a- (ka/bu) plantain leaf used as a receptacle for serving food; saucer, plate. cf. Ibega.

divide into portions; open partly, okubegulula emimwa, to purse the lips (as one just beginning to cry), okubegulula amatama, to laugh foolishly, guffaw. cf. akabezo, olubega, (o)mbegedde.