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bukovvu

English → Luganda

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Meaning

o- (bu/-) thinness, leanness. cf. kogga.

bukovvu, o- (bu/-) thinness, leanness. cf. kogga.

Related Words
buko o- (bu/-) in-laws; relationship acquired by marriage; relationship of a man to his wife's brothers; disease or misfortune due to t bukodo o- (bu/-) stinginess, miserliness. cf. -kodo. bukofu adv. like a guinea fowl kutemya bukofu, to blink like a guinea fowl, i.e., be wide awake, cf. enkofu. bukojja o- (bu/-) relationship on the maternal side. Nfaanana bukojja. 1 resemble my mother's side of the family. cf. kojja. bukokkoliko o- (bu/-) dirt, filth (esp. that which collects on the body). bukoko adv. like a chicken kukaabya bukoko, to make (someone) cry like a chicken, to make suffer, cf. enkoko. bukolokolo o- adv. whole, in entirety; in bulk form. Embuzi gifumbe bukolokolo. Cook the goat whole (i.e., do not cut it into pieces before c bukomera o-: obubonero obukomera, parentheses. cf. koma, komera, olukomera. bukonge o- adv. like a stump (ekikonge). kutuula bukonge, to stay put, sit like a ‘bump on a log.' bukoowu o- (bu/-) tiredness, fatigue; weariness, cf. koowa. bukosefu o- (bu/-) tiredness; lack of vitality/strength; minor sickness, cf. koseka, -kosefu. bukolomooni: kukola bukolomooni to demonstrate fancy footwork (in soccer).