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tiira (-tiiridde)

Luganda → English

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Meaning

v.tr. appl. be afraid of; fear for.

tiira (-tiiridde) v.tr. appl. be afraid of; fear for.

Related Words
tiiratiira v.i. app. redup. be cowardly/ex- cessively timid. tiiriisa (-tiiriisizza) v.tr. caus. squirt; cause to spurt; cause to flow; make bleed okutiiriisa ekitigi, to be insolent. tiirira (-tiiridde) v.tr. appl. 2 be too frightened to help (someone); be too frightened to do for (someone). Yantiirira. He was afraid to help me. tiiririra f-tiiriridde) v.tr. appl. 2 fail to defend one's leader/commander; fail to meet one's obligations to. tiira tiiratiira, tiirira appl. forms of tya, q.v. tiiri isiza (-tiiriisizza) v.tr. appl. caus. squirt at etc. Leka kututiiriisiza malusu. Don't spit on us. cf. ekitiiriiso. tiiriika (-tiiriise) v.i. squirt out be squirted, spurt out, flow, flow forth; exude; bleed. tiiruula (-tiirudde) v.tr. turn over turn upside down, okutiiruula ekyejo, to be insolent/arrogant; act spoiled.