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bbaati EN→LG

e- (li/ma) [Sw., Ar.] sheet of corrugated iron, tin or other metal used for the roofing or siding of a building.

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bunya (-bunyizza) EN→LG

bunyisa (-bunyisizza) v.tr. caus. 1 & 2 spread; scatter; distribute; propagate; spread with/using. Leka kubunya bisasiro wano. Stop scattering trash here. Ebifo byonna ebikulu mu Qulaaya yabibunya. lie covered/visited all the major places in Europe.

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butumi EN→LG

o- (bu/-) habit or tendency to send others to get something/to delegate others to do something, cf. tuma, omutumi.

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kana EN→LG

a-: okubuuza akana n'akataano, lit. to ask the fourth and the fifth, to interrogate in detail, question at length.

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kataano EN→LG

a-: okubuuza akana n'akataano. lit. to ask four and five, i.e., to interrogate in detail, question at length, cf. -na, -taano.

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kyotezo EN→LG

e- also kyoterezo, e- (ki/bi) framework for holding barkcloth to be fumigated; relig. censer, boat-like vessel in which incense is kept. cf. lyota, yotereza.

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siiwa (-siiye) v.i. itch EN→LG

be itchy, v.tr. itch; irritate, annoy, omuntu okubaamu ekimu- siiwa, (a person) to have something itching him, i.e., to be mad, crazy (in a fig.sense). Obusungu bwamusiiwa. He was very angry. Obukaba bumusiiwa. He is immoral/profligate.

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kaayirira (-kaayiridde) LG→EN

v.i. appl. 2 be very bitter. Amazima gatera okukaayirira abamu. The truth is usually very bitter for some people. Emmere abantu yabakaayirira. The people felt very bitter/the situation was very bad for them, lit. the food became bitter to the people, okukaayirirwa kaamu- lali omuntu gw'aba talidde, to have a bitter taste from peppers one has not eaten, i.e., become worried or involved in matters which do not concern one.

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