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kanabba

Luganda → English

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Meaning

(la) drum beaten when the grandson of the Kabaka dies.

kanabba (la) drum beaten when the grandson of the Kabaka dies.

Related Words
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. kana a-: okubuuza akana n'akataano, lit. to ask the fourth and the fifth, to interrogate in detail, question at length. kana (-kanye) v.tr. force compel. 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.