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kita

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Meaning

e- (ki/bi) large calabash/gourd. c f. ^akata.

kita, e- (ki/bi) large calabash/gourd. c f. ^akata.

Related Words
kabogolole (la) as an invar adj. huge, very big. ekita kabogolole, an extremely large calabash. kata a- (ka/bu) small gourd, cf. ekita. kataala a- (ka/bu) electric bulb, kwessa mu butaaia, to show off, put oneself in the limelight. cf. ekitaala, ettaala. katabo a- (ka/bu) small book; booklet, aka- tabo ak'amawulire, newspaper, news magazine. kukuba katabo, colloq., to lie, tell untruths, c katambaala a- (ka/bu) small cloth; napkin; handerchief. akatambaala ak'omu ngalo, handerchief. akatambaala k'oku mutwe, head scarf, cf. ekita katanda a- (ka/bu) carrier on the top of a vehicle, akatanda k'omwana, a baby's crib. cf. ekitanda. kiisi invar adj. each, every, kiisi mulenzi yenna ayagala okugula ekitabo, any boy at all who wishes to buy the book. kikumi e- numer. (ki/bi) hundred, with the -a of rel. hundredth, ekitabo eky'ekikumi, the hundredth book. cf. -kumi. kimyula e- (ki/bi) kind of yellow flower, resembling a sunflower, from which a reddish dye is obtained; fig. something beautiful/ resplend kitaakule e- (ki/bi) lit. it-will-not-grow-up (from kula), kind of insect which bores into dry wood. Kitaakule kizimba mu lumuli. (prov.) Th kitaala e- (ki/bi) large light; traffic light. cf. akataala, ettaala. kitaasa e- (ki/bi) kind of tree, Bridelia micrantha.