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Lumaama

Luganda → English

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Meaning

pr.n. the title of the Chief of Kabula County (Ssaza).

Lumaama pr.n. the title of the Chief of Kabula County (Ssaza).

Related Words
lumaaluma (-lumyeelumye) v.tr. redup. bite at everything; nibble; gnaw; hurt slightly. lumagana (-lumaganye) v.i. recip. bite each other; hurt/injure each other; quarrel be at each other's throats; accuse each other, make recriminations against each other. luma (-lumye nnumye) v.tr. bite; pinch; hurt; pain; ache; fig. accuse, charge with a fault, kuluma bugigi, to grit the teeth (in pain). kuluma lumaama o- (lu/n) kind of weed. Its flowers, dried and powdered, are used in making snuff. lumaamiro o- also olumaamize adv. like a cackling hen. okukaaba olumaamiro, to cackle like a hen sitting on her eggs. cf. maamira. lumaganya (-lumaganyizza) v.tr. recip. caus. cause to bite each other etc. lumagga o- (Iu/n) interval, space, olumagga- magga, as an adv. or with the -a of rel. scattered, widely spaced; few. Emiti gyali gya lumag lumaka o- (lu/n) rope stretched across a body of water to aid in crossing. lumamya o- (lu/n) arch, skin rash; syphilis. lumanyo o- (lu/n) kind of tree; cleverness (esp. in finding something which has been hidden), cf. manya.