See omubu in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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Download raw JSONL data for omubu meaning in Tooro (2.2kB)
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"msg": "suspicious unhandled suffix in Tooro: 'omubu class 3', originally 'omubu class 3'",
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"title": "omubu",
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"msg": "suspicious related form tags ['canonical']: 'omubu class 3' in 'omubu class 3 (plural emibu class 4, augmentless mubu, plural augmentless mibu)'",
"path": [
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"section": "Tooro",
"subsection": "noun",
"title": "omubu",
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"called_from": "form_descriptions/1698",
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