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v.tr., okukyusa, okufuusa, okufuula; (money) okuwaanyisa, okuvunja; keep changing subject, okulondobereza.

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fuukana (-fuukanye) or EN→LG

more emphatically fuukanafuukana v.i. (redup.) become unrecognizable; become completely changed/ transformed; become disfigured, fuukanya (-fuukanyizza) v.tr. caus. alter/change completely; change beyond recognition. cf. kyefuula, omufuusa, munnanfuusi, enfuukafuuka, -nnanfuusi.

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ndali EN→LG

e- (n/n) squint; crossed eyes. ow'endali, person with a squint, cross-eyed person, kufuula ndali, to flash one's eyes in anger, become furious.

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nswaswa. e- (n/n) monitor EN→LG

a large walking lizard of the genus Varanus. The skin is used for covering drums, making shoes, etc. okuwalula enswaswa ku lwazi, to drag a monitor lizard along a rock, i.e., to attempt the impossible, kwefuula nswaswa eteeya- nula, to be lazy/indifferent, lit. act like a lizard which does not come out of the sun.

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stand EN→LG

v.i., okuyimirira. s. up, okugolokoka, okuyimuka. s. fast, okunywera, okugumiikiriza. s. on head, okwefuula, okwesimba nnakakongo, okusimba omutwe, okwevuunika. s. on tiptoe, okukangalala.

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turn EN→LG

n., oluwalo, bkisanja; do in t.f okukola empalo, okukola ebisanja. turn, v.i., okukyuka. t. aside, okuwunjuka. t. sour (milk), okukwata. t. on the back, okugalika. t. over, okugalanjuka. t. back, okukomawo, okudda. t. over (as ankle), okubudama. t. up (be found), okuvumbuka. turn, v.tr., okukyusa. t. upside down, okuvuunika, okusulika, okutiiruula. t. right side up, okuvvuunula. t. out, okugoba, okufulumya. t. over in mind, okufumiitiriza. t. inside out, okufuula. t. up (lamp), okuseesa. t. down (lamp), okuddiriza. t. down (of screw), okunyoola.

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-efuula (-efudde) v.tr. refl. transform oneself (into); be turned into; make oneself (into); pretend to be; disguise oneself. v.i. turn upside down, overturn; turn a somersault. Avunaanwa gwa kwefuula musawo. He is charged with impersonating a doctor. Mixed

-efuula (-efudde) v.tr. refl. transform oneself (into); be turned into; make oneself (into); pretend to be; disguise oneself. v.i. turn upside down, overturn; turn a somersault. Avunaanwa gwa kwefuula musawo. He is charged with impersonating a doctor.

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-gayaavu adj. lazy Mixed

idle. Obutamiivu twain u fuula omugayaavu okusinga ekyennyan- ja. Drunkenness made him extremely lazy, lit. lazier than a fish. cf. gayaala.

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