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tell

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Meaning

okubuulira, okugamba. t. tales of, okuloopa, okuneeneeka. t. a fable, okugera olugero.

tell, okubuulira, okugamba. t. tales of, okuloopa, okuneeneeka. t. a fable, okugera olugero.

Related Words
tebya (-tebezza) v.tr. relate in detail give an account of. Mwami Musoke abitebya bw'ati... Mr. Musoke tells/explains it this way... telltale omuloopi. temya (-temezza) v.tr. caus. cause to chop/cut with/using v.i. blink, okutemya n'okuzibula or okutemya ekikowe, in the i.winkling 01 an eye, very quickly, kutemya bukofu, to be alert/wide tenda (-tenze) v.tr. praise commend, speak well of; describe, tell of, tell about. tendera (-tendedde) v.tr. appl. tell to recount to. tonda (-tonze) v.i. be in an advanced embryonic state (of human beings and animals) v.tr. create. Sandilutonze. I would not have escaped. I would not have lived to tell the tale. ttama e- (li/ma) cheek; insolence, impertinence. okubutika amatama, to remain silent, keep quiet, okukuba amatama, to be all talk, be lo ttettulira (-ttettulidde) v.tr. appl. relate tell to. Nnaamuttettulira ebyantuukako. I related to him what had happened to me. tuulira (-tuulidde) v.i. appl. sit/reside in/ at etc. okutuulira omwana, to kill a child (at birth), mukunnaanya atatuulira mazima, an editor who does not sit on the truth, ‘i.e., teebeeka (-teebeese) v.i. & tr. okuteebeeka ebigambo to make up/tell stories; slander. tegeeza (-tegeezezza) v.tr. caus. say; tell; cause to know inform; mean, signify. tema (-temye) v.tr. chop; cut. kutema bisiki to doze, doze off, lit. cut logs, kutema lu- wenda, to cut a path; to mark the end of one's own land; fig. to be a pioneer, a path