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kana (-kanye) v.tr. force

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Meaning

compel.

kana (-kanye) v.tr. force, compel.

Related Words
kana a-: okubuuza akana n'akataano, lit. to ask the fourth and the fifth, to interrogate in detail, question at length. kanaana a- numer. eight thousand, with the -a of rel. eight-thousandth, cf. -naana. kanakanaka a- (la) kind of mushroom growing in an area where nnaka (a kind of termite) occur. kanansa (-kanansizza) v.tr. vex annoy; disturb, upset. kanaaluzaala plur. bakanaaluzaala (la) cause of trouble; one who is responsible for a bad situation instigator; bringer of bad luck, kanaaluzaala w'olutalo olwo, the instigator of that war, the cause of that war. See olumbe (impli kanaayokyaani (la) lit. it will bum (-naayo- ka) whom? (ani). crisis emergency, dangerous period/situation, mu kiseera kino ekya kanaayokyaani, in this period of crisis. kanabba (la) drum beaten when the grandson of the Kabaka dies.