magalala (-magaladde) v.i. start; become startled; run riot

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Meaning

go wild; revolt. Omwana amagalala bulaia. The child is restless/ stubborn/willfully inattentive.

magalala (-magaladde) v.i. start; become startled; run riot, go wild; revolt. Omwana amagalala bulaia. The child is restless/ stubborn/willfully inattentive.

Related Words

magabali (la) kind of sweet potato. Magala pr.n. the name of a young boy in a well-known story. His father struggled hard to get him a skin garment ekinaagu- lira Magala eddiba, money, lit. that which will buy a skin for Magala. magalaza (-magalazizza) v.tr. caus. cause to start; startle; cause to run riot okumagalaza omutwe, to jerk the head in surprise or amazement. cf. -magalavu. magalikwa (mod. form rare) v.i. be inattentive/scatterbrained/careless. maga a- plur. (Ii/ma) cracks on the feet due to syphilis. maga (-maze) v.i. look about glance from side to side (in a single or sudden movement). magabo a- (li/ma) ente ey'amagabo, a cow marked with lateral stripes. magalanju a- adv. okwebaka amagalanju, to sleep on one's back/in a sprawled-out position. okuleka ebintu amagalanju, to leave things strewn magalanjula a- plur. (li/ma) period/time for turning up the soil preparatory to planting. cf. galanjuka, galanjula. magalaugajjo a- also amagalangajja adv. in a sprawling position; in confusion, cf. -egal angajja. magalo a- (li/ma) pincers, pliers, as the plur. o/eggalo, ugly, fat, dirty fingers. cf. engalo, nnamagalo. magamaga (-mazemaze) v. i. redup. keep glancing from side to side look about; be in doubt. Kino nkyogera awatali kumagamaga. 1 say this with all certainty /without reservation. Ayogera omu amagama