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Letter M has 2,574 entries.
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mutima LG→EN

o- (mu/mi) heart; fig. pluck, courage; spirit; mind. Ekika ky'Omutima, the Heart Clan. Omutima Omutukuvu, relig. The Sacred Heart. Omutima ogwa mpa nkuwe, the spirit of give and take, lit. you give me, I give you. cf. akatima, akatimatima, ettima.

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muto LG→EN

o- (mu/ba) child; young person; younger brother. Omugole yabadde muto. The bride was a virgin. Muto anyumya ne muto munne. (prov.) lit. A child converses with a fellow child. Birds of a feather flock together, cf.

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mutuba LG→EN

o- (mu/mi) barkcloth tree, a tree of the genus Ficus possessing a strong, fibrous inner bark from which barkcloth is made; one of the sub-divisions of a clan; a rank of chieftainship, cf. olutubatuba.

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mutuku: kifumba mutuku (or Mutuku) LG→EN

it is magnificent/spectacular/extraordinary /usually of a social event, a celebration, etc.). Mutuku is supposed to be the name of a rascal who was ultimately apprehended and literally cooked. E Namirembe kya- fumbye mutuku. There has been a great celebration at Namirembe.

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mutumi LG→EN

o- (mu/ba) one who habitually sends others to get things for him or do things for him. cf. tuma, obutumi.

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mutwalo LG→EN

o- (mu/mi) load, bundle; ten thousand; payment made by the groom to the family of the bride, cf. twala, akakumi.

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mutwazi LG→EN

o- (mu/bn) laker, one who takes or carries; head, person in charge, omutwazi w'obubaka, the bearer of the message, messenger, cf. twala.

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mutwe LG→EN

o- (mu/mi) head (in the lit. sense); head, chief, leader; heading, caption, headline. cjinambo ezitalina mutwe na maguiu, baseless/unfounded rumors, kussa mutwe nn maguiu ku bigambo, to make exaggerated statements, kufumba mutwe, to ponder, think intensely, kuba na mutwe mubi, to be unlucky, have bad luck. Tewali amuwa mutwe. There is none who can outsmart him. Omutima (or omwoyo) gundi ku mulwe, I am very worried, lit. my heart is in my head. F>kinlu kino kyamulya omutwe. This (matter) obsessed him, lit. ate at his head. Ya- nninya ku mutwe. He despised me greatly, lit, stepped on my head. Yakuza mutwe nga mmale. He is stupid/empty-headed, cf. olutwe, emjtwelwe, etlwe.

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