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bukakanyavu

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Meaning

o- (bu/-) stiffness; dryness (of clothes); coolness, coldness (of food); fig. obstinacy, stubborness. cf. kakanyala, -kakanyavu.

bukakanyavu, o- (bu/-) stiffness; dryness (of clothes); coolness, coldness (of food); fig. obstinacy, stubborness. cf. kakanyala, -kakanyavu.

Related Words
bukaafiiri o- (bu/-) [Su>., dr.] paganism; atheism, cf. omukaafiiri. bukaali o- (bu/-) [Sw.] wrath, anger, fury. bukaawu o- (bu/-) bitterness, cf. ^kaawa. bukaayi o- (bu/-) bitterness, cf. ^kaawa. bukaba o- (bu/-) immorality; sinfulness; depravity, endwadde ez'obukaba, venereal diseases. cf. -kaba. bukadde o- (bu/-) old age; relig. Protestant ministry. Obukadde magezi. (prov.) Old age is wisdom, cf. -kadde. bukadde -o plur. of akakadde, q.v. bukakafu o- (bu/-) sureness, certainty; confirmation; proof, cf. -kakafu, kakata. bukalabakalaba o- (bu/-) cleverness, shrewdness; artfulness, cunningness. cf. -kalabakalaba. bukalaga o- adv. okufa obukalaga, to die suddenly and unattended. bukalubo o- (bu/-) hardness; state of not being well done (of cooked food, meat); difficulty; fig. obstinacy, stubbornness. cf. kaluba, -ka bukamba o- (bu/-) acidity; bitterness.