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big

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Meaning

nene, kulu; vide bbabbattu; grow big, okugejja.

big, nene, kulu; vide bbabbattu; grow big, okugejja.

Related Words
bbiga e- (li/ma) large flaming fire (for cooking, roasting, etc.) cf. akabiga. bbinu e- (li/ma) celebration, big party; festival; ceremony; show, performance, okunywa omwenge mabinu, to drink large quantities of bee bibigana (-bibiganye) also bibijjana (-bibijjanye) v.i. be busy/preoccupied/ burdened cf. bigaabigana. bigagu e- usually plur. (ki/bi) spoiled food; leftovers (not neces sarily spoiled). Yagenda wa jjajja kulya bigagu. He went to his grandm bigalanga e- sing, rare (ki/bi) dyspeptic pains; chronic stomach ailment which often produces barrenness in women; psychosomatic ailment (es bigenge e- sing, rare (ki/bi) leprosy. cf. -genge, gengewala, omugenge. biggya var. spelling of bijja q.v. bigika (-bigise) v.tr. fill to the brim (e.g. a basket, container); overload (e. g., a person, a ship). Obuvunaanyizibwa yabubigise ku muntu omu. He placed the responsibility o bigimusa e- plur. (ki/bi) fertilizers). cf. gimuka, gimusa. bigita (-bigise) v.tr. rare pester, importune, nag. v.i. be full, be filled up. bigomba e- plur. (ki/bi) dried plantains when cooked, esp. beer bananas (mbidde) and hard bananas (gonja). bigondo e- usually plur. (ki/bi) spots. cf. eggondo.