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bitaaguju EN→LG

e- plur. (ki/bi) meat of an animal which has been slain by wild beasts; the second totem (kabbiro) of the Leopard Clan (Ekika ky'Engo).

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kabbiro EN→LG

a- (ka/bu) second totem of a clan. It differs from the first totem in that there is no taboo against eating it.

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kaneene EN→LG

a- (ka/bu) a small animal related to the otter which lives near water and is very skillful in catching mudfish (mmale); the second totem of the Otter Clan. Oddizza kaneene mmale. lit. You have given the otter a fish, i.e., you have given something (usually food) to someone who has a great hunger for it/who will appreciate it very much.

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maleere EN→LG

a- plur. (li/ma) kind of fungus growing on tree stumps; the second totem of the Anteater (Olugave) Clan.

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muziro LG→EN

o- (mu/mi) totem, taboo, eky'omuziro, something which is taboo, specific food which cannot be eaten because of the traditions of the clan. cf. zira, omuzizo.

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Muboobi LG→EN

0- (mu/ba) Ekika ky'Ababoobi, the Rainwater Clan (so called, because of their taboo against drinking rainwater or using it for any purpose whatsoever; the related word ekiboobi, is a kind of millipede, which is the second totem of the Clan).

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nnabangogoma LG→EN

(la) kind of insect resembling a grasshopper which lives on the young shoots of the plantain. It is the second totem of the Grasshopper Clan. See eggolo.

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