Dictionary Home Reverse Lookup Search Similar
Word Entry
#20617

simbuka (-simbuse) v.i. conv. be dug up; be extracted; start

Luganda → English

Indexed for both direct and reverse lookup.

Meaning

go off, go away, ku- simbuka misinde, to start to run very fast.

simbuka (-simbuse) v.i. conv. be dug up; be extracted; start, go off, go away, ku- simbuka misinde, to start to run very fast.

Related Words
simba (-simbye) v.tr. plant; stick upright in the ground; pitch (a tent); park (a car) ku- simba maaso, to look at/watch closely, ku- simba liiso, to stare at. kusimba kabuuzo, to question/grill intensively, kusimba b simbagana (-simbaganye) v.i. & tr. recip. lit. plant (on) each other era nga tuga- simbaganye, and we stood confronting each other (-ga- implies amaaso, eyes). simbaggiriza (-simbaggirizza) more usually -esimbaggiriza v.i. & tr. refl. support oneself (on); lean (on against) okwesimbaggi- riza ku muggo, to support oneself with a stick, lean on a stick; to walk with a stick. simbula (-simbudde) v.tr. conv. dig up; extract; uproot v.i. start off, depart (of a car or vehicle), kusimbula makanda, to start off, go (away), kusimbula misinde, to start running at a simbuwala (-simbuwadde) v.i. become epileptic. cf. ensimbu. simbaggula (-simbaggudde) v.tr. fling throw. simbalukono (la) kind of banana cf. simba, olukono. simbira (-simbidde) v.tr. appl. plant in/ for etc. simbuka simbula conv. forms of simba, q.v. simbulira (-simbulidde) v.tr. conv. appl. dig up for/in etc. simbuliza (-simbulizza) v.tr. conv. appl. caus. transplant okusimbuliza omutima, to transplant a heart, okusimbuliza embuzi, to move a tethered goat to browse in another spot. simbuza (-simbuzizza) v.tr. conv. caus. cause to uproot etc.; uproot with/by means of. cf. -esimbu, obwesimbu, obusimba, eki- simbe, ekisimbira, olusimbo, ensimba, ensimbo.