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#4101

keep

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Meaning

okukuuma, okutereka. k. on, okunyiikira, okufuba. k. up to work, okukalaabiriza. k. waiting, okukalanga.

keep, okukuuma, okutereka. k. on, okunyiikira, okufuba. k. up to work, okukalaabiriza. k. waiting, okukalanga.

Related Words
kalaabiriza (-kalaabirizza) v.tr. urge on (workers) to do a job keep (workers) at \vork; urge on; be hard on; keep pounding (a drum), cf. enkalaabirizi. kamirira (-kamiridde) v.tr. appl. 2 keep milking milk all the time; ply a person (with liquor, beer, etc.). kanda (-kanze) v.i. persist in do insistently, keep on (followed by the inf. of another verb). Nnakanda kulinda nga tajja. I kept waiting but he did not come. Nn kandaaliza (-kandaalizizza) v.tr. caus. make wait around keep (someone) waiting; be slow with; cause to languish. keeper omukuumi. kidduka e- (ki/bi) vehicle; motor vehicle; car. okufuga ekidduka, to be a good driver; to keep a car under control, ekidduka eky'omuliro, Kimbugwe (la) the title of the keeper of the Kabaka's umbilical cord formerly the chief of Buluuli County. kuma (-kumye) v.tr. okukuma omuliro to make a fire; to blow on a fire to keep it going. Ennyonyi baagikumyemu omuliro n'esimbula. They started the airplane and it too kumala mpaka to settle a dispute. Ekimala empaka kusirika. The way to settle a dispute is to keep silent or On points of dispute it is best to kumirira (-kumiridde) v.tr. appl. 2 kumiriza (-kumirizza) v.tr. appl. 2 caus. keep together, hold together. kuuma (-kuumye) v.tr. watch watch over; guard; protect; maintain, keep, okukuuma ekyama, to keep a secret, okukuuma olu- bugo (nga lubaale mubbe), to guard th kwatirira (-kwatiridde) v.tr. appl. 2 keep holding on to/clasping etc. Kwatirira omulwadde aleme kugwa. Keep holding on to the patient so that he does not fall.