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kaluubirira (-kaluubiridde)

Luganda → English

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Meaning

v.i. & tr. appl. 2 be hard/difficult for; give trouble to; puzzle.

kaluubirira (-kaluubiridde) v.i. & tr. appl. 2 be hard/difficult for; give trouble to; puzzle.

Related Words
kaluba (-kalubye) v.i. be hard (of an object); be tough (of meat); be obstinate; be difficult. kalula (-kaludde) v.tr. clutch; carry along draw along; carry off. kalunsambulira (la) troublemaker; source/ cause of trouble. Zimuleese kalunsambulira. Here comes a troublemaker lit. (the winds; empewo is implied by zi-) have j brought him. kaluubiriza (-kaluubirizza) v.tr. appl. 2 caus. make hard/difficult for. kalubya (-kalubizza) v.tr. caus. make hard/difficult etc. cf. -kalubo, obukalubo. kaluli a- (ka/bu) hemp seed. cf. edduli, akaduli. kaluli a- (ka/bu) small stump/stem (of a tree, plant), cf. enduli. kalulu a- (ka/bu) lot; lottery; vote, omukubi w'akalulu, voter, akalulu k'omukisa, raffle, akalulu k'eggwanga, national lottery, okukuba kalulwe a- (ka/bu) gallbladder; fig. bitterness; hostility. kalumabalunda a- (ka/bu) lit. it bites (luma) the herdsmen (balunda), a kind of poisonous, lizard-like reptile. kalumannywera no plur. (la) trouble difficulty; problem; obstacle; dilemma. kalumba a- (ka/bu) end seat in a canoe. cf. ekirumba, omulumba.