omulenzi.

o- (bu/-) male sex (but not of adults), akaana ak'obulenzi.a baby boy. omwana ow'obulenzi, a male child, cf. omulenzi. contr. obuwala.

e- plur. amalenzi (li/ma) fine strapping lad. cf. omulenzi.

adj. each, every, kiisi mulenzi yenna ayagala okugula ekitabo, any boy at all who wishes to buy the book.

e- (ki/bi) kindof shrub, elder; hollowness, with the -a of rel. hollow. Omulenzi oyo kireereetu. There is no substance to that boy.

omulenzi.

e- (n/n) youth, lit. lacking (bula) beard on the chin (kalevu). also as an invar, adj. omulenzi embulakalevu, youth.

omuweereza, omuddu, omulenzi; (female) omuzaana.

omuweereza, omulenzi.

omuvubuka, omulenzirenzi, eki juujulu; obuvubuka, obuto.

wound the feelings of. okutunula bijiijidde, to look tearful/woebegone/off the brink of crying. Yasanga omulenzi atunula bijiijidde n'amubuuza ogubadde. He found the boy on the verge of tears and asked him what the matter was. cf. akajiijiiri.

o- (mu/ba) boy, youth. cf. obulenzi, eddenzi.

surpass; excel, singa is often used in cases where English would employ the comparative or superlative of the adjective. Omulenzi ono y'asinga oyo obuwanvu. This boy is taller