obuswegu, obuyinike.

o- (bu/-) distress, misery; poverty. Obunaku si ndwadde. (prov.) Poverty is not a sickness, i.e., a moral stain, cf. -naku, nakuwala, omunaku, ^ennaku.

o- (bu/-) dire poverty; misery.

o- (bu/-) grief, sorrow; misery. cf. omuyinike.

o- (bu/-) misery, suffering; poverty, the state of being curled/coiled folded, obwezinge bw'enviiri, the way the hair is curled, cf. zinga, -ezinga.

v.i. redup. suffer; be in misery/pain; experience trouble.

(la) person in hardship/misery. cf. -naku.

o- (mu/ba) poor person; person in misery/wretchedness; disturbed/troubled person. Omunaku kaama. (prov.) A poor person is a yam (he is neglected but can still manage), cf. -naku, nakuwala, obu- naku, ^ennaku.

etc.; be sorry for.