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kookoonya (-kookoonyezza) v.tr. tantalize; tempt

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make a gesture of offering something without intending to do so, tease by

kookoonya (-kookoonyezza) v.tr. tantalize; tempt, make a gesture of offering something without intending to do so, tease by

Related Words
kookola (-kookodde) v.i. contract cancer. cf. kookolo. kookolimya (-kookolimizza) v.tr. cause to crow; fig. cause to cry out in pain/displeasure. cf. kookolirooko. kookolo no plur. (la) cancer; fig. great evil. Obutamiivu y'endwadde ya kookolo. Drunkenness is a hideous disease cf. kookola, omukookolo. kooka (-koose) v.i. cry cry aloud, make a high-pitched sound with the voice; sing. Yayimba n'akooka. He sang in a loud, clear voice, cf. enkooka. kookera (-kookedde) v.tr. expand enlarge; build in addition to; add to; amend (e.g., a law). kookolima (-kookolimye) v.i. crow make the sound characteristic of a cock; fail to grow (of a banana tree). N'ezikookolima, gaali magi, (prov.) The(chickens) which kookolirooko onomat. the cry of a cock cock- a-doodle-doo. cf. kookolima.