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bbula (n/n) ekikooyi kya bbula

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Meaning

one of a variety of long pieces of cloth ( 3-4 yards) worn by Baganda women under the busuuti.

bbula (n/n) ekikooyi kya bbula, one of a variety of long pieces of cloth ( 3-4 yards) worn by Baganda women under the busuuti.

Related Words
bbula e- (li/ma) lack, shortage, scarcity. cf. bula. bbula (-bbudde nzibudde) v. tr. bring up (from water); restore to a former state; rescue, salvage; revive; name a child after (another person). bbuli e- (n/n) teapot. bbuliro e- (1 i/ma) place of the lost, place from which there is no return. Ensi eno mabuliro. The world is a desolate place. It is a hard bbuluugi e- (n/n) [frag.] bugle; trumpet. bbulukuka see under bbuka. bbulukuka (-bbulukuse) v.i. come to the surface; rise up (in a liquid); float. bbulula (-bbuludde) = bbula. okubbulula amaaso to look up, raise one's eyes. bbululu (la) [frag.] blueness; bluing a preparation used in laundering, with the -a of rel. blue, embira ez' ebbala erya bbululu, blue beads, kutunula bbululu, to look