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ngo EN→LG

e- (n/n) leopard. Ekika ky'Engo, the Leopard Clan. Bwe nnamusanga, nnali ?dde ku n~c crikc sm-.vsna. When I •met him he was in a furious state of mind, lit. 1 was like one who had fallen upon a leopard with a cub. Ekitta engo kigiyinga buzito. (prov.) That which kills the leopards is heavier than the leopard, cf. Wango.

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ngozi EN→LG

e- (n/n) cloth used to cover an infant, swaddling clothes; piece of barkcloth used for carrying an infant on the back. Mwana mugimu ava ku ngozi. (prov.) The potentialities of a person are present in early childhood.

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alone EN→LG

adv., bulangasa, kikukku; go a., okugenda omu, okw'esowola, okw'ebwala, okwetongola, okwewunika; be left alone, okwekongola.

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bbala EN→LG

e- (li/ma) spot; stain; color; mark, brand; birthmark; type, kind, engo y'ama- bala, a spotted leopard, kuggya muntu mu bbala, to alter/damage the appearance of a person (of disease, extreme poverty, etc.) cf. ebibalabala, akabalabala, ekibala, 4mbala.

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bbeeyi EN→LG

e- (n/n or li/ma) price; expensive price, ebbeeyi eza wansi, low prices, engoye ez' ebbeeyi, expensive clothes.

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bitaaguju EN→LG

e- plur. (ki/bi) meat of an animal which has been slain by wild beasts; the second totem (kabbiro) of the Leopard Clan (Ekika ky'Engo).

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bumale EN→LG

o- adv. like a mudfish, kugoba bumale, to arrive. Nzuuno ngobye bumale. Here 1 am. I have arrived, cf. emmale.

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butali EN→LG

o- (bu/-) neg. inf. of-li, not to be. mu butali bugenderevu, unintentionally, mu butali butongole, unofficially.

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bwongo EN→LG

o- (bu/-) brain, brains, omuwala amulya obwongo, a girl who appeals to him/who is attractive to him, lit. who eats bis brains. Ki ekikulya obwongo? What's eating you? What's troubling you?

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carry (on head) EN→LG

okwetikka; (on back) okuweeka; (on shoulders) okukongojja, okwambala; (in front of one) okutembeeta; c. off, okunyaga, okuwakankula; c. all before one, okwerula.

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clean EN→LG

v., okunaaza, okulongoosa, okutukuza. c. teeth, okusenya. c. nails, okwesokoola enjala. become clean, okutukula, okulongooka, okwamuka.

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