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kawatwa
English → Luganda
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Meaning
a- (ka/bu) indentation.
kawatwa, a- (ka/bu) indentation.
Related Words
kawaali no plur. (la) smallpox
cf. waala.
kawaayiro
a- (ka/bu) something added on, supplement, cf. waayira.
Kawagga pr.n. the name of a lubaale associated with bubonic plague
kawumpuli, q.v.
kawago
a- (ka/bu) small bladder; tubelike part of a bicycle pump; inner tube of a ball. cf. Svaga, ekiwago, oluwago.
kawakata
a- (ka/bu) small sheaf, small bundle (of firewood), cf. omuwakata.
kawakatirwa
a- (ka/bu) shoot on a plant. L /. wakalita.
kawala
a- dim. of muwala, q.v. Tosala gwa kawala nga tonnawulira gwa kalenzi. (prov.) Don't judge (the case, omusango is implied by gwa)
kawale
a- (ka/bu) pair of short pants; shorts, cf. empale.
kawalucocco invar
adj. very small, tiny (of persons, animals, fowls). Ampadde akakoko kawalucocco. He has given me a very small chicken.
kawambo
a- (ka/bu) amulet, fetish.
Kawamigero rarely Kawamigereko (la) God
lit. the giver of portions/allotments, i.e., the dispenser of fate. cf. wa, ^gera, gereka.
kawammansi (la) after-pains of labor
with the -a of rel. -a kawammansi, hard to obtain, difficult to get. cf. wammanta.