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baluka (-baluse) v.i. make a cracking sound EN→LG

crack, crackle; give off sparks, flare up; burst, explode; blow up; throb, tinglejfo/ the fingers, etc.); be very hot (of sunshine); come out, debouch (of a small road or path); fig. break out (of war, sickness, etc.). Olutalo lubaluse buto nate mu Bulaaya. War has broken out again in Europe.

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bunaku EN→LG

o- (bu/-) distress, misery; poverty. Obunaku si ndwadde. (prov.) Poverty is not a sickness, i.e., a moral stain, cf. -naku, nakuwala, omunaku, ^ennaku.

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feign EN→LG

okwerowooza. f. sickness, okwerwaza. f. death, okwefiisa. f. ignorance, okwewubya, okw ewugguusa, okwewussa. f. sleep, okwefuluusa. f. inability, okwekekkezza. f. exertion, okwepacca. f. madness, okweralusa. f. assent, okuttikkirira.

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kyonziira EN→LG

e- (ki/bi) sacrifice (often in a religious sense); victim, butt; despicable person or thing; scapegoat, animal or fowl to which sickness is transferred.

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loga (-loze) v.tr. charm EN→LG

bewitch, place a a spell on, put a hex on. okuloga obulwa- dde, to cure of sickness, okuloga ennyon- ta, to assuage thirst. Nzija kukukuba nkuloge eddalu eryo erikuli mu mutwe. I'll give you a beating that will knock that nonsense out of your head. Akuloze mukazi Muyima? Has a Muhima woman bewitched you? What has paralysed your efforts? Why are you there doing nothing (when work must be done or when danger must be avoided)? cf. -loge, obulogo, eddogo, omuloge, omulogo.

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ndwadde EN→LG

e- (n/n) sickness; disease, endwadde z'obukaba, venereal diseases. cf. 1 lwala, -lwadde, obulwadde, omulwadde.

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nkundi EN→LG

e- (n/n) bottom of a calabash; fig. problem, issue; grudge, okusitula enkundi, to come out forcefully, kick up a fuss, raise hell, okuleeta enkundi, to come with great force; to present/constitute a serious problem, be of great gravity. Mmongoota aleese enkundi. The sleeping-sickness epidemic is really striking hard. cf. ekkundi, omukundi.

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yaluka (-yaluse) v.i. hatch EN→LG

come out of the egg; arch, become convalescent; recover (from a sickness). Akaana kaffe omula- ngira yali yaakaalukako. Our small child has just recovered from the measles, lit. the prince. okwaluka inf.

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ŋŋanzi LG→EN

e-: kugwa ŋŋanzi, to fall unconscious; to collapse from sickness/fatigue/thirst, etc.; to be sprawled out in a relaxed position.

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-wanvu adj. long; high Mixed

tall; deep, -wanvu- yirivu, rather tall; rather long. Obulwadde bw'omwana ono bwatwogeza ebiwanvuwanvu. The sickness of this child caused us to say harsh things to each other, cf. obuwanvu, amawanvuwanvu, wanvuwa.

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