v., okuziga.

o- (bu/-) tracks, traces; footsteps; direction, okugoba obuwufu, to follow the steps of; to track (of a hunter), okuzza obuwufu, to go back, return, okukyusa obuwufu, to change one's course, alter one's direction. Ka tubagwe mu buwufu. Let's trail them. cf. oluwufu.

e-: kubulako ffiire, to die without leaving a trace, cf. ^fa, fiira.

e Abuze n'eggendere. He has gone without leaving a trace, cf. genda, gendera.

a- plur. (li/ma) whereabouts; state (of matters, affairs). Tetwamanya magendere ge. We did not know where he had gone, kubulako magendere, to disappear without a trace, cf. genda.

mpese) v.tr. bend; turn. v.i. turn, veer, okuweta ekkoona, to turn a comer, okuweta obuwufu, to retrace one's steps, okuweta ekikonde, to make a fist. Omusajja yawetamu n'addayo. The man turned and went back.

okukyusa obuwufu, to retrace one's steps, okukyusa ebigambo, to twist the meaning of words.