o- (lu/n) span, distance from the thumb to the middle finger, okuggyamu enta, to give up, lose hope.

o- adv. endlessly, without stopping, all the time. cf. koma.

o- (lu/n) arch, loss of a baby through premature birth, cf. ^taasa.

o- (lu/n) long pool/puddle of stagnant water, cf. ekitaba, amataba, ettaba.

o- (lu/n) military engagement, battle; war. cf. tabaala; olutalo.

o- adv. confusedly, in a mixed-up way. cf. tabika.

o- (lu/n) soft, mushy mixture (often, but not always, of food), cf. tabuka.

o- (lu/n) sausage-shaped calabash in which articles are kept.

o- with the -a of rel. wide-mouthed (of calabashes).

o- adv. all the time, constantly, incessantly, endlessly, cf. ggwa.

o- adv. ceaselessly, all the time, okuyomba olutakera, to quarrel all the time. cf. Ikya, keera.

o- adv. for a long time, endlessly.

o- adv. uninterruptedly, without a break, okwogera olutakutuka, to talk without stopping, cf. kutuka.

o- (lu/n) package; load; bunch, pile, entala z'ebyennyanja, loads of fish.

o- (lu/n) battle; war. Minista w'eby' entalo, minister of war. Olutalo si luto.

o- (lu/h) lampwick; tape; tape recording. cf. obutambi.

o- (lu/n) arch, crack, chink, rent.

o- adv. endlessly, ceaselessly.

o- also olutatadde adv. ceaselessly, continually, without stopping, cf. ta.

o- (lu/n) kind of fish trap for catching mmale.

crack, crackle; give off sparks, flare up; burst, explode; blow up; throb, tinglejfo/ the fingers, etc.); be very hot (of sunshine); come out, debouch (of a small road or path); fig. break out (of war, sickness, etc.). Olutalo lubaluse buto nate mu Bulaaya. War has broken out again in Europe.

omugugu, ekisaaganda, eki tuutuuli; (shells) omutwalo; (fish) olutala; (firewood), ekinywa, omuganda, olusekese; (salt) olubaya; (cloth) omutumba.

o- adv. like a wick, kwaka butambi, to be extremely hungry/thirsty, lit. burn like a wick. ; /. olutambi.

n., olutabaalo.

olutata, olugenderezo, olunye, kasukunsalo.

n., olutalo, obulwa, okulwana.

bulijjo, ennakuzonna, emirundi mingi, lutata.

bulijjo, ennakuzonna, lutata.

olutalo.

okusuubiza; (agree) okulagaana; (for work) okugulirira, okusenza, okupakasa, okuwendula; (marriage) okwogereza; be engaged (work), okuba n'emirimu, okutawaana; (marriage) okwogere zebwa; (fight) olutalo.

olutabaalo, ekikwe kweto.

11., olutalo.

etc.; reveal to. kuluggulira gye lutaggulir- wa, to start trouble, cause trouble, lit. to

use up; lose completely, lose all; complete, finish. cf. olutaggwa.

endeku; vide kakudi, ekireere, ekigangaali, empaawo, olutafuka, omukabu, eŋŋunda, ensekula; g. plant, ekiryo; akatanga, akatundwe. govern, okufuga, okutwala.

be, it is the equivalent of the English prepositions to or from, gye ndi, where I am; to me. Yali afuukidde ddala wa luganda gye ndi. He had become as much as a relative to me. With a change in tone gye becomes an emphatic adv. of place, there, gy'ali (= gye a I i) he is there; he is well (in answering salutations). Idioms: Ekyo kiri gy'ali. That is up to him. Katonda gy'ali! God will avenge me. gye bujja, in the future. God is there = God knows what is best or Nze gye nnali nga jinamba nti ajja. As for me, I kept thinking he would come.

okusaba olutata, okutayirira, okubeeba, okujegeekereza, okutawa, okuleeberera, obwekukuutiriza, okupeeka.

lutata, lunnye, lumoo nyere, lunyenyeegere, luleekereeke, lundikoobyo, lutaakome, lutankute, luteetera, ntakera, ssferebo; vide okulejja.

speak, okudaabaada, obwogera olutabirizo.

olutabaalo, okutabaala, okulumba.

adj. extraordinary, great, enormous; famous, olukunnaana kakuzzi, a huge meeting, olutalo kakuzzi, a fierce battle.

etc.; stress, emphasize, be firm about; affirm confidently, assert; be hard on, put pressure on. okukaliriza amaaso, to look intently, okukaliriza amatu, to listen intently, okukaliriza olutalo, to prolong a battle.

e- no plur. (ki/bi) with the -a of rel. calm; gentle, as an adv. calmly, gently. Ayogera kimpoowooze. He talks in a very calm manner. Obudde bwa kimpoowooze. The weather is pleasant, olutalo olw'ekimpoowooze, the cold war.

e- adv. quietly, silently, mu kimugunyu, in silence, silently (often of eating), olutalo olw'ekimugunyu, cold war; underground hostilities, cf. mugunya.

e- (ki/bi) puddle, temporary gathering of water; stagnant water after rain. cf. olutaba, amataba, ettaba.

very beautiful dress material, omukyala atakubikamu liiso, a very beautiful woman. cf. obukubirire, ekikubira, ekikubiro, ekkubiro, omukube, omukubi, omukubiriza, omukubi rizi, omukubiza, 2 enkuba.

etc. kukutuza mbuzi (or ndiga), to be very ugly, lit. cause a goat (or sheep) to break loose. cf. -kutufu, ekikutuko, (be) kkutu, olutaku- tuka.

ettaala, ettabaaza, ettawaaza; l.stand, ekikondo; l. wick, olutambi.

give public notice of. okulangirira olutalo, to declare war.

n., omugugu, omutumba, omutwalo; (of fish) olutala, olukanda, olutakku; (of firewood) olusekese.

o- (lu/n) wick (e.g., of a lamp): Less common than olutambi, q.v. cf. ^enfuuzi.

ekiteebe, olutabazzi.

a- (li/ma) flood. The grammatical sing, ettaba means large pool, large puddle. cf. ekitaba, olutaba.

provoke, instigate, okunaawuula olutalo, to start a war; to provoke a feud/battle. cf. omunaawuuzi.

disastrous, totally destructive. olutalo nnamuzisa, a disastrous war. eby'okulwanyisa binnamuzisa, nuclear armaments, atomic weapons, yegu nnamuzisa, Asian flu. ebisolo nnamuzisa, deadly animals, nnamuzisa w'obufumbo, destroyer of marriage, cf. zika, omuzisa.

nnawookeera w'olutalo. a hideous war. nnawookeera w'obwavu, abject poverty.

olutabu.

okwogera olutata; vide chatter,

blutabaalo, ekizindo.

emirundi mingi, lutata, lunye; do r., okuddiŋŋana.

okulamusa; send s., okutuma okulaba.

leave (on a trip), v.tr. lift, raise, okusitula olutalo, to start a fight/battle, okusitula oluyombo/empaka, to start or. argument/verbal conflict, okusitula enkundi, to raise a fuss, start quarreling, ‘raise hell.' okusitula embeera z'abantu, to improve the conditions/raise the standards of the people, okusitula ebbala, to look well, ekyuma ekisitula, elevator, lift.

n., olutalo olutono.

a lubosi; vide olutabu.

oluta

importance, etc. olutindo ssematindo, a huge bridge, ekisobyo ssemasobyo, a great blunder, olutalo ssematalo, a terrific battle/war; world war.

n., oluyombo, empaka, oluyoo gaano, olutalo.

n., olutalo.

Ssulutaani.

promenade, walk leisurely. Olutaalataala lukira oluliira ku nkoligo. (prov.) lit. A skinny dog(olubwa, implied by -lu-) which runs free is better off than one which eats (well but is) under a leash.