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butengu

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Meaning

o- (bu/-) obstinacy; disobedience; reluctance/refusal to comply with a request. cf. - tengu, tenguwa.

butengu, o- (bu/-) obstinacy; disobedience; reluctance/refusal to comply with a request. cf. - tengu, tenguwa.

Related Words
bute o- adv. like cattle, kugumba bute, to huddle/cluster together like cattle, as a noun obute is the plur. of akate, q.v.' cf. ente. butebenkevu o- (bu/-) peace, obutebenkevu mu by'obufuzi, political stability, cf. tebenkera. buteddiza o- adv. without limit/restriction, to an extreme degree, cf. -eddiza (under ^dda). buteerere o-: nga buteerere adv. in vain, vainly, without result, to no avail. buteesagga o- neg. inf. of-e sagga, to fan oneself, as adv. without delay, without hesitation; rapidly, quickly. butegeevu o- (bu/-) intelligence, discernment, understanding, cf. tegeera. butego o- adv. like a trap. Obulwadde bumuwese butego. He is all bent up from illness, cf. tega, omutego. butembetembe o- (bu/-) tiny speckles on fowl, kumaamira ga butembetembe, to sit/ stay in one place without budging. butemu o- (bu/-) murder, cf. temula. butengerera adv. okuyimirira butengerera to stand at attention; to stand motionless/ rigid without moving, kwetikka butengerera, to balance on the head, kujjula butengerer butenkanankana o- neg. inf. of yenkana- nkana. obutenkanankana mu kusuubula- gana, unfavorable balance of trade. butereevu o- (bu/-) evenness, levelness, obutereevu bw'ennyanja, sea level, as adv. straight, directly, ne bagenda butereevu mu kisenge gye