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kalaani
Luganda → English
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Meaning
see kkalaani.
kalaani see kkalaani.
Related Words
kala (-kaze) v.i. become dry; dry up; wither; waste away; stiffen
grow rigid; euph. die; become well established (of a practice); be firm/resolute; stand up for oneself, okukala amaaso, be be braz
kalaatira (-kalaatidde) v.tr. call upon; appeal to; exhort
urge.
kalabalaba (la) master of ceremonies; chairman; bodyguard
kalabalaba w'omugole omusajja, best man (at a wedding). kalabalaba w'omugole omukazi, maid of honor. cf. laba.
kalabuka (-kalabuse)
v.i. make a rustling/ scratching sound.
kalaggalagga: kukuba kalaggalagga
to drink to the last drop, finish one's drink without stopping.
kalakalana (-kalakalanye) v.i. struggle along ("e.g.
with a heavy burden).
kalala (-kaladde)
v.i. be or become angry/ irascible/surly; become obstinate/reluctant.
kalali (la) pepper; hot pepper
var. of kaamulali, q.v.
kalalira (-kalalidde)
v.tr. appl. be irascible with.
kalambala (-kalambadde) v.i. grow hard; become stiff
stiffen, cf. -kalambavu.
kalambira (-kalambidde) v.i. refuse; be obstinate; persist
become heated, empaka n'ekalambira, and the argument became hot and heavy, kukalambira na muntu, to quarrel with a person. Obudde
kalamula (-kalamudde)
v.tr. cause to speak loudly.