o- adv. at another time, on another occasion, cf. -lal a.

o- no plur. (lu/n) direction; side; party, faction, ku ludda olulala, on the other hand, viewing things from a different point of view, amawanga agatalina ludda, the unaligned nations, nze nga nnyimiridde erudda ne munnange erudda, and I was standing on one side and my friend on the other. Ali ludda wa? Where is he?

o- plur. empombo (lu/n) a young leaf of the banana plant which, after being softened by exposure to the sun, is used in cooking vegetable sauces. The sauce is inserted into about four layers of empombo and then steamed in the pot along with the main food dishes. Amagezi luwombo, bwe luyulika ng'osala olulala. (prov.) Wisdom is a luwombo; when it gets torn you can always cut another one. If one method fails, a wise person will adopt an alternative solution. oluwombo okulufumitamu akati, lit. to pierce a luwombo with a stick, i.e., throw cold water on someone's plans, ideas, etc. cf. ekiwombo.

shake up; divide into smaller pieces (of hot lumps of bananas), okusinsimula omuggo, to beat with a stick. Waaliwo olulala lwe nnasinsimula embogo essasi. There was another occasion when I shot a buffalo with a bullet.

different. abalala...abalala, some (people)...others, ensi endala, other countries, cf. obulala, olulala, awalala.