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boy
English → Luganda
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Meaning
omulenzi.
boy, omulenzi.
Related Words
boya (-boye) v.i.
also boyaana (-boyaanye) v.i. be dizzy; be delirious, rave (of a sick person); toss about restlessly; be disturbed/ troubled; seet
boyera (-boyedde) v.tr. surround
encircle, engulf, cf. oluboyera.
boyonga (-boyonze) v.i.
rare ~ boyaana Omutwe nzenna gumboyonga. My head is swimming, cf. boya.
bulenzi
o- (bu/-) male sex (but not of adults), akaana ak'obulenzi.a baby boy. omwana ow'obulenzi, a male child, cf. omulenzi. contr. obuw
bboyi (la) [frag.] houseboy
servant, ttani-bboyi or bboyi-mmotoka, worker who loads and unloads trucks.
bowa (-boye) v.tr. confiscate; appropriate
seize (often, but not always, as surety for a debt), cf. -bowe, embowe, omuboyi.