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

o- (bu/-) religiousness; spirituality, eby'obusomi, spiritual affairs, omwoyo ogw'obusomi, piousness, piety, cf. soma.

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bwegassi EN→LG

o- (bu/-) cooperativeness (of consumers, those engaged in commercial activities, etc.). cf. gatta, -egatta, -egassi.

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bukalubo EN→LG

o- (bu/-) hardness; state of not being well done (of cooked food, meat); difficulty; fig. obstinacy, stubbornness. cf. kaluba, -kalubo.

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busomyo EN→LG

o- (bu/-) marrow of the bones. Yalabika ng'obulumi bumutuuse mu busomyo. He looked as if he had been hurt to the quick.

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bbika EN→LG

q.v. come up, emerge (from water); be revived/restored; recover. Bbuka! Gesundheit! (Said to one who has sneezed.)

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busosoze EN→LG

o- also obusosozi (bu/-) selectiveness, selectivity; discrimination (usually in the sense of hostility to another person or group), cf. sosola.

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bukanga EN→LG

o- adv. at an exorbitant/very high price; fiercely. Kiguze bukanga. It has cost a great deal. cf. kanguka, kanga- luka; obukanu.

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bukanu EN→LG

o- adv. at a high price, dearly; fiercely (nkanu is more frequently used in this sense), cf. kanuka, enkanu.

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busu EN→LG

o- (bu/-) surface of a drum; empty space, nothing, kukuba busu, to miss, fail to hit. Ebyasi byakubye busu. The bullets missed the mark.

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bwekyusizo EN→LG

o- (bu/-) place to turn. Sikya- lina bwekyusizo. I have no place to turn. also fig. I am in a tight corner/difficult spot. cf. kyuka, -ekyusa.

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busukko EN→LG

o- (bu/-) sores on the feet and legs; originally charms or herbs placed in the road which caused sores on anyone who tried to pass. cf. sukka.

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bunch (grass) EN→LG

enjole; (corn) omuganda, ekinywa, omuvumbo; (leaves) ekikoola; (fruit) ekirimba; (bananas) enkota, ekiwagu, ekisinja, oluwagala.

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bundle EN→LG

omugugu, ekisaaganda, eki tuutuuli; (shells) omutwalo; (fish) olutala; (firewood), ekinywa, omuganda, olusekese; (salt) olubaya; (cloth) omutumba.

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bbuliro EN→LG

e- (1 i/ma) place of the lost, place from which there is no return. Ensi eno mabuliro. The world is a desolate place. It is a hard world, cf. bula.

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bukiika EN→LG

o- (bu/-) side, direction, as an adv. sidewise, crosswise, horizontally, obukiika obwa kkono, north {lit. the left side), obukiika obwa ddyo, south {lit. the right side), kuba muntu bukiika, to have it in for someone, have a grudge against someone. Andi bukiika. He has it in for me or He is a thorn in my side. cf. ^kiika.

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