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kasaana EN→LG

a- (ka/bu) a kind of thomy bush with yellow flowers the leaves of which are used for making a red dye.

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kisa (-kisizza) v.tr. hide EN→LG

conceal, okukisa omukono, to die, lit. to hide one's hand (usually employed with reference to a Kabaka). Bw'akolola engabi yeekisa mu kisaka. When he coughs the bushbuck hides in the bush (i.e., he has a very loud cough). Bw'aseka empisi yeekisa ku ki- kande. When he laughs the hyena hides in a deserted place (i.e., he has a loud and boisterous laugh).

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kisaka EN→LG

e- (ki/bi) thicket; bush, okuzimba nga kisaka, lit. to swell up like a bush = to become sullen/gloomy/morose/uncom- municative. cf. ^akasaka.

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lundayandaya EN→LG

o- adv. okutambula olundaya- ndaya, to go by an indirect route, take the long way around, okwogera olundayandaya, to avoid getting to the point (in a discussion ), beat around the bush.

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luyiki EN→LG

o- (lu/n) kind of thorny bush whose seeds (mpiki) are used in the game of mweso, q.v. cf. omuyiki.

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nkwale EN→LG

e- (n/n) kind of partridge, francolin. Enkoko bw'esula mu nsiko efuuka nkwale. (prov.) When a chicken lives in the bush it becomes a partridge. One changes according to the company one keeps.

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wulula (-wuludde EN→LG

mpuludde) v.tr. pull down/ off /e.g., berries from a bush); slip off, unstring (beads from a string). Amannyo gampulula. I have a bad toothache. along/slide along very fast (of a snake, a car, etc.). cf. -emulula (under muluka).

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zimba (-zimbye) v.i. swell EN→LG

swell up; fig. become angry/furious, okuzimba nga budde or okuzimba nga kisaka, lit. to swell up like the weather or the bush, i.e., to become sullen/gloomy/morose/uncommunicative.

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muzi LG→EN

o- (mu/mi) small root, initial root of a plant or bush. Talina mizi. He is a shallow person. He is lacking in depth.

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-esaza (-esazizza) Mixed

-esazisa (-esazisizza) v.tr. caus. 1 & 2 refl. cause to cut oneself; cause to cut oneself with/using; cause to separate/divide, kwesaza bulala, to be in a flutter, be excited about an anticipated pleasure, kwesaza ng'ow'akagatto akamu (lit. be excited like a person with a single shoe) = kwesaza bulala. Engabi n'ejja yeesaza mu kisaawe. And the bushbuck came cutting across the field.

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