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ggulire

English → Luganda

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Meaning

e- big piece of news, major item of information. (Sate: the gram. plur. amawu- Iire lacks the augm. force of eggulire.) cf. wulira.

ggulire, e- big piece of news, major item of information. (Sate: the gram. plur. amawu- Iire lacks the augm. force of eggulire.) cf. wulira.

Related Words
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 gguliro e- (li/ma) rare place where buying takes place, market; shop. cf. gula, gulira. ggulo e- (li/ma) afternoon; early evening; (with a past tense verb) yesterday afternoon. olw'eggulo, this afternoon or some particular a ggulolimu e- adv. last night; the night before, the previous evening. ggulu e- no plur. (li/ma) heaven; sky; lightning. Yakubwa eggulu n'afiirawo. He was struck by lightning and died instantly. with caps. G ggulugungu e- usually plur. amawiilugungu (li/ma) kind of plant the bark of which is used in making baskets. ggulumu e- (li/ma) slope, embankment; mound of earth, cf. ekigulumu. ggula see ^gguka. ggule ffrom Eng- gray] with the -a of rel. gray.