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#10909

be

Luganda → English

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Meaning

gorged/stuffed (with food or drink); be huge/immense.

be gorged/stuffed (with food or drink); be huge/immense.

Related Words
baalaala (-baaladde) v. i. be hot/burning to the taste; be overly salty. baalaaza (-baalaazizza) v. tr. caus. cause to be hot (of spicy food); oversalt. Tobaa- laaza omunnyu. Don't put in too much salt. cf. -baalaavu. babaalukana (-babaalukanye) v.i. rush about; act hastily and rashly; be all in a dither; become uncontrollable/unruly. babaatala (-babaatadde) v. i. be flattened/ spread out/squashed; sit in a sprawled out manner. babaataza (-babaatazizza) v. tr. caus. flatten out; squash. cf. -babaatavu; bebeetala byabyatala. babiriza (-babirizza) v. tr. appl. caus. cause to burn; make smart. cf. ebbabe kababi, omubabiro; babuka. babuka (-babuse) v.i. be burned slightly; be singed; be smoked over fire; crack (of the lips). babula (-babudde) v. tr. singe; smoke over the fire; fig. do quickly okubabula emmere, to cook a meal in a hurry, okubabula omu- somo, to finish a course quickly, okubabula emiggo, to beat severely w babuukirira (-babuukiridde) v.i. appl. 2 keep smoldering/singeing; be on fire; have a burning sensation; fig. talk volubly/very fast/breathlessly. back n., omugongo, amabega; (of head) enkoona; (of hill) enzivuunuko. back v., okuzibira, okubeera, okuyamba. b. out (agreement), okweyunjula. badala (-badadde) v.i. be indifferent/unconcerned; be flippant cf. omubadazi.