lugero EN→LG
Open page o- (lu/n) measure, measurement, c /. lgera.
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lugero EN→LG
Open page o- (lu/n) story; fable; parable; proverb; saying, cf. 3gera.
allegory EN→LG
Open page olugero.
anecdote EN→LG
Open page olugero.
byword EN→LG
Open page olugero.
comparison EN→LG
Open page olugero, enjawulo.
fable EN→LG
Open page olugero.
fabulous EN→LG
Open page a kitalo,a lugero.
gerula (-gerudde) v.tr. tell (riddles EN→LG
Open page fables, proverbs). cf. gereesa, lolugero.
illustrate EN→LG
Open page okugera olugero.
illustration (story) EN→LG
Open page olugero; (picture) ekifaananyi.
legend EN→LG
Open page olugero, olugambo, ekyobulo mbolombo, olufumo.
maxim EN→LG
Open page olugero.
measurement EN→LG
Open page ekigero, olugero.
metaphor EN→LG
Open page olugero.
parable EN→LG
Open page olugero.
proverb EN→LG
Open page olugero.
proverbial EN→LG
Open page a lugero.
saw EN→LG
Open page n., omusumeeno; (saying) olugero.
saying EN→LG
Open page n., ekigambo, olugero.
simile EN→LG
Open page olugero.
story EN→LG
Open page olugero, olufumo; vide lie.
tale EN→LG
Open page olugero, enfumo, olugambo.
tell EN→LG
Open page okubuulira, okugamba. t. tales of, okuloopa, okuneeneeka. t. a fable, okugera olugero.
gezeka (-gezese) v.i. neut. be easy to test/trv: be testable. Omwenge tegugezeka- ko katono. Beer cannot be tried in small quantities LG→EN
Open page i.e., be limited to just a little. cf. -gere, eggerezo, ekigero, ekigezo, lolugero.
yisa (-yisizza) v.tr. caus. cause to pass/ go by; overtake; grab LG→EN
Open page seize (in wrestling); get the better of; surpass, prevail over; treat, behave towards, v.i. behave, act. kuyisa mu muntu lukwe, to incite to join in a plot/conspiracy, kuyisa mumwa mu muntu, to speak slanderously/critically/in a backbiting manner about someone, butabaako w'oyisa kigere, to be crowded/hemmed in, lit. have nowhere to pass your foot, okuyisa etteeka, to pass a law. okuyisa amaaso, to give a quick glanceAook. okuyisa omukka mu nnyindo (mu kamwa), to breathe through the nose (mouth), kuyisa amazzi mu kamwa, to rinse the mouth with water, kuyisa olugero, to cite an example/give an instance (by quoting a proverb, etc.). kuyisa kiwulu, to hold a parade, kuyisa ensana, to plait mats. Yampisaako ow'e Mbuya. He beat me. (ow- implies Kaggo, the ssaza chief of Kyaddondo; kaggo also means small stick). Ekikolwa ekyo ne tukiyisaako buyisa maaso. We simply overlooked/took no notice of this act.