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ggwa-a-a: be

Luganda → English

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Meaning

ggwa-a-a ideo. with a thud. Ekit ereke ne kigwa be ggwa-a-a! And the parcel fell down with a thud.

ggwa-a-a: be ggwa-a-a ideo. with a thud. Ekit ereke ne kigwa be ggwa-a-a! And the parcel fell down with a thud.

Related Words
ggwango no plur. period between noon and 1P.M. ggwa (-wedde mpwedde) v.i. be finished/ ended; be completed (e.g., of a job); be exhausted/worn out. Mpweddemu amaanyi. I have no strength left ggwaala e- (li/ma) trombone. ggwaatiro e- plur. amawaatiro (li/ma) place where food and vegetables are peeled before cooking. (This is usually located in the banana gard ggwaggali e- (li/ma) stubborness, obstinacy,, argumentativeness, cf. mawaggali. ggwagi e- (li/ma) large post; central post of a house (burned when the owner dies), cf. Iwaga, empagi. ggwako e- plur. amawako (li/ma) conception, pregnancy (of animals), okufuna eggwako, to conceive, become pregnant. cf. 2waka. ggwala e- also eggwalajjana (li/ma) big, robust, healthy girl. cf. omuwala. ggwandiikiro e- plur. amawandiikiro (li/ma) place where documents are kept, archives. cf. wandiika. ggwanga e- plur. amawanga (li/ma) ggwanga e- (li/ma) vengeance; rancor, okuwoolera eggwanga, to take vengeance. country, nation; tribe, okubeera/mu mawanga or emitala w'ama ggwanika e- plur. amawanika (li/ma) cupboard; place for storage; safe; treasury; treasury building, cf. wanika, akawanika, lomuwanika.