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ndabi EN→LG

e- (n/n) kind of animal supposedly having very keen sight, kulaba nga ndabi, lit, see like an ndabi. Used mostly in sentenc es of the following pattern: Yandaba nga ndabi n'atandika okunvuma. The minute he saw me/as soon as I came he started to insult me.

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nnamaaso with the -a of rel. sharp-eyed EN→LG

keen-sighted. It is almost exclusively restricted to the following proverb: Embwa ya nnamaaso bw'etebba n'eyigga. When the keen-sighted dog is not stealing, it is hunting. Said of someone who can be either very good or very bad, depending on circumstances.

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regain EN→LG

okukomyawo. r. health, okulamuka, okuddamuolungubanguba. r. path, okukyamuka. r. temper, okunyiigukuka. r. strength, okuddamuamaanyi. r. sight, okuzibuka.

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zibuka (-zibuse) EN→LG

zibukuka (-zibukuse) also zibikuka v.i. conv. become opened, become unclogged; become uncorked, oku- zibuka amaaso, to open the eyes; to regain eyesight.

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zibula (-zibudde) EN→LG

zibulula (-zibuludde) v.tr. conv. 1 & 2 okuzibula amaaso, to open one's eyes; to restore eyesight, okuzibula amatu, to open one's ears; to restore hearing, okutemya n okuzibula, in the twinkling of an eye.

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liiso; eriiso (li/ma) eye. in the plur. atnaaso eyes; face LG→EN

mu maaso ga..., in front of... mu maaso gaffe, in front of us. kugenda mu maaso, to go forward, progress. Okubuuli- riza kukyagenda mu maaso. The investigation is still going on. ebiseera eby'omu maaso, the future, kukuba maaso ku muntu, to see/catch sight of a person. Yakubayo eriiso limu. He gave one glance, cf. akaaso, kaliisoliiso, ekiiso, Liisoddene, oluuso.

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zimirira (-zimiridde) LG→EN

v.i. appl. 2 be almost lost to sight (as an airplane); disappear on the horizon; become fainter and fainter (as a voice); go on and on. Yazimirira nnyo ng'ayogera ku bintu bingi. He went on and on talking of many things.

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-lamu adj. alive Mixed

living; healthy, physically sound. Abalamu magoma, gavugira aliwo. (prov.) lit. The living are (like) drums, they beat for the one who is alive. Perhaps similar to Out of sight, out of mind. cf. lama, lamuka, obulamu, omulamu.

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