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kitawe plur. bakitawe (la) poor old fellow

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Meaning

poor guy, poor man. kakitawe, the poor little boy.

kitawe plur. bakitawe (la) poor old fellow, poor guy, poor man. kakitawe, the poor little boy.

Related Words
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. kitala e- (ki/bi) sword. kitalankuba (la) kind of plant large groundsel, Senecio multicorymhosus.