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kibongoya

Luganda → English

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Meaning

(la) coma; sleeping sickness. cf. bongoya.

kibongoya (la) coma; sleeping sickness. cf. bongoya.

Related Words
kibonde with the -a of rel. docile; quiet; peaceful; bashful. Ente ya kibonde y'eyiwa amata. (prov.) The docile cow spills the milk. (Used kibonoomu plur. bakibonoomu (la) [Lunyorof) meteor shooting star, comet, lit. something which is seen (bona) by only one person (omu). cf. bona. kibo e- (ki/bi) bug. kibo e- (ki/bi) rib of Raffia monbuttorum palm leaf. cf. embo. kibobe e- (ki/bi) disease of the nose characterized by an abnormal accumulation of mucus, rhinitis. kibogwe e- with the -a of rel. partly ripened (of fruit); not completely done (of food); light colored (of Africans), empafu ey'eki- bogwe kibombo e- (ki/bi) kind of very strong beer (Buddu); kind of medicinal herb; grass used for cleaning the hands after peeling matooke. omul kibombya mbwa adv. in a sneaky/furtive manner lit. it causes the dog to flee. Wano yatuyiseeko kibombya mbwa nga n'okulabi- rira alabirira. He passed by us here in a very sneak kibondo e- (ki/bi) sac, sheath; fig. source; focal point, center; congested nose, eki- bondo ky'obujeemu, the source/focal point of the re kibonerezo e- (ki/bi) punishment, cf. bona, bonereza. kibonoobono e- (ki/bi) suffering, cf. bona, bonaabona. kibonyoobonyo e- (ki/bi) suffering; torture. cf. bona, bonyaabonya.