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Ekigere

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 \ noun(linnya)   Language : Luganda   Plural : Ebigere   A leg is ekigere in Luganda language   Example Ekigere kyange kiriko ebbwa. Translation  My leg has a wound on it.

Nnawolovu

 \ noun(linnya) Language: Luganda A small animal that changes its colour depending on its background. A chameleon. The Baganda of Uganda call it nnawolovu. Example Wali ku multi waliwo Ka nnawolovu.  There is a chameleon at the tree.

Okuswankula

 \verb(kikolwa)   Language : Luganda An act of eating or chewing while making  irritating sounds from one's mouth . Usually such people chew with their lips apart. This is considered misbehaviour among the Baganda in Uganda which is not the case in some other tribes of Uganda Example Nabuuma aswankula nyo ng'alya.  Nabuuma makes alot of irritating sounds while eating.

Okuswaaga

 \ verb(kikolwa) An act of eating and finishing the sauce or soup before the food and require more sauce to finish your food . Example   Babirye aswaaga enva. Babirye always finishes her sauce before the food.

Dozing in Luganda

  Okusumagira   \ Verb(kikolwa) .fall lightly asleep  Example English : I found my big sister dozing by the fire place  Luganda : Nasanze baaba wange ng'asumagirira ku kyoto 

Auntie in Runyakitara /runyankole

 Swenkanzi  \noun One's father's sister (the sister to one's father)  This is Lunyakitara /runyankole 

Aunt in Ugandan Languages

 Senga.     \noun(linnya)  One's father's sister (the sister to one's father)  This is Luganda the language The banyankole call her " Swenkanzi "