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wanika (-wanise EN→LG

mpanise) v.tr. hang; hang up; raise; hoist, okuwanika emikono, to raise the hands, to surrender, okuwanika omuwendo, to raise the price, okuwanika omutima gwa..., lit. to raise the heart of, i.e., to worry, ekintu ekiwanise emitima ky'abantu, the thing which has worried the people. Atuwanikako bulala empale. He is very proud in his dealings with us.

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wantu EN→LG

a- adv. somewhere, some place, some places, buli wantu, everywhere. Waaliwo awantu we yayita ne bamuwa amazzi. There was one place where he stopped where they gave him water.

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wanula (-wanudde) v.tr. conv. lower EN→LG

bring down; take down (something hanging), ku- wanula kikkowe, to give a sigh, kuwanula nnume ya kigwo, to throw to the ground (e.g., in wrestling), kuwanula kintu mu dduuka, to buy something ready-made at a store, lit. take down (from the racks). Otu- wanudde emitima. You have relieved us of our worry. cf. eggwanika, akawanika, akeewaniko, ^omuwanika, omwewaniko, empanuka, ssekiinpanika, twewanulire; kanika, wana.

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wasa (-wasizza EN→LG

mpasizza) v.tr. marry (a woman); fig. become addicted to. Kaakati omwenge baze wange gumuwasizza. My husband now is interested in nothing but beer, lit. beer has married my husband. Ensimbi zimuwasizza. He is obsessed with money.

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wash EN→LG

v.tr. (another person), okunaaza; (things) okwoza; w. up (on to the shore), okufumbiikiriza.

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watali EN→LG

a- as a prep, without, lit. where there is not (followed by a noun without the l.V. or by an infinitive), awatali nsimbi, without money, awatali kugenda, without going, cf. -li {under ba).

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