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kiwu

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Meaning

e- (ki/bi) cushion, seat; carpet made of skins; middle seat in a canoe where a man sits to bale water.

kiwu, e- (ki/bi) cushion, seat; carpet made of skins; middle seat in a canoe where a man sits to bale water.

Related Words
kawujjo a- (ka/bu) scoop formed from a banana leaf used for drinking soup; scoopful (of paraffin, cooking oil, etc.). cf. ekiwujjo. kawuka a- (ka/bu) small insect; bug, small bug; germ; microbe; colloq. gonorrhea. cf. ekiwuka. kipumpuli e- var. of ekiwumpuli, q.v. kiwubiro e- (ki/bi) root of a young yam. kiwuduwudu e- (ki/bi) headless corpse. kiwuggwe e- no plur. (ki/bi) breathlessness; panting; nervousness, flutter, cf. egguggwe. kiwugiro e- (ki/bi) dust bath (for birds). ekiwugiro ky' ennyonyi, iden. cf. ^wuga. kiwujjo e- (ki/bi) fan; tennis racket; propeller. ekiwujjo kya tenesi, tennis racket. cf. wujja, akawujjo. kiwuka e- (ki/bi) insect; bug. Alimu ekiwuka. He acts as if he is touched in the head. cf. akawuka. kiwuku e- also ekiwukuwuku (ki/bi) shallow cave/cavern, cf. empuku. kiwukyu e- also spelled ekiwucu (ki/bi) kind of grass, cf. cuucu. kiwuliriza e- (ki/bi) stethoscope, cf. wulira, wuliriza.