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ggala

English → Luganda

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Meaning

e- (li/ma) basket trap with a hole in the bottom used for catching lake fish.

ggala, e- (li/ma) basket trap with a hole in the bottom used for catching lake fish.

Related Words
ggal'o e- (li/ma) thumb, ow'eggalo, expert thief, cf. engalo. ggala often with the enclitic ggalawo (-ggadde nzigadde(wo)) v.tr. shut, close; inclose; bring to an end; fig. discontinue. Amawanga ago gajja kuggalawo okukolagana ne Bungereza ggalagamba e- (li/ma) large scale (e.g., of a fish); large scab/crust, cf. ekigalagamba; eggamba. ggalagi e- (n/n) [£ng.] garage. ggalira (-ggalidde) v.tr. appl. shut/close in/for etc.; lock up, imprison. ggalwa e- also eggalwe (li/ma) inside fiber of dried plantain bark used for caulking canoes. ggufa e- usually plur. amagufa (li/ma) open it (-lu- implies oluggi, door) where it should not be opened. cf. muggulanda. contr. Iggala. ggalabanja adv. in a neglected or abandoned state. Omulambo gwasangiddwa nga gugudde ggalabanja ku kkubo okumpi n'ennyumba ye. The corpse was ggalamba (la) kind of large gonja banana.