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Letter L has 1,427 entries.
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lukiiko EN→LG

o- (lu/n) assembly, parliament; representative body; council; congress, olukiiko lw'abamawulire, press conference. cf. ^kiika, akakiiko.

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lusiiti EN→LG

o- (lu/n) more commonly omusiiti, q.v. kind of shrub which bears hard red seeds (nsiiti). cf. lsiita, ensiiti.

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loin EN→LG

ekiwato, ekimyu, emboobo; l. cloth, enguuwo, eddibwane, ekikooyi, ekyebagyo (olwebagyo), endoo be, enkutu, enfungo.

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lojja (-lozze EN→LG

ndozze) v.tr. tell, recount, narrate, okulojja omukwano, to declare/express one's love. Kye nnalaba mu ... ndi fa nkirojja. What I saw in ... I will remember as long as I live, lit. I will die recounting it. Amulojja temumala. He is really amazed at him (in either a good or bad sense). Buli omu alulojja bubwe. Everyone tells it/describes it from his own point of view (said when different people give different reports of the same incident).

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loiter EN→LG

okugayaala, okulattalatta, okulwa, okudagada, okulangajja, okwesiisa, okwenyinyongoza, okujeeruka.

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lusimbo EN→LG

o- (lu/n) slip, cutting, ensimbo z'emituba, slips of the mutuba tree. cf. simba. the introduction of cowrie shells nsinda were used as currency.

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lukindo EN→LG

o- (lu/n) seam in cloth; scar; crack which has been repaired; patched-up part. Ekita ekitava ku ssengejjero ye wankindo. (prov.) lit. The gourd which does not leave the place where beer is strained is the one with the scars. The best way to avoid trouble is to stay out of harm's way. cf. kinda.

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lusinga EN→LG

o- (lu/n) hair of the tail of an elephant or giraffe; bracelet made from these hairs, additional meaning in plur. fly switch; fiber for the seams of a canoe.

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lwetumbu EN→LG

o- no plur. (lu/n) presumption; vanity; showing off; tendency to attempt what is beyond one's power, okukola ebintu eby'olwetumbu, to bite off more than one can chew. cf. tumbuka.

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lukindu EN→LG

o- (lu/n) wild date palm, Phoenix reclinata. Ssande ey'Enkindu, Palm Sunday. For the use of the leaves see oiusansa. cf. ekikindu.

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long EN→LG

wanvu, lukolongo; vide lubobye, lukwedenge, emiraatiira, omusisii rwa, omutiriba. make l., okuwanvuya. make of l. shape, okukolongola. longlegged, mucuumuule.

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lusoggo EN→LG

o- (lu/n) a funnel-like structure, originally made of plantain leaves, used for capturing termites (nswa).

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