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bute EN→LG

o- adv. like cattle, kugumba bute, to huddle/cluster together like cattle, as a noun obute is the plur. of akate, q.v.' cf. ente.

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kisibo EN→LG

e- (ki/bi) sheep/goat pen; enclosure for cattle; chicken coop, okuyingira mu kisibo ky'obufumbo, to join the ranks of the married, cf. siba.

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mwoyo EN→LG

o- (mu/mi) spirit, soul; temperament; mind; fig. heart, eby'omwoyo, spiritual matters, spiritual affairs. Mwoyo Mutuukiri- vu, the Holy Spirit, okusoma n'omwoyo ogumu, to read with care/carefully. Saalimu mwoyo. I was depressed/disspirited. Eki- tongole kijja kussaako omwoyo okufuna ente ennungi. The Department will do its best/ will make a great effort to get good cattle. Ekyo kyantwala omwoyo. I liked this best of all, lit. this took my heart, cf. ekyoyo, ekyoyooyo.

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nte EN→LG

e- (n/n) domestic bovine, cow, bull, ox; in the plur. cattle, ente enduusi, cow. ente ennume, bull. Ekika ky'Ente, the Cow Clan. cf. obute, akate. akooye, easy chair, sofa. cf. akatebe, ekitebe, omutebe, ssentebe.

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nzira EN→LG

e- (n/n) kind of hardwood tree. It has an extensive system of branches but a small trunk and is the source of the staves which the Balaalo employ in herding cattle. (Sn.) cf. oluzira.

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wuula (-wudde EN→LG

mpudde) v.tr. thrash; beat (as with a flail); beat hard; throw to the ground; raid (cattle), cf. egguuliro, Kawuula, empuuzo, omuwuuzi.

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mukuzannyana LG→EN

o- (mu/mi) kind of very tall hardwood tree, lit. it brings up/nurtures (kuza) the calf (nnyana). (Perhaps so called because the tree yields an aperient medicine for cattle.) okukubisa emiku- zannyana, to beat with sticks.

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