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kamwa EN→LG

a- (ka/bu) mouth, kamwa koogera or nze kamwa koogera, I the speaker, I myself, kuta kamwa, to be quarrelsome. Mba sinnaggya bigambo mu kamwa emmotoka n'egwa. I hardly got the words out of my mouth when the car turned over. Tonjasa- miza akamwa! Shut up! (See yasama.) cf. omumwa.

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buguma (-bugumye) LG→EN

v.i. be or become warm/ hot (both of things and persons); fig. warm up (to a subject); become excited; get enthusiastic. Olwayanze omupiira luti, embooge yabadde tannaba na kubuguma aba Kenya ne bateeba eggoolo. The game had hardly started when the Kenya team made a goal, lit. the embooge had hardly warmed up. Ebifuba byababugumye. They wrestled furiously.

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mukubyabyayi LG→EN

o- (mu/ba) lit. one who beats with plantain fibers (hardly an aggressive weapon), softhearted boss, one who is very kind to those whom he rules. cf. kuba, ekyayi.

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