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ffeffeffe EN→LG

ffuffuffu and ffuffululu (with a preceding be) ideophones used to intensify fu, dead. Fntpgpka eno nfu be ffeffeffe. These arrangements are completely upset/ ruined. Emmotoka nfu be ffuffululu. The car is a complete wreck, cf. ^fa, -fu.

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mpulunguse EN→LG

e- (n/n) remnants, remains; siftings; larger fragments which remain after grinding; survivors (in war, shipwreck, etc.). cf. wulunguka.

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tomera (-tomedde) v.tr. run into EN→LG

bump into, knock into, kutomera mmere ya Katonda, to eat without saying grace, kutomera mayu ga bandi, to break up other people's homes, be a home wrecker (by marital infidelity). Bbaasi eyatomedde omuti yalumizza abantu 60. The bus which ran into a tree injured sixty people.

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yaba (-yabizza EN→LG

njabizza) v.tr. caus. finish the funeral rites/the period of mourning/the ceremony of olumbe; wreck, ruin, overwhelm; rip (e.g., cloth); dismantle, v.i. depart, leave, okwabya olumbe, to carry out/ conclude the ceremony of olumbe. Obusungu Mw. Kintu bw'alina bujula kumwabya mutwe. Mr. Kintu is furiously angry, lit. the anger he has is on the point of splitting his head.

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