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bbali EN→LG

e- adv. aside, to the side, ebbali w'oluguudo, at the side of the road, ebbali n'ebbali w'olugundo, on both sides of the road. cf. mabbali, wabbali.

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bulungi EN→LG

o- (bu/-) beauty; goodness; good; quality, as an adv. well; nicely; effectively; properly, oluguudo lw'obulungi- bwansi, public highway, road built by communal effort, lit. good of the country. Obulungi, bukira obugagga (prov.) Virtue is better than wealth, cf. -lungi, omu- lungi, nnalulungi.

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lukuubo EN→LG

o- (lu/n) long corridor/passage; stripe; streak, kukuba luguudo (mu mutwe), to part one's hair, put a part in one's hair. cf. akakuubo, ekikuubo, ekkuubo.

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yolekera (-yolekedde) v.tr. appl. show for/ at EN→LG

etc.; point at/towards; aim at; face, be opposite; head for fa destination). Yayole- kera eriraga e Masaka. He headed for Masaka. (eriraga = ekkubo eriraga, the road which goes.) Amaka ge goolekedde oluguudo Iw e Masaka. His house faces the road leading to Masaka.

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tunula (-tunudde) v.i. look; be awake LG→EN

oku- tunula ku —, to face, face towards; look towards. kutunula muntu mu mutwe (or mu nviiri), to look down on a person, to be indifferent towards a person, lit. look at a person in the head (or hair). Ennyumba zitunula ku luguudo. The houses face the street. Yatunula ng'amazeewo. He stood looking with a vacant/blank expression on his face. Obudde butunula. It is dawn. It is twilight.

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va (-vudde) v.i. come out; come from LG→EN

kuva ku luguudo, to go out of style/taste. ku- luva ku ntono, to start from the beginning (in giving a narrative, -lu- implies olu- gambo). Okuva, (The Book of) Exodus. Ova wa? Where are you coming from? Nnava mu byange. I gave up my wealth/belongings. Va awo olimba! You must be joking! okuva mu mbeera, to become disturbed/upset.

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