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#956
bug
English → Luganda
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Meaning
ekibo, ekiku.
bug, ekibo, ekiku.
Related Words
bbugga
e- (li/ma) kind of plant with edible leaves resembling spinach or doodo (q.v.).
bbugo
e- (li/ma) large barkcloth. kugwa mu bbugo, to ask secretly for help. Yamukubira essimu ng'amugwa mu bbugo. He telephoned him and
bbugubugu idea
the sound of crackling, splutter (of a fire when it is initially being induced). Bbugubugu, si muliro. (prov.) Mere spluttering is
bbugumu
e- no plur. (li/ma) heat, warmth, endwadde ez'omu nsi ez'ebbugumu, tropical diseases, cf. buguma.
bbugwe
e- (li/ma) strong permanent wall; city wall; outer enclosure of royal residence^
bbuluugi
e- (n/n) [frag.] bugle; trumpet.
beneficence
obugabi.
bolt
v. (food), okumira bugobo.
bounty
ekisa, obugabi.
breadth
obugazi.
bridal
adj., a bugole.
bu- a prefix of many functions
for which see the grammars. The following usages are important for lexical purposes because the derivatives formed cannot all be i