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kiwonko

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Meaning

e- (ki/bi) ravine, valley, depression. cf. oluwonko.

kiwonko, e- (ki/bi) ravine, valley, depression. cf. oluwonko.

Related Words
kiwo e- (ki/bi) septic dermatitis, cf. omuwo. kiwoggya e- (ki/bi) kind of shrub growing in water. The stems float and are used for spearing lungfish. kiwojjolo e- (ki/bi) butterfly; moth. cf. akawoj jolo. kiwoko (ki/bi) kind of evergreen shrub. More commonly oluwoko q.v. kiwombe (la) as invar adj. calm, quiet, omusajja kiwombe, a calm, quiet man. kiwombo e- (ki/bi) a banana leaf that is carefully smoked over the fire and used as a container for locally made medicine; plume of banana kiwompogoma e- (ki/bi) empty/hollow place; hole in a termite hill. cf. oluwompogoma, empompogoma. kiwondowondo e- (ki/bi) kind of shrub/tree which grows to 30 ft., Maesa lanceolata Forsk. kiwongole e- (ki/bi) \Lunyankole~\ separate area in a kraal where calves are kept apart from their mothers. kiwonvu e- (ki/bi) valley, cf. akawonvu, oluwonvu. kiwoobe e- (ki/bi) lament, lamentation; moan; mourning, okukuba ekiwoobe or ebi- woobe, to lament, moan, cry mournfully. cf. wooba. kiwoomereze e- (ki/bi) sweetness, sweet taste, cf. wooma, woomereza. See also enkenku.