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kigali (ki/bi) camel-foot tree

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Meaning

Bauhinia thonningii, from which dye and a substitute for soap are obtained.

kigali (ki/bi) camel-foot tree, Bauhinia thonningii, from which dye and a substitute for soap are obtained.

Related Words
kiga (-kize) v.i. arch dance (at a ceremony after the birth of twins). kigaaga e- (ki/bi) something flattened out /esp. of food, such as a boiled plantain which has been flattened out, a flat broad a grandchil kigaali e- (ki/bi) [Sie., Hind.f\ large vehicle; railroad car; trailer; cart; ugly old bicycle, kugalangatana nga kigaali kya muyiga, to w kigaga e- (ki/bi) variety of papyrus. kigagamba e- (ki/bi) scale (of a fish or reptile). cf.. gagambuka, eggamba, eggagamba. kigagi e- (ki/bi) kind of wild aloe. kigala e- (ki/bi) stock/butt of a gun. eki- gala ky'emmundu, stock of a gun. kigalabi e- (ki/bi) snout (of a hog). kigalagamba e- (ki/bi) scale (e.g., of a fish); scab; crust, cf. eggalagamba; eggamba, ekigagamba. kigalala e- (ki/bi) house without a partition. kigalanga e- see ebigalanga. kigali e- (ki/bi) gift (usually money) offered to a lubaale; basket in which the money is placed.