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ggu

English → Luganda

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Meaning

e- (li/ma) kind of large trap for capturing wild animals (leopards, hyenas, etc.).

ggu, e- (li/ma) kind of large trap for capturing wild animals (leopards, hyenas, etc.).

Related Words
ggu e- (li/ma) partly ripened fruit of the muwafu or the musaali tree. Lukuba eggu ne luleka omuzima. (Death, olumbe) strikes the youn ggufa e- usually plur. amagufa (li/ma) open it (-lu- implies oluggi, door) where it should not be opened. cf. muggulanda. contr. Iggala. gguggwe e- plur. amawuggwe (li/ma) lung. cf. ekiwuggwe. ggugu e- (li/ma) kind of water grass. ggugu e- (li/ma) large load/burden, cf. omugugu. gguka (-gguse nziguse) v.i. come upon, happen upon; arrive at; come out onto or into, kugguka mu muntu, to become wise to a person, understand a ggukira (-ggukidde) v.i. appl. come out at/ in etc. ggula e- plur. amawula (li/ma) kind of creeper used for binding fences. ggula (-ggudde nzigudde), frequently with the enclitic -wo: ggulawo (-guddewo) v.tr. open (as a door), okuggula ebyama, to reveal secrets, okuggu ggulira (-ggulidde) v.tr. appl. open for/in etc.; reveal to. kuluggulira gye lutaggulir- wa, to start trouble, cause trouble, lit. to ggulire e- big piece of news, major item of information. (Sate: the gram. plur. amawu- Iire lacks the augm. force of eggulire.) cf. wulira gguliro e- (li/ma) rare place where buying takes place, market; shop. cf. gula, gulira.