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tta (-sse EN→LG

nzise) v.tr. kill; murder; destroy; ruin, abolish; cancel, okutta ku liiso, to narrow one's eyes (esp. as a warning); to signal with the eyes; to blink, okutta ku bigere, to slow down one's gait, okutta ku ddoboozi. to lower the voice, okutta ennyonta, to quench thirst. Ekyatta omwami nnakimanya. (prov.) What killed the master, I knew it. One should speak out before it is too late.

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ttaala EN→LG

e- (n/n & li/ma) CSto.] lantern; lamp, ettaala ey'amasannyalaze, electric light, ettaala ey'omukono, portable lantern, lantern of the type which can be carried from place to place, ettaala z'oku nguudo, street lights, cf. akataala, ekitaala; ettabaaza.

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ttaano the form of -taano (5) used in counting (one EN→LG

two, three, etc.) and with nouns of the lu/n and n/n classes, kuba mu ttaano, to get, lit. to have in (my) five (fingers). Gkitabo kindi mu ttaano. 1 have the book. I have got hold of the book. Yagamba nti ebintu byonna byali bimuli mu ttaano. He said that he had everything under control. cf. -taano.

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tuukiza (-tuukizza) v.tr. appl. caus. EN→LG

also tuusiza (-tuusizza) lit. cause to arrive for, etc. (but usually rendered otherwise in translation). Ontuukiza ebbaluwa eno ew'omwami. Make sure you get this letter to the chief for me. Ebintu bye yabituukiza wano. He brought his things here first. Bwe nnatuukayo yantuukiza mu nsonga. When I arrived there he went straight to the point without any preliminaries.

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takula (-takudde) v.tr. scratch EN→LG

okutakula emisinde, to run/go at a great speed, okutakula omuntu, to annoy /pester/nag a person. Yabatakuddeko olutalo. He provoked them/ picked a quarrel with them. Bakyatakula amazina. They are still dancing.

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trouble EN→LG

v.i., okutegana, okweralii kirira, okwefulukuta, okukulubana, okutagala, okuteerukana; be in t., okulaba ennaku.

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