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Letter N has 1,547 entries.
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nyooka (-nyoose) v.i. smoke EN→LG

produce smoke; smolder; be rampant, rage (of an epidemic); rage (of a battle); be numerous, swarm, teem. Omukka tegunyooka watali muliro. There is no smoke without fire. Obunafu bw'alina bunyooka. He is terribly lazy.

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nzaalwa EN→LG

e- (n/n) native, original inhabitant, indigenous inhabitant, nzaalwa is mostly used as an attributive to another noun. Mwana nzaalwa y'e Budaaki. He is a native (son) of Germany, cf. zaala.

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nzigulamatabo EN→LG

e- (n/n) termites that leave the termite hill first at the time of the general flight, lit. the ones that polish the holes in the hill. cf. zigula, ettabo.

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nzira EN→LG

e- (n/n) kind of hardwood tree. It has an extensive system of branches but a small trunk and is the source of the staves which the Balaalo employ in herding cattle. (Sn.) cf. oluzira.

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nziro EN→LG

e- (n/n) soot; dirt, filth; fig. slanderous reproach, kukola bya nziro, to do evil/ bad/nasty things. Tasiize balala enziro. He has not heaped abuse on others.

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nzirugavu EN→LG

e- the form of -ddugavu, black, used before nouns of the n/n class and plural nouns of the lu/n class, engatto enzirugavu, black shoes.

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nzivuunula EN→LG

e- (n/n) manner/way of translating; translation, cf. vvuunula. nzizi, e- plur. of oluzzi, q.v. nziziiri, e- (n/n) a kind of black beetle found near bodies of water, cf. obuziziiri.

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nzo EN→LG

e- (n/n) hardwood tree, Teclea grandi- folia, I. nobilis, used for making barkcloth mallets, sticks, walking-sticks, etc.; per ext. beating with a stick; beating. Yamu- wuula enzo, he beat him hard.

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