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mat

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Meaning

omukeeka, kyaki; (of spiral pattern) eggiringiti, jjiri; (of rectangular pattern) kalannamye; make a m., okuluka.

mat, omukeeka, kyaki; (of spiral pattern) eggiringiti, jjiri; (of rectangular pattern) kalannamye; make a m., okuluka.

Related Words
magendere a- plur. (li/ma) whereabouts; state (of matters, affairs). Tetwamanya magendere ge. We did not know where he had gone, kubulako ma magombe a- (li/ma) the place of the dead; the other world; hell, as an adv. emagombe. okukkirira emagombe, to die, lit. to go down to mago mailman matalisi. make v., okukola; (create) okutonda; (compel) okuwaliriza, okukaka; also the c. forms of verbs. m. a bed, okwala ekitanda. m. up a numb malagolago a- plur. (li/ma) husky, deep voice; change of voice in an adolescent boy as he approaches maturity, as an adv. huskily, in a deep malformation vide okikulekule. malongojje a-: amaaso amalongojje, inflammation of the eyes; conjunctivitis. mamulire a- plur. (ii/ma) news; report; information. olupapula lw'amawulire, newspaper, ow'amawulire (plur. ab'amawulire), journalist; news mancoolo a- adv. badly; wrongly. Ebigambo biyinza okugenda amancoolo. Matters may go badly. mangu a- adv. quickly; soon; at once; early, ensonga ez'amangu, urgent matters, amangu nga bwe kisoboka, as soon as possible, amangu dda mata a- plur. (li/ma) milk. cf. otuta. mataaba a- plur. (li/ma) tobacco smoked at a funeral; gift of money made to the bereaved. cf. taaba.