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#8625

when

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Meaning

inter., ddi? rel., bwe, lwe.

when, inter., ddi? rel., bwe, lwe.

Related Words
waba (-wabye mpabye) v.i. go astray; get out of control, yawaba bwe yayogera nti..., he was mistaken when he said that... Okubuuza si kuwaba. T waggulu adv. above up; in the air, in the sky; upstairs; loudly, in a loud voice, obuyigirize obwa waggulu, higher education. amatundiro aga waggulu, waka a- adv. home, at home. Bwe bagenda okulima ffe tusigala tukuuma waka. When they go cultivating we stay behind and mind the house, wampa interj. lit. you gave me. Yes, sir! Here I am! (a courteous response when called by one's senior). See wangi. we rel. adv. of space where rel. adv. of time when. To be distinguished by tone from the 3rd sing. poss. adj. used with mu/ba nouns (omwami we, her husband) a whence wa? rel. gye. whenever buli lwe. . . . wo wayi interj. kugambako nti wo wayi to express care/concern/sympathy for. Ku kyalo tewali yaŋŋambako nti wo wayi. In the village there was no one who expressed any co waaniriza (-waanirizza) v.tr. appl. 2 caus. Akuwaaniriza okulinnya bw'ogwa y'akuyita ‘kadduwannema.' (prov.) He who flatters you when you climb up calls y wasisa (-wasisizza) v.tr. caus. cause to marry; force to marry; use as a dowry in marriage (of a man). Yamuwasizza ensimbi nnyingi. (When) he married wubira (-wubidde) v.tr. appl. (M eanings the same as those of wuba; used when an appl. form is required by the grammar.)