buddu EN→LG
Open page o- (bu/-) slavery, bondage, servitude. cf. omuddu.
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buddugavu EN→LG
Open page o- (bu/-) blackness; darkness; less commonly dirtiness, cf. ddugala, -ddugavu.
buddukiro EN→LG
Open page o- (bu/-) refuge, shelter, retreat. cf. dduka, ddukira, ekiddukiro.
buddusi EN→LG
Open page o- (bu/-) running; racing; ability to run/race. cf. dduka.
asylum (refuge) EN→LG
Open page obuddukiro; (for insane) ennyumba ya balalu.
bondage EN→LG
Open page obuddu, obusibe.
bukuutu EN→LG
Open page o- (bu/-) (Buddu) arrogance.
haven EN→LG
Open page obuddukiro.
kaduli EN→LG
Open page a- (ka/bu) (Buddu) hemp seed. cf. edduli, ^akaluli.
kibombo EN→LG
Open page e- (ki/bi) kind of very strong beer (Buddu); kind of medicinal herb; grass used for cleaning the hands after peeling matooke. omulungi kibombo, a very beautiful girl. cf. ebbombo.
kkuuli EN→LG
Open page e- (ekkwiiri in Buddu): kusimba kkuuli, to tackle/trip (in soccer).
menial EN→LG
Open page adj., a buddu.
nkuyu EN→LG
Open page e- (n/n) Buddu kind of large fish, barbel, Barbus radcliffi. See ekisinja, enkwekwe.
nkwekwe EN→LG
Open page e- (n/n) Buddu kind of large fish, barbel, Barbus radcliffi. See ekisinja, enkuyu.
nnakinnyika (la) kind of plantain EN→LG
Open page the commonest type in Buddu.
ombegedde or ombegeddematono (n/n) Buddu equivalent of kasulu or kasulubbana EN→LG
Open page ele- phant-snout fish, Mormyrus kannume. cf. lbega, -tono.
refuge EN→LG
Open page ekiddukiro, obuddukiro, obwekwekero; take r., okweyuna, okweyamba.
retreat EN→LG
Open page n. (place), obuddukiro, ekiddukiro.
servitude EN→LG
Open page obuddu.
slavery EN→LG
Open page obuddu.
subjection EN→LG
Open page obuddu.
thraldom EN→LG
Open page obuddu.
nnakabululu LG→EN
Open page (la) kind of plantain common in Buddu.
Ppookino LG→EN
Open page pr.n. title of the chief of Buddu County (Ssaza).
buuza (-buuzizza) v.tr. ask (a question); greet; visit LG→EN
Open page see. Yagendako mu Buddu abuuze ku bakadde be. He went to Buddu to visit his parents.
yaga (-yaze) v.i. melt. okwaga inf. take up a lot of room; stretch out LG→EN
Open page extend, be extensive; be stout; be flattened. Entebe ey'aba- biri mu bbaasi ayagala agituuleko bw'omu ayagaagale nga Lwera. He likes to take a double seat in the bus and spread all over it like Lwera (a flat treeless area between Buddu and Mawokota). okwagaagala inf.
Buddu pr. LG→EN
Open page n. a country in southwest Bu- ganda. The county chief had the title of Ppookino.
muddu LG→EN
Open page o- (mu/ba) male slave, cf. obuddu, Ssaabaddu.
ddugaza (-ddugazizza) v.tr. cause. blacken; make dirty. cf. -ddugavu LG→EN
Open page -ddugaalirivu, obuddugavu, kaddugala, Omuddugavu, enzirugaze. See also ekizima & zigizigi.
ddukanya (-ddukanyizza) v.tr. caus. (recip. (of the bowels); manage LG→EN
Open page operate, run. Baminista abanaddukanya Gavumenti, the Ministers who will run the Government. cf. obuddukiro, obuddusi, ekidduka, eki- ddukano, ekiddukiro, ekidduko, okudduka, omudduse, omuddusi, omudduukirizi, enzirukanya.
Munna- + place name = native or inhabitant of a place LG→EN
Open page (la) Munnabuddu, a native of Buddu. Munnakyaggwe, a native of Kyaggwe.
-ddugavu adj. black; dark blue; dirty. Note that -ddugavu becomes -zirugavu when the modified noun is of the n/n class Mixed
Open page engatto enzirugavu, black shoes, cf. ddugala, obuddugavu, Omuddugavu, enzirugavu.