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#8628
where
English → Luganda
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Meaning
inter., wa? rel. gye.
where, inter., wa? rel. gye.
Related Words
waffe
e- adv. (to) our place, our home. Also used in cases where the phrases my place, my house would be used in English, cf. wa-, ffe.
walala
-a- adv. elsewhere, other places, somewhere else, awalala wonna, everywhere else. cf. -lala.
wampi
a- adv. near, nearby. Awampi walema ekk ere okubuuka. (prov.) lit. (To) a nearby place is where the big frog fails to jump. Too he
wandi
a- adv. elsewhere, somewhere else. cf. 1-ndi.
wantu
a- adv. somewhere, some place, some places, buli wantu, everywhere. Waaliwo awantu we yayita ne bamuwa amazzi. There was one place
watali
a- as a prep, without, lit. where there is not (followed by a noun without the l.V. or by an infinitive), awatali nsimbi, without
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
wenja (-wenze
mpenze) v.tr. search for, look for; search in; inspect carefully. Omubbi awenjebwa buseenene. The thief is being hunted everywhere
whereas
ssonga.
wherever
buli gye. . . .
wa interrog. adv. of place where? as an interj. expressing incredulity
denial or futility. Go on! Nnagezaako okumwega- yirira naye nno nga wa! I tried to implore him but in vain!
wakankula (-wakankudde) v.tr. carry off; adopt
appropriate, pick up (esp. something undesirable or foreign, such as customs, ideas, etc.) Ebyo ebigoye ebikadde obi- wakan kudd e