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kagaali

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Meaning

a- (ka/bu) [S w., Hind.~\ bicycle; small vehicle; wheelbarrow, akagaali k'omwana, baby carriage; tricycle; small bicycle, cf. eggaali, ekigaali.

kagaali, a- (ka/bu) [S w., Hind.~\ bicycle; small vehicle; wheelbarrow, akagaali k'omwana, baby carriage; tricycle; small bicycle, cf. eggaali, ekigaali.

Related Words
kagadi a- var. of akagaali, q.v. kagafumba (la) wife lit. the one who cooks them, i.e., plantains (-ga- implies matooke). kagalo a- (ka/bu) small finger. Alina akagalo. He is light-fingered/adroit in stealing, cf. engalo. kagambo a- (ka/bu) small word, akagambo akayunzi, gramm. conjunction, cf. gamba, ekigambo. kaganga a- (ka/bu) charge of gunpowder. cf. obuganga. Kaganga pr. n. okukkirira e Kaganga to go down to Kaganga, i.e., to die. kigaali e- (ki/bi) [Sie., Hind.f\ large vehicle; railroad car; trailer; cart; ugly old bicycle, kugalangatana nga kigaali kya muyiga, to w kaga (-kaze) v.i. be proud and cocksure; adopt an attitude of defiance; be truculent/ arrogant.