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bunduka (-bunduse) v.i. hang down (of breasts EN→LG

hair); be bent/inclined; be on a slant; stoop, slouch; be poured. Olw'obuwanvu atambula abunduka. Because of his height he walks with a slouch. Ebintu ebiggya mu kiseera ekyo byabundu- kiranga kumu mu Buganda. At that time (all sorts of) new things were coming into Buganda at once.

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club EN→LG

embuukuuli, endoddo, omuggo gw'akaloddo ; (meeting place) kiraabu; (drinking resort) ekirabo.

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collect EN→LG

v., okukuŋŋaanya, okukukumba, okukunga; (tribute) okusolooza; (market dues) okuwooza; (all sorts) okuyombolereza; (poles) okusonda; (earth, etc.) okuyoola.

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kayindiyindi EN→LG

a- (ka/bu) a kind of bean which resembles a lima bean but is much smaller, butter bean. Abantu ba kuno baamutwala teyeesibidde na kayindi. The people here sent him packing or (in a political context) they threw him out of office, lit. took him, he did not tie up beans for himself. (Formerly travelers used to take beans of this sort with them on long trips. The person referred to in the example left so quickly that he could not make the usual preparation.)

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kisuuwa EN→LG

e- with the -a of rel. having the shape of a water pitcher (nsuwa), round. Ennyumba yaaki? Ya kisuuwa. What sort of a house is this? A round one.

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lugono EN→LG

o- no plur. (lu/n) quarrelsomeness, pugnacity (in a physical sense), ow'olu- gono, a pugnacious person. Alina olugono- gono. He is the sort of person who gets into fights, cf. eggono.

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mbeera EN→LG

e- (n/n) being; state, condition, embeera y'obudde, weather, climate, okuva mu mbeera, to get out of sorts, to become worked up/disturbed, lit. leave one's (usual) State, eby'embeera z'abantu, community development, public welfare, cf. ba, beera.

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tamya (-tamizza) EN→LG

tamisa (-tamisizza) v.tr. caus. 1 Sc 2 cause to be disgusted with, cause to take a dislike to. Eby'engeri eno byali bimutamizza obujaasi. Things of this sort had caused him to take a great dislike for the military life.

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