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balaata (-balaase) v.i. jest

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Meaning

joke. cf. olu- balaato.

balaata (-balaase) v.i. jest, joke. cf. olu- balaato.

Related Words
bala (-baze) v.i. grow (of fruits rice, etc.)y produce fruit. balaamiriza (-balaamirizza) v.tr. appl. 2. caus. go around make a detour around; pass by. cf. olubalama. balagaza (-balagazizza) v. tr. caus. cause to smart/sting etc. cf. -balagavu, obubalagaze, Gambalagala. balama (-balamye) v.i. rare in the simple form go along, skill. bala (-baze) v. tr. count; calculate; reckon; consider; regard okubala, to count; arithmetic. ng'obaze kyangungu, roughly, estimating roughly, lit. when you have counted quickly. balabaasa (-balabaasizza) v. tr. caus. cause to tingle/smart. balabaata (-balabaase) v. i. tingle; smart; sting. 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 balana (-balanye) v.i. recip. countone against another; balance debts. cf. -bale ebbalirirwe, obubazi, akatabalika, ^einbala, embalirira, ^omubazi. balance n. (scales), minzaani. balance v., okutengerera; b. self, okwetengeka. balangula (-balangudde) v. tr. sharpen; polish; say/speak with force; strike forcibly.