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

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

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

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

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) 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.