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kyoto EN→LG

e- (ki/bi) fireplace, hearth, ekyoto ky'eggaali, railroad engine, okulinnya mu kyoto. to refuse angrily, ‘put one's foot down.' okusula ku kyoto, to sit up all night with a sick person. Ennyonyi erina ebyoto bina. The airplane has four motors. ?cf. yota.

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linnya (-linnye EN→LG

nninye) v.tr. step on; tread on; ascend; climb; mount, v.i. go up; increase (of price), kulinnya nnyonyi, to board an airplane, kulinnya mu kyoto, to refuse flatly, butalinnya wa muntu, to stay away from a person's house, kulinnya mu mboozi, to interrupt/butt in on a conversation. kulinnya gye gava, lit. to step on it (i.e., amazzi, water, implied by ga-) where it comes from, to cut off something good at the source, to spoil one's chances, ruin an opportunity, uw'aliiiuju mu mm ere nuya buli. I like him (her) very much, lit. even if he (or she) steps in the food, I will eat it anyway.

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nkola EN→LG

e- (n/n) way of acting/doing; method, practice; way of working; policy; system; brand, make, ennvonyi y'enkola y'Eki- russia, an airplane of Russian make, okuteeka (or okussa) mu nkola, to put into effect, put into operation, cf. kola.

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nnyonyi EN→LG

e- (n/n) bird; airplane; swelling in the side. Ekika ky'Ennyonyi, the Bird Clan, okugula ennyonyi, to flee in fear of the consequences of an evil or crime one has committed, lit. to buy an airplane. Mu nsawo temuli wadde ensimbi ekuba ennyonyi. He doesn't have a cent, lit. in his pocket there is not even a cent to strike a bird. cf. ekinyonyi, omunyonyi.

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yira (-yize EN→LG

njize) v.i. make a rippling noise, gurgle (of water); rumble, roar (of a waterfall, the sea, an airplane, a great fire); snort; snore; wheeze; purr.

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mugoba LG→EN

o- (mu/ba) driver (of a vehicle); steersman; beater (on a hunting expedition), omugoba w'ennyonyi, pilot of an airplane. cf. goba.

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tonnya (-tonnye) LG→EN

v.i. rain (with the subject enkuba); drip; leak; come down. Ajja ku- tonnya e Ntebbe olwaleero. He will arrive (by airplane) in Entebbe today. Ayambadde atonnya. He is very well dressed.

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zimirira (-zimiridde) LG→EN

v.i. appl. 2 be almost lost to sight (as an airplane); disappear on the horizon; become fainter and fainter (as a voice); go on and on. Yazimirira nnyo ng'ayogera ku bintu bingi. He went on and on talking of many things.

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-egezaamu Mixed

-egezaako (-egezezzaamu, -ko) v.i. & tr. caus. refl. okwegezaamu, to try on, try out; to practice, rehearse; to train, okwegezaako ekiteeteeyi, to try on a dress. Ennyonyi yabadde egenda kwegezaa- mu. The airplane was going out for a test run.

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