v., okuwa obutwa, okussa obutwa mu. . . .

it., obutwa, ekkesula, obusagwa; vide obusukko.

a butwa, a busagwa.

lit. men of the dung heap.

o- (bu/-) poison, venom.

o- (bu/-) poison.

e- (li/ma) kind of large poisonous lizard, omuntu ow'effubutusi, an abrupt/rude/short-tempered/unpleasantly aggressive person, cf. fubutuka.

a- (ka/bu) lit. it bites (luma) the herdsmen (balunda), a kind of poisonous, lizard-like reptile.

lit. eat it and you will feel it. cf. lya, wulira.

lit. drink it and you will feel it. cf. nywa, wulira.

e- (li/ma) strong poison, cf. kesula.

e- (ki/bi) kind of large poisonous hairy caterpillar.

o- (lu/n) kind of evergreen shrub, the leaves of which are highly poisonous. cf. 3skiwoko.

a- plur. (li/ma) the datura plant. The poisonous drug extracted from the fruit was formerly used in trials by ordeal. Also, because of its intoxicating effect on guinea fowls, it is used as bait to trap these birds. cf. omuduudu.

e- also embalabaasa (n/n) kind of small poisonous snake. Mmwe emisota, abaana b'embalasaasa. Ye serpents, ye generation of vipers (Matth. XXIII, 33).

e- (n/n) kind of tree which produces a deadly poison, Spondianthus ugandensis; poison (produced by the tree). It is also called muttambuzi, lit. it kills the goats.

e- (n/n) kind of very poisonous snake.

e- (n/n) lit. thorn-eater. Used in the proverb: Endyamaggwa y'emanya bw'egakyusa. lit. The thorn-eater knows how to digest them. One man's meat is another man's poison.

e- (n/n) kind of small poisonous ant; fig. sharp/stinging pain. Omumpi w'akoma w'akwata, ensolosozi eruma atudde. (prov.) A short person can only grasp as far as he can reach {lit. where he stops is where he grasps), the nsolozi bites (only) the person who is sitting down. A person who does what he can is not to be despised, cf. akasolosozi.

use as a point of departure. Note: This is a word for which a precise English equivalent is lacking. The following phrases illustrate the manner in which it may be used: okusinziira ku lipoota eyafuniddwa olunaku lw'eggulo, according to a report received yesterday. Okufa kwe kwasinziira ku butwa. His death was due to poisoning. Tulina ensonga ejinumu ddala kwe tusinziira ukukkiriza nga waiiwo... We have very firm reasons (from which we start) for believing that_ cf. -sinziivu, ekisinziiro

e- (li/ma) kind of long, greenish- brown poisonous snake, lit. cut-down-the- monkey. cf. tema, enkima.

(la) kind of plant resembling poison ivy which produces itching on the skin.

o- (mu/ba) poisoner; witch, lit. a-give-poison. Avanjaza amagalo ng'omu- wabutwa. He is handling things with his dirty fingers, cf. wa, obutwa.

o- (mu/ini) kind of small tree, Thylachium africanum. The leaves produce a poison which was formerly used in trials by ordeal, cf. amaduudu.

(la) kind of very poisonous mushroom.