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buganga

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Meaning

o- (bu/-) gunpowder; firecracker(s); disease of goats, cf. akaganga.

buganga, o- (bu/-) gunpowder; firecracker(s); disease of goats, cf. akaganga.

Related Words
bugaabuganya (-bugaabuganyizza) v.tr. redup. caus. keep busy/occupied. cf. bugujja buguta, akeebugo. bugaana (-bugaanye) v.tr. be filled with be full of; surround, go all around, v.i. be or feel satisfied/contented. Baatugabula ffenna ne tuwulira nga tubugaanye. They ente bugaanya (-bugaanyizza) v.tr. caus. fill with make full of; do completely. Amawulire ago gaatubugaanya essanyu. That news filled us with joy. bugaanyi o- (bu/-) the negative (in grammar). bugabanguzi o- (bu/-) wasteful generosity, prodigality, cf. gabangula. bugabe o- (bu/-) the command of a military expedition, cf. gaba. bugabi o- (bu/-) generosity; division (in arithmetic), cf. gaba. bugagga o- (bu/-) richness, wealth, omusolo gw' obugagga, income tax. Si mugagga muvundu. He is extremely rich, lit. he is not rich, he is Buganda. amawanga ag'ebweru foreign countries. Minista ow'ensonga ez'ebweru, minister of foreign affairs, ag'ebweru mu bimpi, foreign news in brief (amawulire Buganda pr. n. with concords appropriate to nouns of the n/n class. Buganda a former kingdom in Uganda. Obuganda with concords appropriate to nouns of the bu/- class. the entirety of Buganda, Buganda with a buganzi o- (bu/-) popularity, favoritism; affection; favor, good turn. cf. ganja, omuganzi. bugassi o- (bu/-) joining; adding; addition. cf. gatta.