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back

Luganda → English

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Meaning

n., omugongo, amabega; (of head) enkoona; (of hill) enzivuunuko.

back, n., omugongo, amabega; (of head) enkoona; (of hill) enzivuunuko.

Related Words
back v., okuzibira, okubeera, okuyamba. b. out (agreement), okweyunjula. back adv., nnyuma. at b. of house, emmanju. go b., okuddayo. come b., okukomawo. take or send b., okuzzaayo. bring b., okukomyawo. backbite okugeya, okulyolyoma, okuseekeeta, okuseeseema. backbone ekigongo, olugongo. backward eky'ennyumannyuma. bbaaka (la) [£ng.] back (in soccer). bendula (-bendudde) v.tr. cause to ache; throw out of joint. Endwadde yammendula omugongo. The illness give me a backache. bobba (-bobbye) v.i. & tr. throb ache, pain (of the head); puff (at a pipe). Yamubobba emiggo ku mugongo. He struck him hard on the back. Omutwe gumbobba. My head buuka (-buuse) v.i. fly; jump; die (of a twin or twins) v.tr. jump over; leave out, skip, omit, kubuuka be ceoppa, to run in leaps, kubuuka bibanda, to romp, frolic, kubuuka mugwa, to sk back water okukuba nsoke, okusenda. turn back on, okukuba amabega. bbango e- (li/ma) hump on the back, ow'ebbango, hunchback, cf. akabango. bbega e- from amabega, back, q.v. kukuba ku bbega, to carry on the back.