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kekemya (-kekemezza) v.tr. caus. cause to cackle; cause to suffer; cause to concede defeat

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Meaning

kukekemya bukoko, to make suffer, lit. cause to cackle like a chicken.

kekemya (-kekemezza) v.tr. caus. cause to cackle; cause to suffer; cause to concede defeat, kukekemya bukoko, to make suffer, lit. cause to cackle like a chicken.

Related Words
kekeera (-kekedde) v.i. rare gird oneself tightly. kekeeterera (-kekeeteredde) v.tr. appl. 2 eat away slowly; gnaw at for a period of time. Omutwe gunkekeeterera. 1 have a dull steady headache. kekejjuka (-kekejjuse) v.i. be depressed; toil struggle. kekema (-kekemye) v.i. cackle; fig. moan complain. Okekema ki? What are you complaining about? kekejjana (-kekejjanye) v.i. do with great difficulty struggle (with); be unable to go on. -Waaliwo akekejjanya oluggi lwa sitowa ye. There was somebody trying to force the door of his kekera (-kekedde) v.i. creak make a creaking sound; resound. keketa (-kekese) v.tr. gnaw gnaw at, nibble. kekeya (-kekeye) v.tr. bore drill. kekeza (-kekezza) v.tr. caus. cause to creak/resound kukekeza nnyago, to fight, engage in battle/war. kukekeza miggo, to beat, beat up (a person).