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ggere

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Meaning

e- (li/ma) (augm. of kigere, q-v.) large foot, okulinnya eggere mu_, stop, block, suppress; intervene in. For a proverb with eggere see sambya.

ggere, e- (li/ma) (augm. of kigere, q-v.) large foot, okulinnya eggere mu_, stop, block, suppress; intervene in. For a proverb with eggere see sambya.

Related Words
geregere var. of ggereggere q. v. ggereggere also written geregere adv. inv. adj. absolutely without doubt; out- and-out. Obwo bunyunyunsi ggereggere. That is out-and-out exploitation. Oyo mwana we ggereggere. That is his c ggerenge e- no plur. (li/ma) red ocher used as a coloring substance. It was formerly smeared by warriors on their canoes and on their bodie ggerezo e- (li/ma) relig. novitiate of a religious order, cf. ^gera. ggero e- rare sing, of amagero, q.v. gezeka (-gezese) v.i. neut. be easy to test/trv: be testable. Omwenge tegugezeka- ko katono. Beer cannot be tried in small quantities i.e., be limited to just a little. cf. -gere, eggerezo, ekigero, ekigezo, lolugero.