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kibejjo EN→LG

e- (ki/bi) something unusual/outside of the ordinary; an extraordinary happening. Kino kibejjo. This is horrible/terrible.

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muziru LG→EN

o- (mu/mi) kind of hardwood tree, Pseudospondias microcarpa. It has black fruit, resembling olives, which are not eaten under ordinary circumstances, cf. enziru.

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mutuku: kifumba mutuku (or Mutuku) LG→EN

it is magnificent/spectacular/extraordinary /usually of a social event, a celebration, etc.). Mutuku is supposed to be the name of a rascal who was ultimately apprehended and literally cooked. E Namirembe kya- fumbye mutuku. There has been a great celebration at Namirembe.

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katiisa: - akantu akatiisa LG→EN

lit. a small thing which frightens, kukolawo katiisa, to do something startling/amazing/exciting/far out of the ordinary; to show off, try to draw attention to oneself, cf. tya, tiisa.

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muntu LG→EN

o- (mu/ba) person, human being, man; in the plur. abantu people, omuntu obuntu, an ordinary person, the average person, a mere mortal, mu bifo by'abantu bonna, in public places. Bantu mannyo ga mpisi, gaseka kungulu, nga munda mu- limu bussi. (prov.) People are like the teeth of hyenas which outwardly are laughing, but on the inside are filled with murder, cf. obuntu.

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-(y)ereere adj. empty Mixed

bare; cleared; naked; alone; mere, just, only; ordinary, ennaku enjereere, week days, ennyumba enjereere, an empty house; just a house, only a house. Abakristu abereere, ordinary Catholics, the rank-and-file Catholics. Yamuwadde kisero ky ereere. He gave him only a basket. Yamuwadde ekisero ekyereere. He gave him an empty basket, cf. obwereere, ekyererezi.

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