ettabi, omusanvu.

legs); distribute widely. Tongaayuulirako mimwa! Don't give me any of your talk, lit. spread your lips to me! Bakigaayudde ng'enkoko eriibwa abantu omusanvu. (prov.) lit. They distributed it like the chicken which is eaten by seven people. (Said when the provisions of food or beer are insufficient for the guests). cf. olugaayu.

a- (ka/bu) small branch/twig; small switch/whip. cf. 2omusanvu.

e- (ki/bi) large, healthy cock/ rooster. Yavaarau ebiwanga musanvu. He had seven children, lit. there issued from him seven roosters, cf. -empauga.

a buli mwaka ogw'omusanvu.

musanvu.

kkumi na musanvu.

a musanvu.

n., akati, akatabi, omusanvu.

o- numer. (mu/mi) seven, with the -a of rel. seventh, omulundi ogw'omu- sanvu, the seventh time. cf. -sanvu.

o- (mu/mi) branch, part of a tree spread out to block a road or path; obstacle, obstruction, cf. akasanvu.

including, lit. there being there, abantu musanvu nga kuliko omubaka w'olukiiko, seven people including a representative of the assembly, cf. -li (under ba).

equal; complete (a sum); be of a considerable amount/quantity. Yali aweza emyaka nga musanvu egy'obukulu. He had reached about seven years of age. Yali ensimbi aziweza. He had quite a lot of money. He was well off. Yalina ettwe ng'aliweza. He had a very big head.

stem from which the following are formed: (o)musanvu, seven; (e)nsanvu, seventy; (o)lusanvu, seven hundred; (a)kasanvu, seven thousand.

attributive and other relationships. The prefix attached to -a is determined by the class of the preceding noun, e.g., ebitabo ebya Mukasa, the books of Mukasa; entebe ey'omuti (ey' = eya), the chair of wood, the wooden chair. An important function of a is that of forming ordinals from cardinals, e.g., mu myaka omusanvu, in seven years; mu mwaka ogw omusanvu (ogw' = ogwa), in the seventh year.