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bikalu EN→LG

e- from -kalu, dry, q.v. okutunula ebikalu, to look confused/worried/desperate, okwogera ebikalu, to quarrel.

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kamwa EN→LG

a- (ka/bu) mouth, kamwa koogera or nze kamwa koogera, I the speaker, I myself, kuta kamwa, to be quarrelsome. Mba sinnaggya bigambo mu kamwa emmotoka n'egwa. I hardly got the words out of my mouth when the car turned over. Tonjasa- miza akamwa! Shut up! (See yasama.) cf. omumwa.

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lugono EN→LG

o- no plur. (lu/n) quarrelsomeness, pugnacity (in a physical sense), ow'olu- gono, a pugnacious person. Alina olugono- gono. He is the sort of person who gets into fights, cf. eggono.

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lukwagulo EN→LG

o- (lu/n) scratch. Omusajja oyo simulinako lukwagulo. I have no quarrel with that fellow, cf. kwagula, yagula.

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nnamulanda invar EN→LG

adj. vast; far-ranging; spreading, which spreads, olusuku nnamulanda, a vast plantain garden. Yalaba olu- yombo lufuuse nnamulanda. He saw that the quarrel had begun to spread, cf. ^landa.

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situla (-situdde) v.i. set out EN→LG

leave (on a trip), v.tr. lift, raise, okusitula olutalo, to start a fight/battle, okusitula oluyombo/empaka, to start or. argument/verbal conflict, okusitula enkundi, to raise a fuss, start quarreling, ‘raise hell.' okusitula embeera z'abantu, to improve the conditions/raise the standards of the people, okusitula ebbala, to look well, ekyuma ekisitula, elevator, lift.

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stir EN→LG

okutabula, okugoya; (fire) okuseesa; s. up > (mob), okusasamaza, okusaanuula; (dust.) okufuumuula; (mud) okufuukuula; (quarrel) okuwakankula ennyombo.

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takula (-takudde) v.tr. scratch EN→LG

okutakula emisinde, to run/go at a great speed, okutakula omuntu, to annoy /pester/nag a person. Yabatakuddeko olutalo. He provoked them/ picked a quarrel with them. Bakyatakula amazina. They are still dancing.

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yomba (-yombye EN→LG

nnyombye) v.i. quarrel; speak angrily. W'ova toyombye w'otera okudda. (prov,) lit. Where you leave without having quarreled is where you are likely to return. okuyomba inf.

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mulerembe LG→EN

o- (mu/mi) quarreling, dispute; vexation; trouble, something bothersome, okuzaala emirerembe, to cause trouble.

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