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malye EN→LG

a- plur. (li/ma) place/spot which contains the remains of elephant grass or other grass after rats, rabbits, etc., have eaten, kusigala mu malye, to be deserted (e.g., a husband by a wife), cf. lya.

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wasa (-wasizza EN→LG

mpasizza) v.tr. marry (a woman); fig. become addicted to. Kaakati omwenge baze wange gumuwasizza. My husband now is interested in nothing but beer, lit. beer has married my husband. Ensimbi zimuwasizza. He is obsessed with money.

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we rel. adv. of space where EN→LG

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) and the emph. adv. of space (We biri. They are there.).

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yiwa (-yiye EN→LG

njiye) v.tr. spill; pour, pour out/away. v.i. flow, flow out/into (of a body of water); develop a rash; break out of the hill (of termites), okuyiwa Olungereza, to speak English very fluently, okuyiwa amagezi, to spoil/ruin apian, okuyiwa olutiko, to develop goose pimples, okuyiwa ebigambo, to pour out a torrent of words/invective, okuyiwako essubi, to spread grass, okuyiwa(ko) omukono, to sign one s name. Kva nsonvi nnvo okumu- yiwa. It is a shame to fail/disappoint him. Mwana muwala yamuyiwa. The girl jilted him. Omwami yanji(i)yeemu. My husband gave me some money/a treat.

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musajja LG→EN

o- (mu/ba) man, adult male; husband. musajja wa Katonda, (often in an ironical sense) the poor fellow, musajjamukulu, old fellow, old man. cf. -sajja, olusajja, nnasajja, ssaabasajja.

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musebeyi LG→EN

o- (mu/ba) arch, a woman who travels with the Kabaka, a chief or her husband on military expeditions or on a long journey, cf. sebeya.

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bba LG→EN

plur. babba- (la) husband. The pos- sessives are suffixed directly. The following forms occur:

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(b)baze LG→EN

my husband babbaffe our husbands (b)balo your husband babbammwe your husbands bbaawe her husband babbaabwe their husbands bba wa bonna. the husband of all (a title of the Kabaka).

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mumwa LG→EN

o- (mu/mi) lip; beak, omumwa gw'ennyindo, nostril, ow'omumwa, quarrelsome person (esp. a husband who quarrels with his wife), okufuna eky'okuzza eri omumwa, to get something to eat, lit. to bring back to the lip. okubega emirawa, to pucker one's lips (as one on the brink of tears or who feels an aversion), okukwata ku mumwa, to be amazed/astonished, kuggya mumwa ku muntu, to stop slandering a person, kuggya mu kintu mumwa, to have eaten enough, be surfeited with food. Omumwa gumuli mu nnyindo. He is very angry, lit. his lip is in his nose. Obunyo- nyi tubukwata mimwa. We wake up early in the morning, lit. the little birds we catch them by the beaks, cf. obumwamwa, akamwa.

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