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bukumbu

English → Luganda

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Meaning

o- adv. in vain, vainly, unsuccessfully. Kye yava anvaako bukumbu. For that reason he left me empty-handed. He did not get anything from me.

bukumbu, o- adv. in vain, vainly, unsuccessfully. Kye yava anvaako bukumbu. For that reason he left me empty-handed. He did not get anything from me.

Related Words
bukubakuba o- (bu/-) light rain, drizzle. cf. olukubakuba, lenkuba. bukubirire o- adv. hurriedly; expeditiously, with speed and efficiency, cf. ^kuba, kubirira. bukuda invar adj. very large, huge, ensolo bukuda, a huge animal. bukudaaze o- (bu/-) mockery, scorn. cf. kudaala. bukudumu o- also bukudumo, o- (bu/-) sediment, dregs (in a liquid), cf. ebikudumo. bukugu o- (bu/-) expertness, expertise; specialization, cf. -kugu, kuguka, omu- kugu. bukujjukuj ju o- (bu/-) craftiness, slyness, cunningness; cleverness, cf. - kuj jukujju. bukuku o- (bu/-) mold; mildew; fungus, omusajja omukadde bukuku, an extremely old man, a man hoary with age. cf. kukula. bukula o- adv. like a rhinoceros, kujja bukula, to come with great speed and fury/ violence, cf. ^enkula. bukulembeze o- (bu/-) leadership. cf. kulembera, omukulembeze. bukuli o- (bu/-) kind of tall grass used for thatching and for mashing mbidde. bukulu o- (bu/-) age; importance; greatness; high position, high status; seniority, cf. kula, -kulu.