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kakalu EN→LG

a- (ka/bu) pledge, assurance; surety; guarantee; bail, awatali bukalu, unconditionally, without conditions, cf. kala.

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kawoowo EN→LG

a- (ka/bu) pleasant smell, fragrant odor, aroma; perfume. Ayogeza kawoowo. He speaks pleasingly. His voice has a pleasant sound, eddoboozi ery'akawoowo, a pleasant/attractive voice, cf. eggwoowo.

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kirabo EN→LG

e- (ki/bi) [from Eng. club.] bar, barroom, saloon; restaurant, ekirabo ky'emmere, restaurant, cf. akalabo.

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kirago EN→LG

e- (ki/bi) [Lunyoromat used by itinerant laborers, olumbe lw'ekirago, source of much trouble; terror; abomination.

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kisekeseke EN→LG

e- (ki/bi) large umbelliferous plant (Peucedanum grantii) from which nseke (straws, pipestems, etc.) are made. cf. oluseke.

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kituuza EN→LG

e- (ki/bi) toll or fee imposed on a vendor setting up a stall in a market; preliminary. Ekyo kikyali ekituuza. This is only the beginning (e.g., of a parent threatening even sterner punishment for a recalcitrant child), cf. tuula, tuuza.

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luuma EN→LG

o- (lu/n) metal wire, oluuma olubaka, aerial (of a radio or television set). abajja bagoba oluuma, immigrant workers, lit. those who come following the telephone cable lines, cf. ekyuma.

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nkukunala EN→LG

e- (n/n) way of projecting/striking out. with u'te -a of re'l. projecting; fig. obvious, apparent, eky'okulabirako eky'en- kukunala, a striking example, obulimba obw'enkukunala, flagrant lying, a glaring bit of deception. Kya nkukunala nti..., It is obvious/apparent that... cf. kukunala.

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sserwajja visitor EN→LG

one who comes. Sserwajja okwota, lukiza nnyinimu entannama. (prov.) The one who comes and warms himself at the fire prevents the owner of the house from squatting down fat the fire), sserwajjo- kwota (la) stranger; foreigner, immigrant.

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tabika (-tabise) v.tr. mix EN→LG

mix together, mix up; fig. involve. Leka kututabika mu bintu bye tutamanyiko mutwe n'amagulu. Do not involve us in things of which we are utterly ignorant, lit. know neither head nor feet.

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withdraw EN→LG

v.L, okuvaayo, okweyungula; v.tr., okuggyawo, okujjulula; w. from ashes, okuvumbula; w. a guarantee, okuzaalukuka.

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mutego LG→EN

o- trap; bow; fig. trap, snare, pitfall. Akateeyanira ke kafa omutego. (prov.) lit. (The little animal) which does not cry out dies in the trap. Survival is granted only to those who fight for it. cf. tega, obutego.

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musenze LG→EN

o- (mu/ba) tenant; temporary resident; newcomer, recent inhabitant; emigrant; new member; servant. Basenze were originally people who lived on the private lands of a chief for whom they worked or fought in exchange for the land which they tenanted, cf. Isenga.

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musingo LG→EN

o- (mu/mi) pledge, something given as security; deposit, down payment; guarantee; hostage, cf. 2 singa.

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