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kabamba

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Meaning

a- (ka/bu) small lungfish (emmamba).

kabamba, a- (ka/bu) small lungfish (emmamba).

Related Words
kaba a- (ka/bu) dim. of oluba, jaw. ku- suulamu kaba, to die. kukuba mu kintu kaba, to die fighting for something. kabaala a- (ka/bu) kind of mushroom which grows on termite heaps, cf. embaala. kabaalankoma a- also kalaalankoma (ka/bu) kind of insect resembling a wasp. kabaata a- (ka/bu) syphilitic rash. kabaate a- (ka/bu) tumult, uproar, disturbance, danger, trouble. kabaatiro a- (ka/bu) difficulty, trouble; jam, ‘hot water.' kababba a- no plur. (ka/bu) orneriness, ill- natured disposition; bumptiousness, quality of being loud and bumptious. Omunafu ayinza kabab kababi with the -a of rel. very red ( as is produced by burning) emimwa egya kababi, very red lips. cf. babuka. kabaga a- (ka/bu) social reception; small party, akabaga ak'eby'okunywa, cocktail party, cf. embaga. kabaka (la) formerly kabaka the king of of Buganda. The term is also applied to kabakiro a- (ka/bu) hiccough. kabakko a- (ka/bu) cheekbone.