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fat EN→LG

adj., gevvu; (animals) sava, a ssava; vide omugo, nyeefu, agaa gavu, bikokye, bigoto; be very f., okufeeta, okugonnomoka, okw agaagala; grow f., okugejja, okunyeeta, okutinduuka; (animals) okusaatawala, okusavuwala.

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father EN→LG

kitange, kitaawo, kitaawe, kita ffe, kitammwe, kitaabwe. f. of twins, ssaalongo. my father, int., Taata! my f.inlaw, mukoddomi, sse zaala, ssewamuko. grandfather, jjajja.

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bugobo EN→LG

o- adv. kumira bugobo, to .bolt down, swallow with one gulp. Tamira bugobo buli ky'asoma. He isn't taken in by everything he reads, ennyanja kamirabugobo, the fathomless sea.

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fuma (-fumye) v.i. Sc tell EN→LG

recount (a legend, tradition, fable, tale). Bwe ndigenda e Kampala nga musigadde kunfuma bugumu When I go to Kampala you will never see me again. Jjajjange kati tufuma mufume. My grandfather is long since dead, lit. we talk (of him) only in legends.

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ggomo EN→LG

e- (li/ma) stomach of a non-ruminating animal (esp. a pig); amagomo, folds of fat on the sides, stomach and around the neck.

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ggulu EN→LG

e- no plur. (li/ma) heaven; sky; lightning. Yakubwa eggulu n'afiirawo. He was struck by lightning and died instantly. with caps. Ggulu, Heaven (the name of a lubaale), the father of Walumbe (death) and Nnambi (the first woman), and the fathei^in- law of Kintu (the first Muganda). cf. engulu, kungulu, waggulu.

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grow EN→LG

okukula, okusuumuka; (plants) okumera. g. fat, okugejja. g. lean, okukogga. g. old, okukaddiwa. g. luxuriantly, okugimuka, okubimbijjukana.

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katinko EN→LG

a- (ka/bu) infatuation, intense (but often short-lived) interest or enthusiasm; eagerness, ow'akatinko, a doting type of person, cf. tinka.

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kiduduli EN→LG

e- (ki/bi) large shapeless mass; something as long as it is wide. Ntege yagejja kati alinga kiduduli. Ntege has become so fat that he looks like a piece of putty, cf. nnamududuli.

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kkerenda EN→LG

e- (li/ma) lump; clump; mass; large pill/tablet. Emboozi yagwa amakerenda. They (or we) had a long and pleasant conversation. Kkerenda liva ku lubaya. (prov.) lit. The lump comes fnom the large packet. Like father, like son. cf. akakerenda.

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kyana EN→LG

e- (ki/bi) plump little child; fat, slovenly youngster; trailer (on a car or truck), ebyana by'ennyaanya, tomato seeds, ebyana by'ebiwuka, eggs of insects. Ebijaguzo bijja kubaako n'ekyana. There will be tremendous celebrations, cf. omwana.

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lukonvuba EN→LG

o- no plur. (lu/n) usually with -a of rel. incurable disease; fatal illness, obulwadde obw'olukonvuba, incurable disease, cf. konvuba.

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lutinkizo EN→LG

o- also olutinko no plur. (lu/n) infatuation, omukwano ogw'olutinkizo, mad infatuation, mad love. cf. tinka, tinkiza.

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magalo EN→LG

a- (li/ma) pincers, pliers, as the plur. o/eggalo, ugly, fat, dirty fingers. cf. engalo, nnamagalo.

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ndola EN→LG

e-i kufuna bya ndola, to obtain for nothing; to buy at a price far below the normal. ndola originally referred either to ‘1) a woman given by her father to a man in return for his labor, or 2) a child taken by its grandfather and redeemed by its father on the payment of money.' (Sn.)

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ssavu EN→LG

e- usually plur. (li/ma) fat; fatty tissue; lard. Amasava gankuba ku mwoyo. I am fed up with that fatty meat. cf. -sava, savuwala.

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sserwajja visitor EN→LG

one who comes. Sserwajja okwota, lukiza nnyinimu entannama. (prov.) The one who comes and warms himself at the fire prevents the owner of the house from squatting down fat the fire), sserwajjo- kwota (la) stranger; foreigner, immigrant.

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doomoola (-doomodde) LG→EN

v.tr. give in large quantities (either as an outright gift or as a merchant who gives liberal portions of what he is selling). Kitaawe amudoomoolera omusimbi omuyitirivu. His father gives him a huge amount of/far too much money, cf. ekidoma.

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muzigo LG→EN

o- (mu/mi) butter; oil; fat; lotion, omuzigo gw'ebinyweebwa, peanut butter, cf. lakazigo, ^ekizigo, otuzigo.

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