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load EN→LG

n., omugugu, omutumba, omutwalo; (of fish) olutala, olukanda, olutakku; (of firewood) olusekese.

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fall EN→LG

v., okugwa, okwetujja ekigwo; (err) okukyama; (rain) okutonnya. f. from hand, okusumattuka. f. backwards, okugalanjula, okugwa bugazi. f. off stalk, okudyebuka. f. in, okwegulukuka. f. into debt, okugwa mubbanja. f. one on another, okwetlnda. f. to pieces, okumogoka. f. apart, okubumbulukuka. f. off head (of load), okutikkuka. f. open, okuwenjuka. fall, n., ekigwo; (roof) okwesulika.

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kagugu EN→LG

a- (ka/bu) small load/bundle; trouble, danger; scandal in a family, shameful secret which a family wishes to be hushed up. Onsombedde akagugu. You have caused me trouble. Balina akagugu mu nju. They have a skeleton in their closet, cf. omugugu.

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kibano EN→LG

e- (ki/bi) load, heavy load, ekibano kv'omukazi, ill-tempered, irascible woman. Kino nno kibano! This is incredible/unbelievable!

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kisanja EN→LG

e- (ki/bi) shift, rotation, turn, okukola ebisanja, to work in rotation, mu bisanja, in shifts, ekisanja ky'emmale, a load of smoked mmale fish.

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lubaya EN→LG

o- (lu/n) large packet of salt, kusi- tula lubaya, to lift a very heavy load; to attempt a very difficult task (esp. something in which others have failed). Anti laba, zitutte olubaya! Look who has just passed by (esp. of somebody disliked- zitutte = empewo zitutte, the winds have taken). See also ekkerenda.

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lukanda EN→LG

o- (lu/n) olukanda lw'enkejje, a load of nkejje (a small fish) consisting of about 30 skewers woven together.

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nkata EN→LG

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.

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ntwala EN→LG

e- (n/n) way of taking; load; lot. Yazze n'entwala ya lumonde. He came with a big load of sweet potatoes, cf. twala.

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teekula (-teekudde) EN→LG

teekulula (-teekuludde) v.tr. conv. 1 & 2 unload; annul. cf. obweteefuteefu, ekiteeko, omuteeko, omuteesiteesi, enteekateeka, enteeko, -eteefuteefu, etteeka.

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tikka (-tisse) v.tr. put EN→LG

load (on someone's head); load; lift; hang. v.i. recur. Ennyu- mba bagitisse omuliro. They have set fire to the house. Atamuzadde ye amutikka ejjinja. (prov.) She who has not born it (the child) loads it with a rock. One is aways more solicitous about one's own. Kimutisse. Something has gotten into him. He seems obsessed (e.g., with a great desire to do something).

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bula (-buze) v.i. disappear; become lost; go astray; be lacking/missing LG→EN

v.tr. be lost to. Ekitabo kimbuze. I have lost my book, lit. the book has become lost to me. obusungu ne bubula okumutta, and he became furious, lit. anger almost killed him. Akakiiko kaamaze ekiro kyonna nga kateesa, ne kabulako kye kamaliriza. The committee spent the whole night in discussion, but failed to reach a decision. Ebulayo eddakiika ttaano okuwera essaawa ettaano. It is five minutes to eleven, lit. there are lacking five minutes to eleven (five by Bantu time). Ennyumba ye yabadde ebulayo katono mu maaso. His house was a short distance ahead. Yajja abulidde mu mugugu. He came loaded down (lit. disappearing into) with a large bundle. Ssente te(zi)bula mukwate. Money is not lacking to one who is arrested/apprehended (i.e., a person charged with an offense will do everything possible to have himself exhonerated). gunaabula asala, lit. the case (omusango is implied by gu-) will lack any one who (can) pass judgment, i.e., it will be a cliff-hanger/a'thriller, ' a contest whose outcome is in doubt to the end or it will be pandemonium, sheer chaos/confusion.

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mugugu LG→EN

o- (mu/mi) load, burden; package, bundle; fig. burden, heavy responsibility. in the plur. luggage (in addition to the above meaningsj. cf. akagugu, eggugu, engugu.

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mutwalo LG→EN

o- (mu/mi) load, bundle; ten thousand; payment made by the groom to the family of the bride, cf. twala, akakumi.

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binika (-binise) LG→EN

v.tr. load; overload; burden down; fig. burden (with a difficult task). Nze nnabinikibwako gwa kuketta gusaawe gwa nnyonyi. I was assigned the difficult job of spying on a large airfield.

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-menye ad) Mixed

broken, ekiso ekimenye, pocket knife, emmundu emmenye, breachloader. emmotoka emmenye, a convertible (automobile). cf. menya.

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