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kigongo

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Meaning

e- (ki/bi) back; backbone; meat from the back of a game animal, cf. ^omugongo.

kigongo, e- (ki/bi) back; backbone; meat from the back of a game animal, cf. ^omugongo.

Related Words
kigo e- (ki/bi) fenced enclosure; stockade, yard; fort; relig. parish. kigobero e- (ki/bi) gain; winnings; end, terminus, cf. goba. kigodo e- (ki/bi) thick layer of skin below the hair (of pigs and similar animals). kigogo e- (ki/bi) fresh plantain fiber, used as a sponge, cf. olugogo, omugogo. kigojja e- (ki/bi) kind of small basket trap for catching small fish (nkejje). The traps were tied together in pairs by a cord three or fo kigomba e- (ki/bi) mash made from dried plantains, consumed particularly in time of famine. kigoogwa e- (ki/bi) sisal plant; piece of sisal (before being processed); area where sisal grows, cf. obugoogwa, akagoogwa. kigooko e- (ki/bi) calamity, catastrophe. kigotta e- (ki/bi) lit. that which pounds, masher; pestle, cf. gotta. kigoyeweezinge (la) complication difficulty, ‘hitch.' Eby'ol ugendo Iwange byajjamu kigoyeweezinge. A problem developed about my trip. Ebintu byajjamu kigoyeweezin Kizza pr.n. name of a child born immediately after twins cf. Kigongo. kigologonjo: enkuufiira ya kigologonjo fez.