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kiganda

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Meaning

e- (ki/bi) large bundle; large heap. c f. omuganda.

kiganda, e- (ki/bi) large bundle; large heap. c f. omuganda.

Related Words
kafuumuulampawu a- adv. at a great speed, lit. (the breeze; akawewo is implied by ka-) which blows away (akafuumuula) the termites (mpawu). Emmoto kakongolazziga a- (la) colloq. walagi, a kind of very strong Kiganda liquor, lit. it plucks forth a tear. cf. kongola, ezziga. kambe a- plur. obwambe (ka/bu) knife (usually locally made and not used as a table knife); orig. curved Kiganda knife. cf. lyambe (eryam kamu gwe muganda. (prov.) lit. One by one (kati stick, implied) makes a bundle. Little by little fills the measure, cf. 2 ekiganda. kasegguusi a- (ka/bu) the place immediately behind the door in a Kiganda hut. cf. ekisegguusi. 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.