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na (n' before a vowel) conj. and prep EN→LG

with (denoting instrument or association), adv. also, too. na is also regularly suffixed to -ii, is, are, io express possession. Alina ensimbi. He has money, na sometimes alternates with ne (q.v.). When na means with it is replaced by ne if the verb is positive. Genda ne Kapere. Go with K. Togenda na Kapere. Do not go with K. The disjunctive pronouns are regularly suffixed to na. nange, and I, I also, naawe (2nd. sing.), naye (3rd sing.), naffe (1st plur.), nammwe (2nd plur.), nabo (3rd plur.).

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naabira (-naabidde) v.tr. appl. wash oneself in/at EN→LG

etc. okunaabira mu maaso, to wash one's hands of. Mw. Katende muzibu, mwannyina amunaabidde mu maaso, era amugobye. Mr. Katende is a harsh person; he has washed his hands of his sister and has sent her away. Balina emyenge egya buli kika ne batuuka n'okuginaabiramu ebigere. They have beers of every type in great abundance, lit. they even wash their feet in it.

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naanika (-naanise) v.tr. put on EN→LG

wear (shoes, rings, bracelets, etc.) Bakanaanise akaagala. They have put a bracelet (aka- komo is implied by -ka-) on one who wants it. The expression is used when a person is told to do what he wants to do or would do anvwav.

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nda EN→LG

e- (n/n) womb; inside of the stomach, enda yange, my children, enda yaffe, our family /not necessarily the immediate family), ab'enda emu, children who have the same mother, ab'enda ye, his relatives. cf. 2 ekyenda, nnyininda, omunda.

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ndaba EN→LG

e- (n/n) way of seeing; view, judgment, opinion, okusinziira ku ndaba ye, according to his view/outlook, cf. laba.

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ndabi EN→LG

e- (n/n) kind of animal supposedly having very keen sight, kulaba nga ndabi, lit, see like an ndabi. Used mostly in sentenc es of the following pattern: Yandaba nga ndabi n'atandika okunvuma. The minute he saw me/as soon as I came he started to insult me.

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ndagaano EN→LG

e- (n/n) agreement; compact; contract; treaty. Endagaano Empya, Prot. the New Testament, cf. laga, lagaana, eki- ragaano.

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ndagi EN→LG

e- (n/n) netting/rack on which clusters of beer bananas are placed to ripen before they are used in brewing.

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