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katabo EN→LG
Open page a- (ka/bu) small book; booklet, aka- tabo ak'amawulire, newspaper, news magazine. kukuba katabo, colloq., to lie, tell untruths, cf. kitabo.
kubira (-kubidde) v.tr. appl. strike/knock in/at/for EN→LG
Open page etc. okukubira omusango/ensonga, to sum up a case/a matter, okukubirako, to add; to make up; to complete, okukubiramu, to give over and above. Tonkubiramu kirala? Aren't you going to give me anything more? empapula z'amawulire ezikubirwa mu Afrika, newspapers which are published in Africa.
lulango EN→LG
Open page o- with the -a of rel. regular, steady, permanent, abasomi ab'olulango, regular readers (of a newspaper).
lupapula EN→LG
Open page o- (lu/n) [£ng. ] paper; sheet of paper; page, olupapula lw'amawulire, newspaper, empapula z'ensimbi, paper money, paper bills.
magambo EN→LG
Open page a- plur. (li/ma) news (which one person tells another as opposed to news in a newspaper), cf. gamba, eggambo, eki- gambo.
mamulire EN→LG
Open page a- plur. (ii/ma) news; report; information. olupapula lw'amawulire, newspaper, ow'amawulire (plur. ab'amawulire), journalist; newspaperman, reporter, eby'amawu- lire, journalism, cf. wulira, eggulire, munnamawulire.
mpya EN→LG
Open page e- = n + ggya. Taifa Empya, New Nation (the nameof a Luganda-1 anguage newspaper).
munnamawulire (mu/ba) journalist EN→LG
Open page reporter, newspaperman, cf. wulira, amawulire.
Munno pr.n.t lit. your friend. The name of the oldest Luganda-language newspaper EN→LG
Open page founded in 1911. cf. munna-.
ssekanyolya (sing. la EN→LG
Open page plur. bissekanyolya) gray heron; the name of a former Luganda- language newspaper.
musasi LG→EN
Open page o- (mu/ba) one who goes to forage for food, one who travels about to obtain food either by purchase or in exchange for services.' omusasi w'amawulire, newspaper reporter, one who ferrets out news, omusasi w'ejinambo, gossip, gossiper. cf. saka.
gundi plur. bagundi indef. pron. what's-his- name; so-and-so; such and such a person; somebody LG→EN
Open page as an adj. such and such, ekintu gundi, something or other, such and such a thing. Leka tugambe nti omu- kunnaanya w'amawulire gundi asindise omusasi we ow'amawulire mu kifo gundi. Let us say that such and such a newspaper editor has sent his reporter in such and such a place. c(. gindi, ^-ndL
mukuŋŋaanya LG→EN
Open page o- (mu/ba) editor (of a newspaper or periodical); collector, cf. kuŋŋaana, kuŋŋaanya.
-manyirivu adj. experienced; knowledgeable Mixed
Open page munnamawulire omumanyirivu mu mulimu gwe, a newspaperman experienced in his work. cf. manya, manyirira, obumanyirivu.
-ekimya (-ekimizza) v.tr. caus. refl. pretend to go to get. Kamya bwe yawulira amaloboozi mu ddiiro ne yeekimya amawu- lire alabe baani abo. When Kamya heard voices in the living room he pretended to fetch the newspaper so that he might see who they were. Mixed
Open page -ekimya (-ekimizza) v.tr. caus. refl. pretend to go to get. Kamya bwe yawulira amaloboozi mu ddiiro ne yeekimya amawu- lire alabe baani abo. When Kamya heard voices in the living room he pretended to fetch the newspaper so that he might see who they were.