a lwatu, a bantubonna. become p., okusansuka. p. house, ekirabo. p. labour, oluwalo.

ekitabo.

o- (bu/-) evidence, testimony; relig. witness, public testimonial of one's religious convictions or experiences, cf. ljula, juliza.

o- (bu/-) beauty; goodness; good; quality, as an adv. well; nicely; effectively; properly, oluguudo lw'obulungi- bwansi, public highway, road built by communal effort, lit. good of the country. Obulungi, bukira obugagga (prov.) Virtue is better than wealth, cf. -lungi, omu- lungi, nnalulungi.

a- adv. openly, publicly; frankly.

a new monarch); lead under guard (prisoners); parade around publicly and expose to shame; direct (one's look), ne nkaazakaaza amaaso, and I looked/directed my gaze.

a- (ka/bu) market, akatale ak'awamu, common market, akatale k'ebirime, produce market, akatale ak'omubuulo, open public market held at regular intervals, usually monthly.

with the -a of rel. (in political context) republic, republican. Eggwanga lino li- fuulibwa lya kyetwala. This country is becoming a republic, cf. twala, -etwala.

give public notice of. okulangirira olutalo, to declare war.

in public, openly, ekiyigo ekya lukale, public restroom.

o- plur. empalo (lu/h) turn; shift, okukola oluwalo, to take one's turn (esp. in corvee labor, public works).

publicly.

e- (n/n) being; state, condition, embeera y'obudde, weather, climate, okuva mu mbeera, to get out of sorts, to become worked up/disturbed, lit. leave one's (usual) State, eby'embeera z'abantu, community development, public welfare, cf. ba, beera.

e- (n/n) spokesman; publicity secretary (of a political party); verb. cf. yogera, yogeza.

scoff at, deride publicly, cf. ^omusunzi.

njasanguzizza) v.tr. announce openly; state publicly; beat/ strike hard. okwasanguza inf.

njatudde) v.tr. utter, express; reveal, declare, make public; pronounce; recognize, identify.

significant), cf. -botofu; bomoka, toboka.

o- (mu/ba) distributor, omu- saasaanya wa ppokopoko, pol. publicity secretary, cf. saasaanya.

(la) temporary public market (lasting one day).

v.i. become renowned/ famous; become publicized/well-known.

o- (mu/ba) relig. one who is saved; with caps, member of an envangeli- cal sect who believes in public testimonials and the experience of being saved. cf. lokola.

o- (mu/mi) mass; large quantities, akatale ak'omubuulo, open public market held at regular intervals, cf. buula, -ewuula.

o- (mu/ba) tax collector; bibl. publican. cf. wooza.

take out of the limelight.

publicly and in broad daylight, completely in the open.

night is not lacking/is still present. (Said of a hypocrite, one whose public actions are different from his private thoughts). cf. ekiro.

in public, publicly. cf. 2jjula.

o- (mu/ba) person, human being, man; in the plur. abantu people, omuntu obuntu, an ordinary person, the average person, a mere mortal, mu bifo by'abantu bonna, in public places. Bantu mannyo ga mpisi, gaseka kungulu, nga munda mu- limu bussi. (prov.) People are like the teeth of hyenas which outwardly are laughing, but on the inside are filled with murder, cf. obuntu.

-biri numeral stem two. Initial modifications are made ac cording to the class of the noun to which the numeral refers. Note that bbiri is used in counting (one, two, three, etc.) as well as with nouns of the lu/n and n/n classes. Under certain circumstanc es (for which see the grammars) amakumi abiri, 20, is abbreviated to abiri. olw'ebbiri, at another time, on another occasion (olwa implies lunaku, day). Ensi emutaddeko abiri. He is the object of public attention, lit. The country has put two (amaaso, eyes, implied) on him. -biri -biri, two by two, two each. Baatambula babiribabiri. They walked two by two. Yatuwa ebitabo bibiri bibiri. He gave us two books each. cf. bbiri, okubiri, Olwokubiri, -mbi(riri).