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crocodile EN→LG

goonya.

ggoonya EN→LG

e- also goonya (n/n) crocodile.

manipulate EN→LG

okutogoonya, okutogaa toga, okuzinyisa.

togaatoga (-tozeetoze) v.tr. redup. keep handling/fingering. cf. tiga EN→LG

togoonya.

tologoonya (-tologoonyezza) v.tr. touch repeatedly EN→LG

handle.

tonnoonya less common var. of togoonya EN→LG

q.v.

togoonya (-togoonyezza) v.tr. handle; finger; manipulate LG→EN

cf. toga.

mugoonya LG→EN

o- (mu/ba) head canoe builder.,

see ggoonya.

-esogga (-esozze) v.i. refl. spear oneself. v.tr. refl. nlunp'e into- pntpr ahrnT-.tlir HI. wali okwesogga amazzi yagwa mu kamwa ka goonya teyadda. On plunging into the water he fell into the mouth of a crocodile and never returned. Mixed

-esogga (-esozze) v.i. refl. spear oneself. v.tr. refl. nlunp'e into- pntpr ahrnT-.tlir HI. wali okwesogga amazzi yagwa mu kamwa ka goonya teyadda. On plunging into the water he fell into the mouth of a crocodile and never returned.

-ekoota (-ekoose) or -ekootakoota (-ekoosekoose) v.i. (redup.) be bent; be round-shouldered; stoop Mixed

v.tr. refl. elude, clip by. Abaiujju bagezezzako okuyigga goonya eno kyokka n'okutuusa kati ekyabeekoota. The hunters have tried to hunt down this crocodile but until now it has still eluded them. cf. olukooto.