buffalo EN→LG
Open page embogo.
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ddumambogo EN→LG
Open page e- plur. amalumambogo (li/ma) gadfly, lit. bites (luma ) the buffalo (m bo go).
jjembe-lya-mbogo (li/ma) lit. horn of the buffalo EN→LG
Open page kind of tree, Trimeria bakeri.
kabogo adv. intens. with ddugala and -ddugavu. Muddugavu nnyini kabogo. He is as black as a buffalo EN→LG
Open page cf. embogo.
kikwalo EN→LG
Open page e- (ki/bi) skin of an animal, particularly that which is prepared arid used as food (e.g., of a buffalo); skin of an animal where the hair has been scraped off.
kinywambogo adv. very early in the morning EN→LG
Open page lit. buffalo-drink. cf. nywa, embogo.
mbogo EN→LG
Open page e- (n/n) buffalo. Ekika ky'Embogo, the Buffalo Clan. cf. kabogo.
ndeerwe EN→LG
Open page e- (n/n) kind of white mushroom. It is the secondary totem of the Buffalo Clan.
sinsimula (-sinsimudde) v.tr. shake EN→LG
Open page shake up; divide into smaller pieces (of hot lumps of bananas), okusinsimula omuggo, to beat with a stick. Waaliwo olulala lwe nnasinsimula embogo essasi. There was another occasion when I shot a buffalo with a bullet.