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be
English → Luganda
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Meaning
okuba, okubeera.
be, okuba, okubeera.
Related Words
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.
ba and -li both take the enclitics -ko
-yo, -mu, -wo. ba becomes baa- before such an addition, mbaako kye njogera, if 1 have something to say (note that this does not im
baaga (-baaze) v. tr. skin
flay; butcher (an animal); cut up; dismember; dissect; operate on (a patient), okubaaga amatooke, to peel bananas so ineptly that
baalinga (-baalinze) v. tr. strike
beat.
baaluuka (-baaluuse) v. i. scream
yell, shriek; cause an uproar; become uncontrollable.
baama or bama (-baamye
-bamye) v. i. become wild/fierce; go wild, run wild; act wildly.
bababbala (-bababbadde) v.i.
rare be round-cheeked/chubby.
babika (-babise) v. tr. strike
hit. kubabika luyi, to slap, kubabika miggo, to beat with sticks, kubabika ssasi, to shoot.
babirira (-babiridde) v.i. appl. be partially burnt
be on the point of burning (of food); produce a burning sensation. Obulago bum- babirira. I have a burning sensation in the throat
back water
okukuba nsoke, okusenda. turn back on, okukuba amabega.
baliga (-balize) v.i. be splayfooted
walk with the feet turned outwards; fig. fail to conform, be out of step; diverge on political issues; be unfaithful, be guilty of
balika (-balise) v.i. neut. be countable
be easy to count.