n., ekiragiro; (dominion) enfuga.

v., okufuga, okutwala; (a line) okukoloboza, okukuba.

omufuzi, omwami, omukungu; (for lines) akati, luula.

e-: kutunula birulerule, to look dejected/downcast.

o- (bu/-) subjection, forced rule, colonialism, mu biseera by'obufuge, in colonial days. cf. fuga. bufumbo, o- (bu/-) marriage, the marital state, obufumbo obw'ekitala, civil marriage, cf. fumba, fumbirwa.

o- (bu/-) rule, governing; government. eby'obufuzi, politics, obufuzi bw'amatwale, colonialism, cf. fuga.

o- adv. forlornly; in an abandoned condition, kufa bumbula, to die unattended; to be in a miserable condition and have no one come to one's aid. obufuzi bw'obumbula harsh/dictatorial rule.

mmunze) v.i. ramble, wander around aimlessly. ‘Sifugibwa' afa abunga. (prov.) (He who says) ‘I will not be ruled' dies a vagabond.

o- (bu/-) independence, self-rule. cf. twala, -etwala.

omuwunda.

e- no plur. (li/ma) harsh/oppressive rule; misrule. cf. fuga, -bi.

effuuti.

govern; control, master; manage; domineer, iord it over; tame; keep (domestic animals). kufuga busungu, to control one's anger, kufuga kidduka, to drive a vehicle with skill.

etc.

fugisa (-fugisizza) v.tr. caus. 1 & 2 cause to rule, etc. okufugisa eryanyi, to rule by force.

e- (ki/bi) command, order; rule, regulation; direction; relig. commandment. cf. lagira

e- also ekleziya, ekkereziya (n/n) [from Lat. ecclesia] a Roman Catholic church, eklezia enkulu, cathedral. The initial e- is sometimes treated as part of the word, sometimes as the l.V. (initial vowel J. The spelling klezia is in violation of the rules of the orthography but is in common use.

empapula eziriko laama, ruled paper.

o- with the -a of rel. hard, unbending, exacting (of persons), omuntu ow'olu- wazo, a hard exacting person, kukwasa luwazo, to rule harshly/with an iron hand.

e- (n/n) way of ruling, way of governing; rule, government, enfuga ey'ekibiina ekimu, one-party rule, eby'enfuga, governmental matters, enkola yaffe ey'eby'enfuga, our system of government, cf. fuga.

e- (n/n) inheritance; heredity, abafuzi ab'ensikirano, hereditary rulers. cf. ^sika.

r is not written in initial position in a word (l is used instead). In actual practice unassimilated and partially assimilated words of foreign origin are so written.

v.tr. conv. overcome an initial refusal by offering another present. Ka njije nkuzirule. Let me offer you another present. cf. -zire, omuziro, omuzizizizi, omuzizo, wazira, zzirakumwa, zzirakuno.

o- (mu/mi) haft of a spear (with a ferrule) used as a walking stick; walking stick; sharpened stick used in killing lungfish (mmamba).

o- (mu/ba) master; employer, boss; with cap. the Lord (God); formerly the title of the hereditary rulers of Bunyoro and Toro.

o- (mu/mi) [Sw.] ruled line.

v.tr. appl. 2 rule/ domineer completely; rule ineffectively.

o- (mu/ba) one who is ruled, subject. cf. fuga. mufuka (la) kind of banana used for making beer.

pr.n. formerly the title of the hereditary ruler of Busoga.

o- (mu/ba) ruler, sovereign; government official; administrator; director, executive. abafuzi b'amatwale, colonial rulers. cf. fuga.

o- (mu/ba) lit. one who beats with plantain fibers (hardly an aggressive weapon), softhearted boss, one who is very kind to those whom he rules. cf. kuba, ekyayi.

o- (mu/ba) general, commander, one who has been assigned to head a military expedition; with cap. formerly the tide of the hereditary ruler of Ankole. cf. gaba.

o- (-mu/ba) guardian of a minor; regent (of a hereditary ruler who has not yet come of age), cf. kula, kuza.

okwefuga, self-rule, independence.

governed; tame, domesticated (of animals), cf. fuga.