Dictionary Home Reverse Lookup Search Similar
Word Entry
#14694

kuuma

English → Luganda

Indexed for both direct and reverse lookup.

Meaning

a- plur. obuuma (ka/bu) small ma- chine;tool; instrument; device, cf. ekyuma.

kuuma, a- plur. obuuma (ka/bu) small ma- chine;tool; instrument; device, cf. ekyuma.

Related Words
kawuukuumi (la) kind of tiny insect which eats into beans grain, etc. okulya kawuukuumi, colloq. to become pregnant. cf. wuukuuma. keep okukuuma, okutereka. k. on, okunyiikira, okufuba. k. up to work, okukalaabiriza. k. waiting, okukalanga. kikuuma e- with the -a of rel. hard, solid (e.g., of potatoes). kiseera e- (ki/bi) time; period of time, ekiseera ekinene, a long time, ebiseera eby'eddembe, leisure time, ebiseera eby'omu maaso, the fu kkuumiro e- (li/ma) ekkuumiro ly'ebisolo, game preserve, cf. kuuma. kuuma (-kuumye) v.tr. watch watch over; guard; protect; maintain, keep, okukuuma ekyama, to keep a secret, okukuuma olu- bugo (nga lubaale mubbe), to guard th kuumira (-kuumidde) v.tr. appl. guard in/ at etc. kuumulukuka (-kuumulukuse) v.i. conv. 2 disperse scatter, break up (e.g., of a crowd). cf. enkumu. kuumuula (-kuumudde) v.tr. kukuumuula mmindi to puff on/smoke a pipe, kukuumuula lumonde, to eat sweet potatoes, kukuumuula magambo, to pour out a torrent of loud and offensiv kuumya (-kuumizza) kuumisa (kuumisizza) v.tr. caus. 1 Sc 2 cause to guard, etc.; guard with/using. cf. -kuumi, ekkuumiro, omukuumi. kyama e- (ki/bi) secret, mu kyama, se- retly. okukuuma ekyama, to keep a secret, obulamu bw'omuntu obw'ekyama, a person's private/person kyuma e- (ki/bi) [Stf.] iron; metal; factory; machinery; machine; tool; device, ekyuma ekikuba ebifaananyi, camera, ekyuma eki- yimbisa