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kanda (-kanze) v.tr. knead (dough); thread/ weave (grass or sticks)

Luganda → English

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Meaning

kukanda muntu, to compel/force a person.

kanda (-kanze) v.tr. knead (dough); thread/ weave (grass or sticks), kukanda muntu, to compel/force a person.

Related Words
kandaalira (-kandaalidde) v.i. appl. kandi (la) kind of yam. kandula (-kandudde) v.tr. pull up (weeds); clear (land); rip off; tear away. kanda (-kanze) v.i. persist in do insistently, keep on (followed by the inf. of another verb). Nnakanda kulinda nga tajja. I kept waiting but he did not come. Nn kandaalirira (-kandaaliridde) v.i. appl. 2 (emph.) be kept waiting wait around a long time; linger; delay; spend a long time; languish. kandaaliza (-kandaalizizza) v.tr. caus. make wait around keep (someone) waiting; be slow with; cause to languish. kandolindoli a-: okwogera akandolindoli, to speak nonsense, drone on and on in a confused, unintelligible way. kanduka (-kanduse) v.i. be pulled up (e.g. of weeds); become exhausted (of land, soil); become old/decrepit (of persons, animals); walk hurriedly. kandulikika (-kandulikise) v.i. neut. 2 be easy to pull up be clearable (of land), etc. kanduza (-kanduzizza) v.tr. caus. tear away/clear with/using etc.