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kill

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Meaning

okutta; be killed (fall or accident), okufa.

kill, okutta; be killed (fall or accident), okufa.

Related Words
kabattanya also kalibattanya kabassanya (la) cause of dissension, cause of dispute, lit. that which causes them to kill each other, cf. tta. kakanyaza (-kakanyazizza) v.tr. caus. harden make stiff; fig. kill; make obstinate; cause to be rebellious, kukakanyaza muntu, to kill a person; to question a person with the kamunye a- also akamunyi (ka/bu or la) kind of hawk, yellow-billed African kite. Ebikolimo bya wankoko tebitta kamunye. (prov.) The curses kaneene a- (ka/bu) a small animal related to the otter which lives near water and is very skillful in catching mudfish (mmale); the second kanula (-kanudde) v.tr. open wide (the eyes in rage, etc.); overwhelm; kill. Baamukanuliranga amaaso. They looked at him with wide-open eyes/in anger. Obusungu bwali bwagala kazakkaza (-kazakkazizza) v.tr. caus. redup. kill (with an impersonal subject such as olumbe, sickness, the name of a weapon, etc.). cf. -kalu, akakalu, ekkalizo, olukalu, omu- kalo, omukalukalu, enkaliriza. kiiso e- pej. augm. of liiso, eye. Kiiso kya mbuzi kirekera omussi ne kitunuulira omu- baazi. (prov.) The eye of the goat turns away fro kikongoolo e- (ki/bi) grimace, facial expression of disgust. Ebikongoolo tebitta nnume. (prov.) lit. Grimaces do not kill a bull. Sticks and kisa e- (ki/bi) kindness; mercy; generosity. Frequently used with the -a of rel. as the equivalent of the Eng. adjectives: kind, nice; kittavvu e- (ki/bi) place for depositing ashes; pile of ashes/cinders, lit. that which kills (tta) ashes (wu). kizizi e- adv. kutta kizizi, to massacre, kill (defenseless people or animals), kufa kizizi, to die in mass; to die in an accident or cat ko adv. Sc conj. (before a quotation) then thereupon, ko ye nti..., then he said... (between two substantives) and, in addition. Abasajja babiri ko n'abakazi basatu batti- b