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lusinga

English → Luganda

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Meaning

o- (lu/n) hair of the tail of an elephant or giraffe; bracelet made from these hairs, additional meaning in plur. fly switch; fiber for the seams of a canoe.

lusinga, o- (lu/n) hair of the tail of an elephant or giraffe; bracelet made from these hairs, additional meaning in plur. fly switch; fiber for the seams of a canoe.

Related Words
lusiisi o- (lu/n) rare down (of birds), cf. esiisi. lusiisira o- (lu/n) camp, encampment, camp site; temporary hut, temporary shelter. cf. siisira, akasiisira. lusiiti o- (lu/n) more commonly omusiiti, q.v. kind of shrub which bears hard red seeds (nsiiti). cf. lsiita, ensiiti. lusika o- (lu/n) spit/skewer of nseenene (grasshoppers), cf. 2sj|(a, lusimbo o- (lu/n) slip, cutting, ensimbo z'emituba, slips of the mutuba tree. cf. simba. the introduction of cowrie shells nsinda were use lusindirizo o- (lu/n) ramrod, cf. sindirira. lusirika o- (lu/n) period of quietness; Rom. Cath. religious retreat, cf. sirika. lusirinnanyi o- (lu/n) earthworm. lusiyaga o- (lu/n) sodomy, okulya olusi- yaga, to commit sodomy, cf. ebisiyaga. lusinzi (n/n) something unusually large/ huge/extraordinary; colloq. a large shot of hard liquor/walagi.