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lunyata EN→LG

o- (lu/n) smoldering embers; burning charcoal mixed with ash, used for keeping food warm. Baamuyiwako olunyata. They excoriated him. They rebuked him unmercifully.

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lwa EN→LG

o- as a prep, because of, by reason of, on account of. olw'ekyo, for this reason, therefore.

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lama (-lamye EN→LG

nnamye) v.i. be in good health; live, survive (after an illness); flourish; come out well, turn out well (e.g., an object which is being constructed).

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lunyiriri EN→LG

o- (lu/n) line; row; verse of the Bible; smallest subdivision of a clan, okusimba olunyiriri, to line up, form a line. cf. akanyiriri. See also ekika, lessiga, omutuba.

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line EN→LG

olunyiriri, omusittale; (cord) omugwa. draw a l., okukoloboza, okukuba omusittale. set in l., okukolonga. get out of l., okusoolooba.

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linnimula (-linnimudde) v.tr. drive along (a herd EN→LG

crowd); pour/throw down heavily; bestow in abundance; swamp, overwhelm, okulinnimula emisinde, chase, chase after. Nnatandika okukabassana n'olugandu lw'ebintu ebyatulinnimulirwako okuyiga. I began to struggle with the mass of things which were poured on us to learn (or with which we were swamped/overwhelmed).

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lambika (-lambise EN→LG

nnambise) v.i. go straight ahead, v.tr. stretch out, lay out straight; keep/bold straight. Omusota baagusse ne bagulambika mu kkubo. They killed the snake and stretched it out in the road, okulambika ebigambo, to state matters as they are, set matters straight.

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lujjula EN→LG

o- (lu/n) the unwrapping of food (preparatory to serving); removing/removal of bricks (from a kiln), cf. ^jjula.

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linnya (-linnye EN→LG

nninye) v.tr. step on; tread on; ascend; climb; mount, v.i. go up; increase (of price), kulinnya nnyonyi, to board an airplane, kulinnya mu kyoto, to refuse flatly, butalinnya wa muntu, to stay away from a person's house, kulinnya mu mboozi, to interrupt/butt in on a conversation. kulinnya gye gava, lit. to step on it (i.e., amazzi, water, implied by ga-) where it comes from, to cut off something good at the source, to spoil one's chances, ruin an opportunity, uw'aliiiuju mu mm ere nuya buli. I like him (her) very much, lit. even if he (or she) steps in the food, I will eat it anyway.

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lupapula EN→LG

o- (lu/n) [£ng. ] paper; sheet of paper; page, olupapula lw'amawulire, newspaper, empapula z'ensimbi, paper money, paper bills.

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