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swell EN→LG

v., okuzimba, okufudumbala, okuyimbulukuka; (of waves) okwekuluumulula, okwesunda; (of limbs) okuwuukiira, okwetukuta.

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swelling EN→LG

n., ekizimba; (of limbs) amakajja; (of eyes) nnampwa; (of neck) akasanga; (in ear) akawulukutu; (of fingers) olusomyo; (of cheek) endiga; (of knee) enkana; (of feet) enkenge; (of glands) ensanjabavu.

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budde EN→LG

o- (bu/.) time; weather; occasion, embeera y'obudde, weather, climate, obudde obw'okukyuka, half time (in football). okuzimba ng'obudde, to become sullen/gloomy/inorose lit. swell like the weather. Obudde bukedde. It has dawned. also The time has come (to act). Obudde bwali busse. It was late afternoon.

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kisaka EN→LG

e- (ki/bi) thicket; bush, okuzimba nga kisaka, lit. to swell up like a bush = to become sullen/gloomy/morose/uncom- municative. cf. ^akasaka.

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nkufu EN→LG

e- (n/n) tumor, swelling, lump, bump (usually on the head,but it may also occur on other parts of the body).

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nnyonyi EN→LG

e- (n/n) bird; airplane; swelling in the side. Ekika ky'Ennyonyi, the Bird Clan, okugula ennyonyi, to flee in fear of the consequences of an evil or crime one has committed, lit. to buy an airplane. Mu nsawo temuli wadde ensimbi ekuba ennyonyi. He doesn't have a cent, lit. in his pocket there is not even a cent to strike a bird. cf. ekinyonyi, omunyonyi.

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ttumbiizi EN→LG

e- (li/ma) swelling up, surging up; anger, rage; disease of infants causing vomiting and foaming at the mouth, amazzi ag'ettumbiizi, surging of waters, ow'ettu- mbiizi, a hot-tempered person, cf. tumbiira.

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zimba (-zimbye) v.i. swell EN→LG

swell up; fig. become angry/furious, okuzimba nga budde or okuzimba nga kisaka, lit. to swell up like the weather or the bush, i.e., to become sullen/gloomy/morose/uncommunicative.

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