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kate

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Meaning

a- (ka/bu) small cow; calf. cf. ente.

kate, a- (ka/bu) small cow; calf. cf. ente.

Related Words
ka- a prefix of multiple functions for which see the grammars. One usage which presents serious difficulties to the users of the dictionary must be mentioned here. k kate rare var. o f 1 kata q.v. katebe a- (ka/bu) small chair; small stool. Nnazaalibwa mu njala ‘ani amuwadde a katebe.' I was born during the great famine of the early kateebe a- (ka/bu) boggy field; quagmire, soft miry land that yields under the foot. cf. ekiteebe. kateeteeyi a- (ka/bu) small/short skirt, obuteeteeyi obumpi, miniskirts, cf. ekiteeteeyi. kateetera a- no plur. (ka/bu) faint breathing of a dying person. Yasangibwa mu nju ye ng'aliko kateetera. He was found in his house on the p kateketwe a- with the -a of rel. sprouting, budding (of trees); scarce (of food). katemankonge a- (ka/bu) hoe, lit. it chops (lema) the stumps (nkonge). katemba (la) play drama; performance. cf. ^temba. katemerero a- (ka/bu) rush, hurry; a rather long distance, as adv. hurriedly, in a hurry. katemyo a- (ka/bu) top ring in the roof of a thatched hut; fig. pinnacle, acme. Atuuse mu katemyo. He has now reached the pinnacle of succ katengotengo a- (ka/bu) variety of colocynth plant, with fruit something like egg-fruit. cf. entengo.