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ensanafu, enkolooto, nnabe, wakka, ensolosozi, entalumbwa, akasagisagi, empawu, ekimomo, ekinyomo, ekirembwe, olukennembi, omunyama, munyeera; white ant, vide termite,

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fish EN→LG

ekyennyanja. names of f., emmale, ejjamba, aka lende, ekisinja, embegedde, embovu, omukene, omunyala, nnandere, endulumba, engagala, engege, enningu, enkakaalukanyi, enkejje, enkokoto, enkuyu, enkyulukyulu, ensoga, ensonzi, ensuma, ssemutundu. f. net, ekiragala. f. trap, ekigu, omugomo. f. hook, eddobo. f. line, omugonjo.

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kanyaala EN→LG

a- (ka/bu) akatooke akanyaala, a small, immature banana, akaana akanyaala, small, frail child, cf. omunyaala.

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munya LG→EN

o- (mu/mi) lizard, kusindikira munya mu ssubi, to tell a person to do something he wants to do anyway, lit. to push a lizard into the grass, cf. ekinya.

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munyampala LG→EN

o- (mu/ba) headman. Lunyanko- le, omunyampara, Swahili, mnyapara. The word, is rare in Luganda and replaced by nnampala, q.v.

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Munyani LG→EN

o- (mu/ba) banyan, one of a caste of Hindu merchants and traders. The ba- in banyan fn Hindi word cf Sanskrit uilgin) was presumably interpreted as the Bantu pluralizing affix ba-, thus producing the anomalous back formation Munyani. This does not occur in Swahili which has banyani.

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mumunyala (-mumunyadde) LG→EN

v.i. be silent/ taciturn; be at a loss for something to say; fail to express oneself when one is expected to; be dumbfounded; be incommunicative while maintaining a sheepish or foolish expression.

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nyaga (-nyaze) v.tr. plunder; pillage; rob LG→EN

steal; seize by force; carry off. Ekijja omanyi, kinyaga bitono. (prov.) lit. That which comes (and) you know ((it is coming), it steals few things. Forewarned is forearmed. kukoowa nga banyaga, to give up or despair when one is on the point of success, lit. become tired when (others) are enjoying the spoils, cf. -nyage, omunyage, omunyago, omunyazi.

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-esowola (-esowodde) v.i. refl. come out Mixed

come forth (often in a fig. sense); show oneself. kwesowola bunya, to pop out, partially show oneself (like a lizard, cf. munya, lizard, from which is derived the adv. bunya). Abamanyi ennyo Oluganda beeso- woleyo okutunnyonnyola amakulu g'ebi- gambo ebyo. Let those who know Luganda well come forth and explain to us the meaning of these words.

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