si a mukisa, naku.

what a pity, how unfortunate; the poor thing (referring to a person).

o- indef. interrog. ordinal which in relative order? which ‘oneth?' (a word which unfortunately does not exist in English). ekitabo eky'okumeka? which book? The appropriate reply would contain an ordinal such as first, third, etc. cf. -meka.

ndeese) v.tr. bring; conduct; cause, produce. Ssengaawe zireese. His aunt has arrived, unfortunately, lit. the winds (empewo is implied by zi-) have brought his aunt. Akyogerako si ye akireeta. (prov.) The person who talks about it is not the one who causes (the misfortune) to happen. Kaakati obireese! Now you have really done it! Now you have started something bad. (-bi- of obireese implies ebi- gambo, matters).

e-: eby'embi, unfortunately, cf. -bi.

the poor lady (in the sense of unfortunate, not necessarily impoverished), cf. ssempala.

e- (n/n) accident, mishap; untoward event, unfortunate occurrence.

e- always plur. (n/n) trouble; sorrow, sadness, eky'ennaku, unfortunately. Ennaku zaamulaba. He had trouble. Troubles came upon him. Ennaku zinzimbyeko akayu. 1 have nothing but trouble. I am up to my neck in trouble, lit. troubles have built a little house on me. cf. -naku, obunaku, omunaku, nakuwala.

eky'okusaalirwa, regretfully, unfortunately.

o- (mu/mi) luck, good luck; blessing; opportunity, chance, occasion, eky'omukisa, luckily, fortunately, eky'omukisa omubi, unfortunately, amazzi g'omukisa, holy water, cf, munnamukisa, enkisa, nnamu- kisa.

(la) poor person (in the sense of lacking wealth); poor person (in the sense of being unfortunate and the object of pity).