okuwonya, okulokola, okweterekera.

o- (bu/-) large hole, pit, abyss, ku mugo gw'obunnya, on the brink of disaster, kuggya mu bunnya, to save or help (someone who is in danger), to ‘get out of the hole.' cf. ekinnya.

okuwonya, okulokola; (hand over) obuwaayo.

put aside as a reserve; use sparingly, banka ez'okukekkereza, savings banks, cf. omukekkereza.

the world of the dead, kuggya kkuzimu, to rescue from dire straits; to save from death/ great illness, cf. omuzimu.

ndokose) v.i. be rescued/ saved; relig. be saved.

e- (n/n) hyena, kuggya mu mannyo ga mpisi, to save (someone who is in danger), lit. remove from the teeth of the hyena, cf. buyisi, Wampisi.

take out, pull out (of water) ; fig. save, ‘bail out' (of a difficult situation).

mponye) v.tr. escape from; get rid of. v.i. be cured/healed; escape; be saved. Mukazi wange awonye. My wife has given birth.

etc. Yawonera watono okuttibwa. He missed being killed/was almost killed.

heal; save; spare; protect, okuwonya obulamu bwa.., to save the life of...

give salvation to. Abalokole, members of a religious sect, lit. the saved onefe. cf. obulokofu, obulokozi, otnulokole, omulokozi.

v.tr. rescue; save; salvage; come to the support of.

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.

v.tr. save (for future use); spare; preserve.

-ewonya (-ewonyezza) v.tr. caus. refl. save oneself from; get rid of.

save.