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kambagga (-kambazze) v.i. be sour/acid/bit- ter; fig. be arrogant; be conceited

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Meaning

put on airs. Amaaso gankambagga. My eyes are sleepy. 1 feel tired.

kambagga (-kambazze) v.i. be sour/acid/bit- ter; fig. be arrogant; be conceited, put on airs. Amaaso gankambagga. My eyes are sleepy. 1 feel tired.

Related Words
kambaggirwa (-kambaggiddwa) v.i. appl. pass. Omulwadde akambaggirwa emmere. A sick person finds food bitter/unpleasant. kambakamba (-kambyekambye) v.i. become partially dry; scab over (of pustules); become convalescent. kambazza (-kambazzizza) v.tr. make sour/ bitter; cause to be arrogant/cantankerous. kambiriza (-kambirizza) v.i. & tr. appl. caus. force oneself/make an effort (often with reference to eating or drinking). kambuka (-kambuse) v.i. talk in a condescending/patronizing/snobbish manner. kambuwala (-kambuwadde) v.i. be fierce; be cruel; be furious/angry. kambuwalira (-kambuwalidde) v.i. <£ tr. appl. become fierce/cruel/furious in/at etc. kambwano adv. up to now. kamba (-kambye) v.i. urinate cf. ekikambo. kambayaaya a- (ka/bu) insolence, impudence. kambe a- plur. obwambe (ka/bu) knife (usually locally made and not used as a table knife); orig. curved Kiganda knife. cf. lyambe (eryam kambugu a- (ka/bu) kind of grass with far- spreading roots.