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#529

bad

Luganda → English

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Meaning

bi, vundu; go b., okwonooneka, okuvunda, okutota; go to the b., okuseeguuka, okugwenyuka, okiibiggya. badge, akabonero, olusamba.

bad, bi, vundu; go b., okwonooneka, okuvunda, okutota; go to the b., okuseeguuka, okugwenyuka, okiibiggya. badge, akabonero, olusamba.

Related Words
badala (-badadde) v.i. be indifferent/unconcerned; be flippant cf. omubadazi. badger v., okuteganya, okweralii kiriza. badly bubi. badness obubi, obuvundu. badtempered lalu, yombi. balagala (-balagadde) v.i. be handsome; be very beautiful v.i. tr. smart; hurt; sting, omukka ogubalagala, tear gas. Amaaso gam balagala. My eyes are smarting. Gubala- gadde. Matters have beera (-badde) v.i. appl. be; be in/at etc., stay, remain; dwell, reside. Baabeeranga ku kizinga e Ssese. They used to live on one of the Ssese islands. Yabuuza ogubadde buguma (-bugumye) v.i. be or become warm/ hot (both of things and persons); fig. warm up (to a subject); become excited; get enthusiastic. Olwayanze bula (-buze) v.i. disappear; become lost; go astray; be lacking/missing v.tr. be lost to. Ekitabo kimbuze. I have lost my book, lit. the book has become lost to me. obusungu ne bubula okumutta, and he b bumbirira (-bumbiridde) v.tr. appl. 2 mold/fashion badly; encrust with earth (of termites). ba (-badde mbadde) v.i. be. In certain tenses ba is replaced by -li, Both may be used as primary verbs or as auxiliaries in compound tenses. baalabaala (-baddebadde) v. i. walk up and down stroll around, take a leisurely walk.