| 单词 | you are lost |
| 释义 | > as lemmasyou are lost Ugandan English. Out of touch, not in contact. Often in you are lost (used as a greeting, or in response to a greeting): ‘it's a long time since we last met’; ‘long time no see’. [After Luganda ng'obuze ( < nga (conjunction) as, since + o- you (singular) + -buze, past participle of -bula to become lost, to go missing) and similar expressions in other languages of Uganda.] ΚΠ 2013 Daily Monitor (Kampala) 24 Nov. (Life section) v5 We will say to you ‘Long time!’ and ‘You are lost’ to mean ‘Hey, I have not seen you in ages. How are you?’ 2014 B. Sabiiti UgLish 33 To be lost is not to be seen in a while. ‘Ken, you are lost!’ Ken in turn might reply, ‘I am found now!’ 2020 @marinoyet1 22 June in twitter.com (accessed 15 Oct. 2020) Thanks so much Wendy. Long time you are lost. < as lemmas |
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