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kanyaaga EN→LG

a-: okusiba akanyaaga, to talk too much, engage in annoying/incessant chatter, oku siba akanyaaga ku muntu, to pester/nag/ behave in a domineering manner towards someone.

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leekeeza (-leekeezezza EN→LG

ndeekeezezza) v.tr. provoke; tease; cause to get worked up. v.i. become loud and excited, make a noisy fuss. Engeri gye yaleekeezamu nzibu okutenda. It is difficult to describe the noisy and excited way in winch she behaved.

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mmindi EN→LG

e- (stem-bindi) (n/h) pipe ( for smoking), bukya luba nga luba lwa mmindi, for a very long time, kwogera bikulire nga mmindi, to speak with the wisdom of experience. Omwenge oguli eri n'ow'emmindi asena. There is a tremendous quantity of beer over there, lit. the one with a pipe draws (some). Tolikula olibnmba mmindi/ You are not going to grow up molding pipes, i.e., are you going to behave like a child all your life? cf. akabindi, ekibindi, olubindi.

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sukumbula (-sukumbudde) v.tr. shake EN→LG

shake about, kusukumbula kyejo, to act in a spoiled manner, behave badly. cf. essukumbuli. night; sleep; remain, stay; live, dwell. Wasuze otyanno? Good morning, lit. How did you pass the night? kusula ku budde, to spend a sleepless night (esp. with one who is seriously ill). Yasuze mulwadde nnyo. He was very sick last night. Osula otya obulwadde? How are you now? (Said to someone who is very sick.) Tanywa si- gala asulayo bbiri. He smokes to great excess. Tanywa mwenge asulayo bbiri. He doesn't just drink, he gets intoxicated.

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ddirira (-ddiridde) v.i. <5- tr. appl. 2 come back to LG→EN

return to; go and return on the same day; come after, follow, succeed; be next to, be contiguous to; become slack (of a drum); deteriorate (in one's conduct, studies, etc.); behave badly. Amuddiridde ye Musoke. The one next to him is Musoke. Musoke takyasoma nnyo, addiridde. Musoke does not practice his religion much any more, he has become very lax. omwezi oguddirira, next month.

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yisa (-yisizza) v.tr. caus. cause to pass/ go by; overtake; grab LG→EN

seize (in wrestling); get the better of; surpass, prevail over; treat, behave towards, v.i. behave, act. kuyisa mu muntu lukwe, to incite to join in a plot/conspiracy, kuyisa mumwa mu muntu, to speak slanderously/critically/in a backbiting manner about someone, butabaako w'oyisa kigere, to be crowded/hemmed in, lit. have nowhere to pass your foot, okuyisa etteeka, to pass a law. okuyisa amaaso, to give a quick glanceAook. okuyisa omukka mu nnyindo (mu kamwa), to breathe through the nose (mouth), kuyisa amazzi mu kamwa, to rinse the mouth with water, kuyisa olugero, to cite an example/give an instance (by quoting a proverb, etc.). kuyisa kiwulu, to hold a parade, kuyisa ensana, to plait mats. Yampisaako ow'e Mbuya. He beat me. (ow- implies Kaggo, the ssaza chief of Kyaddondo; kaggo also means small stick). Ekikolwa ekyo ne tukiyisaako buyisa maaso. We simply overlooked/took no notice of this act.

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