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kalala (-kaladde)

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Meaning

v.i. be or become angry/ irascible/surly; become obstinate/reluctant.

kalala (-kaladde) v.i. be or become angry/ irascible/surly; become obstinate/reluctant.

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 kalaani see kkalaani. 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). 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.