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Letter B has 1,759 entries.
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bufuzi EN→LG

o- (bu/-) rule, governing; government. eby'obufuzi, politics, obufuzi bw'amatwale, colonialism, cf. fuga.

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buna (-bunye) v.i. spread EN→LG

spread over; go/ reach all over; get one's share, get enough; participate; be enough to go around (of food). Abaana bonna babunye. All of the children have gotten enough/their share. Amawulire geeyongedde okubuna wonna mu ggwanga. The news continued to spread all over the country, kubuna kkubo, to stagger along the road (like a drunken man). obudde ne bubuna emiwabo, and it was dawning, lit. was scattering in all directions. Eky'abangi kibuna engalo. (prov.) lit. Something used by many people has finger marks. What is used by many is soon spoiled.

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buwemu EN→LG

o- (bu/-) impudence; shame; disgrace; scandal; immorality, okwogera eby'obuwemu, to use bad language, okukola eby'obuwemu, to engage in sexual activities outside of marriage, cf. -wemu, wemuka, omuwemu.

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bunya (-bunyizza) EN→LG

bunyisa (-bunyisizza) v.tr. caus. 1 & 2 spread; scatter; distribute; propagate; spread with/using. Leka kubunya bisasiro wano. Stop scattering trash here. Ebifo byonna ebikulu mu Qulaaya yabibunya. lie covered/visited all the major places in Europe.

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bunaku EN→LG

o- (bu/-) distress, misery; poverty. Obunaku si ndwadde. (prov.) Poverty is not a sickness, i.e., a moral stain, cf. -naku, nakuwala, omunaku, ^ennaku.

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break EN→LG

v.i., vide be broken. b. free, okwesumattula, okubanduka, okutenduka. b. out (rash), okufuutuuka.

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buwufu EN→LG

o- (bu/-) tracks, traces; footsteps; direction, okugoba obuwufu, to follow the steps of; to track (of a hunter), okuzza obuwufu, to go back, return, okukyusa obuwufu, to change one's course, alter one's direction. Ka tubagwe mu buwufu. Let's trail them. cf. oluwufu.

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break EN→LG

v.tr., okumenya, okwasa, okucencena, okuvunja, okucwacwana; (egg) okukoona; (in two) okumenyamu. b. off, okuwogola, okunuula, okumegula, okusonjola. b. through, okuwagula. b. into, okusima. b. law, okusobya, okuwubwako, okumenya etteeka.

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bugagga EN→LG

o- (bu/-) richness, wealth, omusolo gw' obugagga, income tax. Si mugagga muvundu. He is extremely rich, lit. he is not rich, he is rotten. Minista w' eby'obugagga, Minister of Natural Resources, cf. -gagga.

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