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mataba

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Meaning

a- (li/ma) flood. The grammatical sing, ettaba means large pool, large puddle. cf. ekitaba, olutaba.

mataba, a- (li/ma) flood. The grammatical sing, ettaba means large pool, large puddle. cf. ekitaba, olutaba.

Related Words
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. Mataali A- plur. (li/ma) drums used by Muslims in their religious ceremonies. matalaga a- also amatalagatalaga plur. spaces; intervals, as an adv. at intervals; separately, amannyo ag'amatalaga, teeth with spaces betw matale a- plur. (li/ma) [Lunyoro] iron ore; waste from the smelting of iron ore. matama a- plur. of ettama, q.v. matamabbuuku invar adj. fat-cheeked; chubby; very large. Ekijanjaalo matamabbuuku! What a large bean! matambulire a- plur. (li/ma) whereabouts. Tombuuza matambulire ge. Don't ask me about his whereabouts, cf. tambula. matandiiko a- plur. (li/ma) saddle; harness. cf tandiika. matandika a- plur. (li/ma) beginning, cf. tandika. matankane (la) person of mixed racial origin. as an invar adj. empale matankane, pants of an intermediate length, neither long nor short (such as those worn by returning war veterans), cf matanta a- plur. (li/ma) pride; arrogance, insolence.