a- (ka/bu) small heart; small rubber hose for pumping air into a tire, akatima k'eggaali, tire tube (of a bicycle), cf. omutima.

a- no plur. (ka/bu) hatefulness; rancor. Alina akatimatima. He is filled with rancor, cf. omutima.

o- (mu/mi) heart; fig. pluck, courage; spirit; mind. Ekika ky'Omutima, the Heart Clan. Omutima Omutukuvu, relig. The Sacred Heart. Omutima ogwa mpa nkuwe, the spirit of give and take, lit. you give me, I give you. cf. akatima, akatimatima, ettima.