o- (lu/n) body odor; foul smell, stink.

o- (lu/n) with the -a of rel. hay- colored. Enkoko ya lusubi. The fowl is hay-colored, cf. essubi.

o- (lu/n) garden or plantation on which plantains/bananas are grown. cf. akassukussuku.

o- with the -a of rel. few, small in number; scant, little; scattered. Abantu baabadde ba lusuluugi. There was only a scattering of people. There were only a few people.

o- (lu/n) trickles/drops of rain on trees or roofs.

o- (lu/n) skin. on which objects are stored out of the reach of rats, etc. cf. suuba.

o- no plur. (lu/n) pampering; familiarity; impudence, with the -a of rel. very temporary, flimsy, frivolous. Omukwano gwabwe gwa lusuusuuto. Their love affair is a passing thing/built on sand. cf. suusuuta.

e- plur. amalookooli (li/ma) Adam's apple; goiter. Kaali kayisanyo malusu na ddookooli. They passed each other going in opposite directions.

e- usually plur. amalusu (li/ma) spit, saliva, okumira ku ddusu, to experience a feeling of-relief (after a period of tension); to take a break/breather, okufiirwa amalusu, to waste one's time in talking to someone who will not listen, lit. to waste one's spit, ekibuuzo ekitu- maze amalusu mu kamwa, a question which has preoccupied us very much, lit. which has exhausted the spit in our mouths, cf. akalusu, olulusu.

okuwanda amalusu.

ekiyiboyibo, olummanyi mmanyi, olusuusuuto.

ennimiro; (plantain) olusuku; (deserted) ekikande, ekifulukwa.

cf. eddusu, amalusu.

a- also akasukusuku (ka/bu) kind of mushroom found in plantain gardens, cf. olusuku.

a- (ka/bu) intersecting; passing of individuals or groups moving in opposite directions, as an adv. in the opposite direction/opposite way. Kaabadde kayisanyo ka malusu na ddookooli. People (or vehicles, moving objects, etc.) were moving in opposite directions. There was a great commotion/total pandemonium, lit. there was an intersecting of saliva and the adam's apple, cf. 2yita.

o- (lu/n) long flaw of spit, kufujja muntu lulusu, to be disgusted/fed up with a person, kuwanda muntu lulusu, to be shocked at a person because of his actions. cf. eddusu.

o- (lu/n) long head, kwetikka lutwe, to put the blame on, accuse falsely, kutwala lutwe, to accuse, blame, ab'olutwe olusuffu, scapegoats, those who get blamed for everything, cf. omutwe.

a- plur. of eddusu, q.v.

olusuku nnakitokolo, a very large plantain garden.

adj. vast; far-ranging; spreading, which spreads, olusuku nnamulanda, a vast plantain garden. Yalaba olu- yombo lufuuse nnamulanda. He saw that the quarrel had begun to spread, cf. ^landa.

e- (n/n) newly planted plantain garden, lusuku lwa ntembo, iden. cf. tembula.

akaloosa, evvumbe, olusu, akasilkiro, olukulukumbo, ekkalalume.

olusuku.

Olusukulwa Katonda, Eggulu.

n., olubambo, enninga, olusuubo, akati.

akakono, akafuba, kalusu.

olusuku, olusimbo; vide entembo; ennimiro.

amalusu.

evvumbe, olusu, ensa, eddekende, ekinogezi, ekisomerezi;

n.y eddiba, olukuta, olususu. hard s., ekikuyiro. cast off s. (of snake), ekiyubwe. s. garment, oluveera, ekisaato, ekijagali, enkenga, enkete. s. used as mat, enkeeto. s. disease, olukuku, ebisukko; vide rash. escape by the s. of one's teeth, okweyokola emisinde.

ekke, evvumbe, akaloosa; (of body) olusu, olwayo; vide edduge, akasiikiro.

figuratively, anything he might desire).

v., okuwanda amalusu, okufujja; okuwandula.

amalusu.

e- (li/ma) grass, enju y'essubi, thatched house, kukubya ssubi, to excel (a person in doing something), Abaana abawala abalenzi abamu baabakubizza ssubi mu kudduka. The girls excelled some of the boys in running, cf. akasubi, ^eki- subi, olusubi, omusubi, ensubi.

Mugaba, Obubonero bw’okugolola (striae) buba bwa bulijjo, tebulina bulabe, era butera okuba obw’olubeerera obuva ku kugolola amangu olususu ng’oli lubuto, mu myaka gy’obuvubuka, okugejja oba okuzimba omubiri, nga butera okulabika ku lubuto, amabeere, ebisambi, n’enkwaso.

rock; fig. keep (someone) on the go. Yatusuuba nnyo ng'ali mu ddwaliro. He had us going back and forth all the time when he was in the hospital. swing oneself, okwesuuba mu kifo, to frequent a place. cf. olusuubo.

etc. Leka kututiiriisiza malusu. Don't spit on us. cf. ekitiiriiso.

olusununu.

olusukuolw'emizabbibu.

mpanze) v.tr. spit, oku- wanda amalusu, to spit, okuwanda amazzi, to urinate. Katonda yampandako eddusu. God blessed me (e.g., that I might grow up and prosper), cf. wandula, ekiwandiro, eki wando.

ettooke, eryenvu, embidde, enkago, kabula, endizabawuulu, endyabalangira. immature b., akanyaala. wild b., ekitembe. twin b., nnabansasaana. b. plantation, olusuku. b. tree, ekitooke. b. leaf, olulagala.

(la) kind of cooking banana.

(lu/n) kind of lake plant resembling rushes.

okukalanga amalusu, to waste one's time/ breath.

cf. kulssga, amalusu (under eddusu).

v.i. increase; abound; be abundant Prolific. Ewamm-e enkuba. yakanyeeyo? Did it rain a great deal at your place? Bw'agaana ggw'okanya kukaaba. If he refuses, you just keep crying all the more. (mod. form -kanyizza) v.tr. produce in abundance, okukanya emirimu, to work very much, produce a lot of work, okukanya ebigambo, to have a lot to say, keep talking. Olusuku lukanya emmere. The plantain garden produces a great deal of food.

pass (time). kukulunga kirevu wansi, to rub one's beard on the ground, i.e., to be obsequious/ highly deferential, okukulunga amalusu ng'enkuyege ey'ekyanda, to roll saliva like termites in the dry season, i.e., to waste one's time/breath.