o- (lu/n) great hunger. Oluyala lunso- kota. I am extremely hungry, cf. lenjala.

o- (mu/ba) hungry person; starving person, cf. oluyala, lenjala.

ennuma (= e + n + luma). I am hungry. Enjala yagwa. Famine struck. Enjala esaza amagezi. (prov.) Hunger makes one use one's wits. Necessity is the mother of invention, cf. oluyala, omuyala, enjalayagwa.