o- (lu/n) from evvu, ashes, q.v. omunnyu gw'oluvu Iw'obuwata bw'amatooke, salt (extracted) from ashes of plantain peels (used in making soap).
o- with the -a of rel. successive, repetitive, following one another.
o- (lu/n) fiber-producing plant, kind . of broom, Sida urens or rhombifolia; fig. a very tenacious person (because the plant is very difficult to uproot), luvunvu lukazi, Sida cordifolia, cf. akavunvu.
o- (lu/n) long maggot, cf. envunyu.
o- with the -a of rel. very well Cooked (of bananas /plantains). oluvuutu ulrv'ciuuke, ct very well-cooked banana.
o- (lu/n) murmur, murmuring; buzzing; gossip; rumor, cf. vuuvuuma.
nduvuwadde) v.i. be or become gluttonous/greedy.
olweyo; (the plant) oluvunvu.
ekyayi; (hemp) obugoogwa, kansambwe, kifuula, oluvunvu, olubeera, omuzimbandegeya, ensinga.
omuluvu, ssedduvu, dduma bikalu.
luvu, a mululu.
omoluvu.
luvu, a mululu, a mulugube; be g., okululunkana, okununka.
luvu, takutta.
a- (ka/bu) kind of plant whose leaves are used for medicinal purposes. cf. oluvunvu.
nduze) v.i., rare, develop an appetite. Alya y'alula. (prov.) He develops an appetite as he eats. The more you have the more you want. cf. -lulu, -luvu, ^omululu.
e- (n/n) maggot, cf. oluvunyu.
luvu.
obuluvu.
enfaana, oluvunyu.
buzz; rumble; mutter, murmur; grumble, cf. oluvuuvuumo, evvuuvuumira.
e- no plur. (li/ma) ashes. Olwa Vvu, Ash Wednesday, kukuba vvu, to be scornful, scorn. Tonkubira vvu. Don't treat me scornfully. Omuvubuka yagudde ekigwo eggulo, kati vvu. The youth had a fall yesterday and now he is dead, lit. ashes. Oba tolina ky'oyogera nuuna ku vvu. Stop telling me that nonsense, lit. if you have nothing to say, suck on ashes, cf. kivuvu, oluvu.
cf. -luvu, ssedduvu.
v.tr. caus. make gluttonous/greedy. cf. -luvu.
O- (mu/ba) glutton.
(la) gluttonous/greedy person. cf. -luvu.
cf. -luvu, nnadduvu.
luvuwala, omuluvu, nnaddu- vu, ssedduvu, ssedduvutto; ^lula, -lulu.
cf. -luvu, lulunkana, \imululu.