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shake EN→LG

v.tr., okunyeenya, okuyuugana, okuyuuguuma, okuyuuya, okusuukunda, okunyegeekereza. s. out, okukunkumula, okufukumula.

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njole EN→LG

e- (n/n) corpse, enjole y'essubi, bundle of grass, okunyeenya ku galiba enjole, colloq. to dance, lit. to shake some of (the bones, amagumba is implied) which will become a corpse.

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sinsimula (-sinsimudde) v.tr. shake EN→LG

shake up; divide into smaller pieces (of hot lumps of bananas), okusinsimula omuggo, to beat with a stick. Waaliwo olulala lwe nnasinsimula embogo essasi. There was another occasion when I shot a buffalo with a bullet.

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sukumbula (-sukumbudde) v.tr. shake EN→LG

shake about, kusukumbula kyejo, to act in a spoiled manner, behave badly. cf. essukumbuli. night; sleep; remain, stay; live, dwell. Wasuze otyanno? Good morning, lit. How did you pass the night? kusula ku budde, to spend a sleepless night (esp. with one who is seriously ill). Yasuze mulwadde nnyo. He was very sick last night. Osula otya obulwadde? How are you now? (Said to someone who is very sick.) Tanywa si- gala asulayo bbiri. He smokes to great excess. Tanywa mwenge asulayo bbiri. He doesn't just drink, he gets intoxicated.

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sunda (-sunze) v.tr. chum; shake; pump; agitate; worry LG→EN

abakozi abasunda amafuta, gasoline-station attendants, kusunda mata, to deliver milk to customers, kusunda lu- buto, to come empty-handed; to come where one is not wanted/invited, kusundasunda lubuto, to breathe rapidly in and out. kusunda bintu, to buy a lot of things; to dispense many things (as food at a social gathering, etc.).

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yitagana (-yitaganye) LG→EN

v.i. recip. also yisiŋŋanya (-yisiŋŋanyizza) v.i. & tr. recip. caus. pass each other; grip each other fin wrestling); become intertwined; treat each other. Asuubira ng'abantu bonna bajja okuyisinnanya ng' ab'oluganda. He hopes that all people will treat each other like brothers, okuyisinnanya obwala, to shake hands.

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nyeenya (-nyeenyezza) v.tr. shake; move to and fro; move LG→EN

v.i., colloq. go. Bwe twa- mala emirimu ne tunyeenya. When we finished the work we went away, okanyeenya ku galiba enjole, to dance, lit. to shake (the bones, amagumba implied) which will ultimately become a corpse. E Kitende kyali kinyeenya magi. It was an exciting occasion at Kitende, lit. a shaking of eggs.

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