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pull EN→LG

okuwalula, okukulula. p. up, okusimbula, okukuula, okuggyamu, okubambula, okujjira. p. down, okwabya, okumenya; (brickwork) okuzimbulula. p. to pieces, okumenya. p. out (hair, etc.), okumaanya, okusokomola. p. down creeper, okulandula. p. off (grains, beads), okuwulula. p. aside, okuwunjula. p. tight, okuleega.

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kantuntunu EN→LG

a- (ka/bu) cloth placed over the eyes; game of blindman's buff, okusiba abantu kantuntunu, to pull the wool over people's eyes, deceive people.

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kuula (-kudde) v.tr. extract EN→LG

uproot; pull up; pull out. kukuulawo muntu, to beat out/ excel over (an opponent, competitor). Bwe nnaakukwatako engalo, banaakunkuulako bukuuzi. If I get my hands on you, they will have to drag me away.

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landula (-landudde) EN→LG

landulula (-landuludde) v.tr. conv. 1 Sc 2 pull down, tear down; unwind, unravel. cf. akalandalugo, akalandira, akalanduko, ekirandalanda, ekirandalugo, olulanda, omulanda, omulandira, nnamulanda, ennanda; landagga.

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mabbali EN→LG

e- adv. at the side, to the side; sideways, ku mabbali g'olubiri, at the side of the palace, okudda emabbali, to pull over to the side, go to the side. cf. ebbali, wabbali.

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makanda EN→LG

a- plur. (li/ma) establishment; permanent or long-term location, kusimbn: makanda, to settle (in); to make one's headquarters or regular base (at), kusimbu- la makanda, depart from a place where one has been for a long time, ‘pull up stakes.'

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wala (-waze EN→LG

mpaze) v.tr. pull, drag along, okuwala enswaswa ku lwazi, to be very difficult; to attempt something very difficult, lit. to drag a water lizard over a rock. Omulwadde twasanze biwala ttaka. We found the patient in very serious condition, lit. with the feet (bi- implies bigere) dragging the ground. Mutabani we amaanyi gamuwala. His son is very strong, cf. walula.

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wulula (-wuludde EN→LG

mpuludde) v.tr. pull down/ off /e.g., berries from a bush); slip off, unstring (beads from a string). Amannyo gampulula. I have a bad toothache. along/slide along very fast (of a snake, a car, etc.). cf. -emulula (under muluka).

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sika (-sise) LG→EN

v.tr. pull; pull at; stretch; snatch; seize by force; fig. attract; coax. Ensonga ze yamuwa zamusika n'akkiriza. The reasons which he gave tempted him/ won him over and he agreed, okusika omu- gwa, to have a tug-of-war. okusika engere, to walk fast, okusika emisinde, to take to one's heels, okusika omuntu oluyi, to give a person a hard siap. okusika empswo, to be very proud.

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seesa (-seesezza) v.tr. push forward; advance. okuseesa omuliro LG→EN

to prod/poke a fire, keep a fire going; to step on the gas (in driving), okuseesa empale, to pull up one's pants, okuseesa ebigere, to drag the feet, okuseesa omuntu emiggo, to beat a person (with sticks). Ensiri zaata- ndika okutuseesa obunnyo. The mosquitoes began to bite us, lit. push their little teeth. Balamu bas eesa gwaka. (prov.) The living ones keep the fire going. A person is liked as long as he is alive and in a position of respect.

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