musanvu.

kkumi na musanvu.

a musanvu.

etc. Mukasa kati abuukira kuli. Mukasa is now in his seventh heaven.

o- (bu/.) formerly a seven-day period of rest after the appearance of the new moon, current usage in the phrase olunaku olw'obwerende, a free day; a day off; a day of rest.

legs); distribute widely. Tongaayuulirako mimwa! Don't give me any of your talk, lit. spread your lips to me! Bakigaayudde ng'enkoko eriibwa abantu omusanvu. (prov.) lit. They distributed it like the chicken which is eaten by seven people. (Said when the provisions of food or beer are insufficient for the guests). cf. olugaayu.

a- numer. seven thousand; corvee, forced labor, okukola akasanvu, to draft men (for communal or forced labor), cf. -sanvu.

e- (ki/bi) large, healthy cock/ rooster. Yavaarau ebiwanga musanvu. He had seven children, lit. there issued from him seven roosters, cf. -empauga.

o- numer. seven hundred, with the -a of rel. seven-hundredth, cf. -sanvu.

e- numer. seventy, with the -a of rel. seventieth, omulundi ogw'ensanvu, the seventieth time. cf. -sanvu.

o- numer. (mu/mi) seven, with the -a of rel. seventh, omulundi ogw'omu- sanvu, the seventh time. cf. -sanvu.

o- (mu/ba) war veteran. The Ugandans who took part in World War 2 belonged to the 7th Army. The number ‘seven' used to appear on the sleeves of their uniforms, cf. sevena.

olubengo.

including, lit. there being there, abantu musanvu nga kuliko omubaka w'olukiiko, seven people including a representative of the assembly, cf. -li (under ba).

See the explanation under omuseveni.

equal; complete (a sum); be of a considerable amount/quantity. Yali aweza emyaka nga musanvu egy'obukulu. He had reached about seven years of age. Yali ensimbi aziweza. He had quite a lot of money. He was well off. Yalina ettwe ng'aliweza. He had a very big head.

stem from which the following are formed: (o)musanvu, seven; (e)nsanvu, seventy; (o)lusanvu, seven hundred; (a)kasanvu, seven thousand.

attributive and other relationships. The prefix attached to -a is determined by the class of the preceding noun, e.g., ebitabo ebya Mukasa, the books of Mukasa; entebe ey'omuti (ey' = eya), the chair of wood, the wooden chair. An important function of a is that of forming ordinals from cardinals, e.g., mu myaka omusanvu, in seven years; mu mwaka ogw omusanvu (ogw' = ogwa), in the seventh year.

-ekulisa (-ekulisizza) v.i. & tr. caus. congratulate oneself; celebrate (an occasion). Omuseveni bwe yadda eka yekulisa olutalo. When the serviceman came home he celebrated (his return from) the war.