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maga

English → Luganda

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Meaning

a- plur. (Ii/ma) cracks on the feet due to syphilis.

maga, a- plur. (Ii/ma) cracks on the feet due to syphilis.

Related Words
maga (-maze) v.i. look about glance from side to side (in a single or sudden movement). magabo a- (li/ma) ente ey'amagabo, a cow marked with lateral stripes. magalanju a- adv. okwebaka amagalanju, to sleep on one's back/in a sprawled-out position. okuleka ebintu amagalanju, to leave things strewn magalanjula a- plur. (li/ma) period/time for turning up the soil preparatory to planting. cf. galanjuka, galanjula. magalaugajjo a- also amagalangajja adv. in a sprawling position; in confusion, cf. -egal angajja. magalo a- (li/ma) pincers, pliers, as the plur. o/eggalo, ugly, fat, dirty fingers. cf. engalo, nnamagalo. magamaga (-mazemaze) v. i. redup. keep glancing from side to side look about; be in doubt. Kino nkyogera awatali kumagamaga. 1 say this with all certainty /without reservation. Ayogera omu amagama magambo a- plur. (li/ma) news (which one person tells another as opposed to news in a newspaper), cf. gamba, eggambo, eki- gambo. Maganda A- adv. in the Kiganda manner. Yeeyanza Amaganda. He gave thanks in the Kiganda manner, i.e., by prostrating himself on the ground magandaazi a- plur. (li/ma) overgrown elephant grass which has fallen to the ground; half-burned reeds after a grass fire. magazine (book) ekitabo. maggula (-maggudde) okumaggula amaaso to shift one's gaze rapidly, move the eyes quickly from side to side. cf.maga.