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kitakita (-kisekise)

Luganda → English

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Meaning

v.i. redup. run; skip; hustle along (as children going to schoxrl).

kitakita (-kisekise) v.i. redup. run; skip; hustle along (as children going to schoxrl).

Related Words
kita- plur. bakita- (la) father. The posses- sives are suffixed directly to the stem: kitange kitaawo, kitaawe, kitaffe, kitammwe, kitaabwe; bakitaffe, etc. kitange omuto, my paternal uncle. kitaani (la) [Sm. dr.] flax; a thick, heavy- duty linen (e.g., of the sort used for police uniforms). kita e- (ki/bi) large calabash/gourd. c f. ^akata. 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. kitaba e- (ki/bi) puddle, temporary gathering of water; stagnant water after rain. cf. olutaba, amataba, ettaba. kitabaazi e-: okulya ekitabaazi, to eat hurriedly; to eat while standing up, lit. like a warrior ready for battle, cf. tabaala. kitabo e- (ki/bi) [Su>., At. ] book, ekitabo ekiwandiikibwamu, notebook, exercise book, omukubi w'ebitabo, book publisher, cf. akatabo. kitaka e- also ekitakataka from ettaka, earth, with the -a of rel. brown, earth- colored. kitakata e- (ki/bi) hot spring, kukka kita- kata, to have a narrow/luckv escape. kitakkirizaganya e- (ki/bi) exception, that which is contrary to or conflicts with the usual, cf. kkiriza, kkirizaganya.