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bwangu EN→LG

o- (bu/-) speed, facility, okukola mu bwangu, to work quickly. Yali mu bwangu. He was in a hurry, cf. -yangu, yanguwa.

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duma (-dumye) v.i. thunder EN→LG

rumble; hurry, rush, move quickly; race, run. okuduma embiro, to move at a great speed, dumya (-dumizza) v.tr. caus. cause to thunder; make rush/hurry/travel at great speed. cf. duduma.

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kibabu EN→LG

e- (ki/bi) something awesome; something terrible, misfortune, lit. something which produces a burning sensation, as an adv. at a great speed, ekibabu kya musisi, a catastrophic earthquake. Yagenda kibabu. He went off in a great hurry, cf. babuka, olubabu.

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nno emphatic particle EN→LG

often untranslatable, used to emphasize a previous word, very well; then, thus; therefore. Jjangu tugende nno. Let us hurry and go then. Sso nno nnali njagala okugaana. As a matter of fact, I really wanted to refuse.

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nnyindo EN→LG

e- (n/n) nose, ennyindo y'empiso, the eye of a needle. Nnyindo ky'ezira, omumwa tegulya. (prov.) What the nose rejects the mouth will not eat. kuseka nnyindo ya- nkolera, to laugh boisterously/uproariously, kubeera ku nnyindo, to be very near. Ebintu bye yabisibira ku nnyindo. He packed his things and left in a hurry, cf. akayindo, kinnyindwa.

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wulubula (-wulubudde EN→LG

mpulubudde) v.tr. speed up, hurry up. kuwulubula mmotoka, to drive a car at a high speed, kuwulubula bigambo, to blurt out a torrent of words (esp. of a critical or hostile nature).

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muloge LG→EN

o- (mu/ba) one who is bewitched. Wano wafiira muloge. This place is not safe, I (we) have to get away in a hurry, lit. (Only) a person who is bewitched would die here. cf. loga.

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-yangu adj. light; easy Mixed

simple; rapid, fast; quick (to do, understand, etc.). emirimu emyangu, light jobs. Ba mwangu. Hurry up. Mwangu okutegeera. He is quick to understand or He is easy to understand. Ndi mwangu okujja. It will be easy for me to come. cf. yanguwa, obwangu, byangu, ebyanguwa, kyangungu, amangu, amangwago.

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