o- rider, horseman, cf. -ebagala.

o- (mu/ba) one who sleeps, sleeper. cf. -ebaka.

0- (mu/ba) (a) Hebrew. cf. Olwebbulaniya.

be shaved.

o- (mu/mi) rare abundance, cf. ekyega.

o- (mu/mi) kind of tree commonly found in marshy areas, Macaranga schwein- furthii.

o- (mu/ba) careful/cautious person, cf. genda, -egendereza.

o- (mu/ba) clown, clownish person, one who makes funny faces, cf. ginga, -eginga.

o- (mu/mi) limit; edge; brink; confines, cf. enjegooyego.

o- (mu/ba) one who participates in a disturbance, rioter, cf. -egugunga.

o- (mu/ba) demonstrator, one who participates in a protest demonstration. cf. -ekalakaasa.

o- (mu/ba) finicky/fussy/fastidious person, cf. -ekanasa.

o- (mu/ba) examiner, inspector. cf. -ekebejja.

o- (mu/ba) person who is overly agreeable/overly anxious to conform and please, cf. kkiriza, -ekkiriranya.

o- (mu/ba) boastful/conceited person. cf. kula, -ekuza.

o- (mu/mi) boasting, bragging. cf. kula, -ekuza.

o- also omwemakuzi (mu/ba) meddlesome person, meddler, cf. ^makula, -emakula.

mwemwetuza (-mwemwetuzizza) v.tr. caus. cause to burst out laughing. cf. mwetuka.

o- (mu/ba) finicky/dainty person.

o- numer. (mu/mi) nine, with the -a of rel. ninth, omulundi ogw'omwenda, the ninth time. cf. -(y)enda.

o- (mu/mi) kind of edible rat (omusu, q.v.).

-self, nze mwene, I myself. Katonda mwene, God himself, cf. -ene.

o- (mu/mi) beer made from the juice of a special type of banana (such as mbidde, gonja or kisubi) and fermented with sorghum; beer (in general); liquor, intoxicating drink. cf. obwenge, ebyenge, Ssegamwenge, otwenge.

o- also omwenkanonkano (mu/mi) equality, cf. yenkanankana.

o- (mu/mi) kind of coarse grass, nettle.

cause to laugh. cf. mwenya, omumwenyerekesi.

cause to smile. cf. akamwenyumwenyu.

come into view Kemp, te Ke seer.,

o- (nuAaj adulterer; fornicator. c f. yenda.

o- usually plur. emye- pankopanko (mu/mi) bragging, boasting. cf. panka, -epanka.

o- (mu/ba) pompous, self-important person; show-off. cf. panka, -epanka.

o- (mu/ba) CEng. ] bishop.

o- with the -a of rel. loose (of grains of coffee, etc.); unstrung (of the type of coins which had holes in the middle). emmwanyi ez'omwera, loose grains of coffee. ensimbi ez'omwera, unstrung coins.

-mweredde) v.tr. appl. shave in/at/for, etc.

o- (mu/mi) kind of thorny acacia tree.

o- (mu/mi) kind of thorny tree.

o- usually with the -a of rel. abundant, profuse. Enkuba yali ya mwero mu biseera ebyo. The rain was very abundant during that period, omwero gwa kasooli, abundance of corn. cf. 2yera.

0- (mu/ba) white person, cf. -(y)eru.

o- (mu/ba) cupper, bleeder, one who bleeds himself, cf. lumika, oniulumisi.

be shaved in, etc.

o- (mu/ba) tenant (on a piece of land ).

o- (mu/ba) player of the game of mweso /q. v.).

o- (mu/ba) relig. (one of the) blessed, cf. siima, -esiima.

o- (mu/ba) the name of a game common throughout Africa. It is played on a board with holes in it cut in four rows; two persons sit on opposite sides of the board; they have a number of seeds (mpiki) or smooth stones, which they play into holes. Oluganda alumanyi nga mweso. He knows Luganda perfectly, cf. vesa, obweso, omwesi.

o- (mu/ba) one who is busy without accomplishing much; busybody. cf. takula, -etakuza.

o- (mu/mi) kind of wild plant used by women to clean their hands after peeling plantains.

o- (mu/ba) spoiled person; mischievous person; imp, brat. cf. -etiriboosa.

o- (mu/ba) porter; carrier; one who carries something on the head. cf. tikka, -etikka.

o- also omwetoozitoozi (mu/ba) petty thief, pilferer, cf. toola, -etoolatoola.

o- (mu/ba) darling, favorite. cf. -ettanirwa.

appl. laugh at.

o- (mu/ba) presumptuous person; usurper, interloper; self-appointed person. cf. -etulinkiriza.

o- usually plur. emyewaniko (mu/mi) okuleeta emyewaniko, to act proud/self-important, cf. wanika, -ewanika.

o- (mu/ba) borrower, cf. ^wola, -ewola.

o- (mu/ba) person who enjoys himself; person who has a high opinion of himself, cf. yagala, -eyagaza.

o- (mu/ba) borrower.

o- (mu/ba) one who vouches for another person; one who pays bail for another; stand-in; godparent, omweyimirizi w'omugole omukazi, maid of honor, omweyimirizi w'omugole omusajja, best man. cf. yima.

o- (mu/ba) wheedler, coaxer. Omweyogereze takusuuza kayanzi ko. (prov.) The coaxer does not make you throw your little grasshopper away. A person cannot be talked out of what he holds dear. cf. yogera.

o- (mu/mi) moon; month, omwezi omuto, the new moon, okulwala omwezi, to be in a menstruation period, omwezi omukazi (- ttoggo, q.v.), the rainy season between February and June, lit. the feminine month, omwezi omusajja (= ddumbi, q.v.), the rainy season between August and November. The Luganda names of the months are: Gatonnya, January; Mukutulansanja, February;. Mukulukusabitungolungo, March; Mugulansigo, April; Muzigo, May; Ssebaaseka, June; Kasambula, July; Mwaka musajja, Muwakanya, August; Mutunda, September; Kafuumuulampawu, October; Museenene, November; Ntenvu, December.

o- (ms/ba) one who sweeps, sweeper. cf. lyera.

obwaliri, obwaguuga, obtititimbe, omweror enfakaali, obungi.

omuseese, omweramannyo, omwoloola.

omwenzi.

omwenge.

ekulabika, okweyerula, okumwenyuka; (moon) okuboneka.

e- (li/ma) celebration, big party; festival; ceremony; show, performance, okunywa omwenge mabinu, to drink large quantities of beer.

e- (li/ma) ebbuyungu ly' omwenge short gourd partially filled with beer.

mmwe be nsasudde, you whom I have paid.

omwenge, amalwa; vide enkenku, ekibombo, omuyiiro, enkaatu, entwere, essuumwa.

e- plur. (ki/bi) tendons of the neck. Yazze ng'ebikya bimwereeze. He arrived in a very tense/distraught frame of mind (lit. the tendons of his neck were taut), cf. ?rijlukya.