coil EN→LG
Open page n., ekkata.
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coil self EN→LG
Open page v., okukuba ekkata.
bwezinge EN→LG
Open page o- (bu/-) misery, suffering; poverty, the state of being curled/coiled folded, obwezinge bw'enviiri, the way the hair is curled, cf. zinga, -ezinga.
kkata EN→LG
Open page e- (li/ma) coil of snake/serpent, okuzinga ekkata, to coil oneself up. cf. enkata, ekikata.
magonyagonya EN→LG
Open page a- plur. (li/ma) coils; spirals.
nkata EN→LG
Open page e- (n/n) pad for the head on which a load is carried; center ring in the ceiling of a hut; circle, coil; cripple, a person bom lame, kukuba (oli) nkata, to give (someone) something, help (someone) out. Bajja ennyindo y'enkata. They came in a state of great rage. cf. ekikata, lekkata.
recoil EN→LG
Open page okudembuka; r. from, okwebangula.
tandulula (-tanduludde) v.tr. uncoil EN→LG
Open page disentangle; straighten out. okutandulula ku ki- gere, to start going, start on a trip, n'ata- ndulula ku kigere mu ssaawa ez'akawungee- zi n'agenda mu kibuga, and he started out in the evening hours and went to the town. cf. lambulula.
uncoil EN→LG
Open page okuzingulula.
zinga (-zinze) v.tr. wrap EN→LG
Open page wrap up; fold, fold up; wind; coil; surround, okuzinga omuntu omuggo, to beat a person with a stick.
-ezingirira (-ezingiridde) v.i. & tr. appl. 2 refl. wrap oneself around; coil oneself around; wind oneself around; encircle. Mixed
Open page -ezingirira (-ezingiridde) v.i. & tr. appl. 2 refl. wrap oneself around; coil oneself around; wind oneself around; encircle.
-ezza (-ezzizza) v.i. & tr. caus. refl. take for oneself; keep for oneself (often what one should not keep or what belongs to somebody else) Mixed
Open page okwezza emabega (or ennyuma), to draw oneself backwards, recoil.
-ezinga (-ezinze) v.i. refl. roll oneself up; coil oneself up; fold oneself Mixed
Open page okwezinga awamu, to remain in one piace ait the time, be a stay-at-home, okwezinga ku muntu, to stick close to a person, to latch on to somebody.