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bufumbo EN→LG

o- (bu/-) fluffy substance resembling cotton often used for stuffing mattresses and pillows; the plant from which this substanceis obtained, cf. olufumbo.

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bujonjo EN→LG

o- (ka/bu) discharge of the eye, substance which collects at the corner of the eye after a long period of sleep. The sing, (akajonjo) is less frequently used, cf. ebijonjo.

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ggerenge EN→LG

e- no plur. (li/ma) red ocher used as a coloring substance. It was formerly smeared by warriors on their canoes and on their bodies.

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kikamulo EN→LG

e- (ki/bi) leavings of grass and bananas which remain after the pressing process used in making beer, ebikamulo bya caayi, tea leavings, tea leaves after the substance has been pressed out of them. cf. kamula.

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kireereetu EN→LG

e- (ki/bi) kindof shrub, elder; hollowness, with the -a of rel. hollow. Omulenzi oyo kireereetu. There is no substance to that boy.

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lufumbo EN→LG

o- also olufumbofumbo (lu/n) a kind of grass which produces a substance resembling silk. cf. 20bufumbo.

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luwugge EN→LG

o- no plur. (lu/n) thin dusty substance; sawdust; ash-like dust on young plantain leaves, okuwunya oluwugge, to have the smell of a new pot/calabash.

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luzzizzi EN→LG

o- no plur. (lu/n) small or limited amount of water; discharge after childbirth; watery substance in the white of an egg. cf. amazzi.

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mpumbu EN→LG

e- (n/n) dry rot in wood; dust-like substance produced by worms or boring insects; powdery coating on some fruits and leaves; sawdust, cf. ^wumba, -wumbu.

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mubiri LG→EN

o- (mu/mi) body (human or animal); body (thickness, substance). Ekiteeteeyi ( kye yayambadde nga tekirina mubiri. The dress she wore was very light/had no body. cf. 2ebbiri, ekibiribiri.

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