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jjula (-jjudde EN→LG

nzijudde or njijudde) v.tr. dish up, serve (food); uncover (food). (Ki- ganda food is cooked with a covering of banana leaves and therefore has to be uncovered before eating). Kye nnava nsigala ku bwa kinejjulira. For that reason I remained a bachelor, (kinejjulira means literally it will serve itself.) cf. -jjule, eki- jjulo, kinejjulira, lujjudde.^olujjula, olu- jjuliro,

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munyeera no plur. EN→LG

sing, used collectively (la) kind of tiny ant. They collect in large numbers on uncovered meat, bones, etc. munyeera w'abantu, a huge gathering of people, kuteevuunya nga munyeera, swarm/ be crowded together like ants (said of a crowded gathering of people). cf. obu- nyeera.

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yalula (-yaludde) v.tr. hatch EN→LG

cause to hatch; unmake, uncover (e.g., a bed); clear out; perform the birth rites for (a child), give a name to (a child when his head is first shaved). Note: yalula in some of its meanings is a conversive of yala, to spread, q. v.

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