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Letter N has 1,547 entries.
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ngabo LG→EN

e- (n/n) shield, okuggya omukono mu ngabo, to die (of the Kabaka), lit. to take one's hand off of the shield. Tosuula ngabo ogira owazaako. Don't give up, keep on trying, lit. don't throw away the shield, etc.

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nkulimba LG→EN

lit. I am lying to you. Used in phrases of the following pattern: Ensimbi ekubye nkulimba. Money has become scarce. Ensimbi enkubye nkulimba. I am broke/out of money, cf. Iimba.

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ngajaba LG→EN

e- (n/n) lazy/careless/useless person. with the -a of rel. lazy, useless, engajaba y'omukazi, a lazy,careless woman. cf. gajaba.

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ŋŋwannali LG→EN

e- (n/n) with or without the -a of rel. aggressive, daring, forceful, omusajja eŋŋwaŋŋali or eŋŋwaŋŋali y'omusajja, a daring, aggressive man.

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ngalama LG→EN

e- with the -a of rel. far apart, wide-spreading, amayembe ag'engalama, wide-spreading horns, cf. galamira.

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ngalo LG→EN

e- (n/n) finger; hand, engalo ensajja, thumb. Yankutte mu ngalo. He shook hands with me or He took me by the hand. Baamukubira mu ngalo. They applauded him. Alina engalo. He is light-fingered, omuntu ow'engalo, thief, ow'eggalo, expert thief, kufunyira ngalo, to spoil (someone's) chances; to ruin (someone's) plans; to refuse (someone's) requests, cf. eggalo, akagalo, olugalo, amagalo, nnamagalo.

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ngatto LG→EN

e- (n/n) shoe; boot; sandal, kukuba ngatto ddagala, to shine shoes, eddagala ly'engatto, shoe polish. Bw'ova ku byange ogenda ku wa ngatto. If you don't listen to my advice you won't succeed in your endeavor, lit. if you depart from mine you go to the cobbler. Yabissaamu engatto n'agenda. He went off, lit. he put his shoes into them (-bi- implies bigere, feet) and went.

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nnanda LG→EN

e- (n/n) kind of creeping plant, ebisige eby'ennanda, thin, widely-spread eyebrows, cf. llanda, ekirandalanda.

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Note: LG→EN

lagira and the forms listed under it seem to be parts of laga. They are listed separately because of the divergence of meaning.

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