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gereka (-gerese) v.tr. allot EN→LG

apportion, parcel out; distribute; assign; estimate, omusolo omugereke, poll tax. Gy'otosula togerekerayo bibya. (prov.) Where you do not live, you do not apportion the dishes. It is best to mind one's own business. cf. omugereko, omugeresi.^engereka, Nnamugereka.

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kibembe EN→LG

e- (ki/bi) crust (on burnt food); burnt portion adhering to the pan. ebibembe by'omusaayi, clots of blood, cf. bemba.

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kitole EN→LG

e- (ki/bi) lump; mass; piece; portion, ekitole ky'emmere, a morsel of food, ekitole ky'omusaayi, a blood clot, ekitole kya ssabbuuni, a bar of soap, okulondera mu kitole, indirect election.

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kitundu EN→LG

e- (ki/bi) part; portion; section; half; district, region; role, part, amazima ag'ekitundu, partial truth, a half truth, ekitundu eky'okuna, one fourth. Okkirizi- bwa okusasula mu bitundutundu. You are allowed to pay in installments, cf. entundu.

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koma (-komye) v.i. cease EN→LG

stop, come to an end, go as far as, reach. Wakoma wa? How far did you get/go? Awo we nkomye. That is all. That is all I have to say (said after recounting an event or story). Nkomye. I have had enough (said when declining an additional portion of food). Yakoma. She has stopped bearing children, kukoma awo, to stop, let matters rest. Erinnya Kayaga lyakomanga ku bawala bokka. The name Kayaga was restricted to girls. Note the additional meanings 0/koma with the enclitics.

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lot EN→LG

n., akalulu; (portion) ekitundu; cast lots, okukuba akalulu; a l. (much), use adj., ngi.

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mpaguka EN→LG

e- (n/n) bananas/plantains which have been broken off of the bunch; small bunch of bananas/plantains which have been separated from the main stem; portion of a kiwagu, q.v. cf. waguka.

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nkiiya EN→LG

e- (n/n) area near the temples and forehead where the hair has been shaven away, okutema enkiiya or okumwa enkiiya. to shave a portion of hair extending above the forehead, cf. olukiiya.

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nkoboggo EN→LG

e- (n/n) old person who walks with difficulty; child who totters when he walks, amagulu ag'enkoboggo, small legs, disproportionate to the size of the body.

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doomoola (-doomodde) LG→EN

v.tr. give in large quantities (either as an outright gift or as a merchant who gives liberal portions of what he is selling). Kitaawe amudoomoolera omusimbi omuyitirivu. His father gives him a huge amount of/far too much money, cf. ekidoma.

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mutemwa LG→EN

o- (mu/mi) allocation; allotment of money; assessment; apportionment. cf. tema. step, degree (in a process or development), emitala n'emitendera, everywhere, all over.

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ddi za (-ddizza) LG→EN

v.tr. appl. caus. restore to. return to; give back; bring back; give a portion of one's own meal to another as a sign of favor or friendship. Okuddiza guba mwoyo. (prov.) The capacity to share comes from the heart.

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musera LG→EN

o- (mu/mi) full serving, full portion, emisera ebiri egy'omwenge, two glasses of beer full to the brim, as an adv. brimful, to the brim. Endeku yali ejjudde musera be ddu. The gourd was full right up to the brim. cf. lensera.

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musezi LG→EN

o- (mu/ba) one who practices a form of black magic characterized by wild dancing, raising the bodies of the newly-dead and eating portions thereof. These activities occur at night, cf. sera, obusezi.

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sala (-saze) v.tr. cut; cutup; slaughter; divide; apportion LG→EN

allot; abbreviate; cross; decide, kusala kkubo, to cross the street, kusala musango, to judge a case, give a verdict, kusalwako nsiriba, to be very lucky, kusala kirimi, to interrupt (a person who is speaking), kusala magezi, to devise a plan, kusalako bigambo, to slander, speak slanderously, kusala byayi, to relieve oneself, ku sala ku ddoboozi, to lower the voice, kusala ddiiro, to join the opposition (party), kusala mu lugendo, to postpone a trip, kusala ku misinde, to reduce one's speed, kusala mu- wendo, to state a price, kusala ttikiti, to purchase a ticket, kusala mikono, to vaccinate. kusalako, to cross the legs, kusala bintu, to agree on a bride price, okunywa omwenge obutasalawo, to drink beer endlessly/without stopping, ebinyumu ebita- salawo, endless diversions/amusements, okusalawo kwa gavumenti, the decision of the government, buli amusala mu maaso, everyone who passes in front of him. Ebintu byansala. Things have not gone my way.

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