde agobereza omwaka ogw'okubiri, a child who was nearing/approaching his second year. Omulabe bwe yatulaba n'atugobereza amasasi. When the enemy saw us he drove us off with bullets.

nnabeffululabiswa, lit. the nnabe which empties out the termite hills = nnabe in its fig. meaning.

take; expose oneself; give oneself up. okwegabulira abalabe. to expose oneself to the enemy. cf. obugabe, obugabi, omugabanyi, omu- gabe, omugabi, omugabo, omugabuzi; gabangula, omugabanguzi.