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Letter Y has 488 entries.
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yield EN→LG

okuta, okuleka; (submit) okujeemulukuka, okuwulira, okugonda; (produce) okubala, okuleeta, okuwa.

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yagula (-yagudde EN→LG

njagudde) v.tr. scratch. Saagula mulalu nga sirina jjinja. (prov.) lit. I do not scratch a madman without having a stone. One should not expose oneself to danger unless one is adequately protected. okwagula inf.

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yaka (-yase) v.i. burn EN→LG

blaze; shine, shine brightly (of the sun); light up; fig. flare up in anger, be burned up;' suffer from great hunger or thirst. Omusana gwagenda ne gwaka e Kalongero okuyitirira, era kati abantu baayo baaka anti emmere tekyala- bika. The sun has been shining with great intensity at Kalongero and now the people are suffering from famine and food is not yet available, n'azikubamu ne zaaka omu- liro, and he clapped his hands excitedly, and he was shocked/stunned, lit. and he struck them (-zi- - ngalo = hands) and they burned like fire. okwaka inf.

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yigika (-yigise EN→LG

njigise) v.tr. prop up, support. Baatuula ku bubaawo obwayigikibwanga amayinja. They sat on small benches which were propped up by stones.

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yasa (-yasizza) EN→LG

yakisa (-yakisizza) v.tr. caus. 1 & 2 cause to burn, burn up; make shine. Amafuta ge gaasisa omuliro amangu. The kerosine makes the fire burn quickly. cf. -yakirivu.

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