mazzi

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Meaning

a- plur. (li/ma) water; colloq. liquor, beer, okukuba amazzi, to drink beer, oku- komba amazzi, to drink large quantities of beer or liquor, cf. lizzi (erizzi), oluzzizzi, otuzzi.

mazzi, a- plur. (li/ma) water; colloq. liquor, beer, okukuba amazzi, to drink beer, oku- komba amazzi, to drink large quantities of beer or liquor, cf. lizzi (erizzi), oluzzizzi, otuzzi.

Related Words

mabutobuto a- always plur. (li/ma) sides of the stomach; middle, center; middle of a container. Amazzi yataddemu ga mu mabutobuto. He only ha mala (-maze) v.tr. finish complete; use up, consume; spend (time); satisfy, be sufficient for. v.i. suffice, be sufficient; be adequate; be enough. As an au micturate okufuka amazzi, okuwanda amazzi, okukojoba, okunnyaala. mma (-mtnye nnyimye) v.tr. refuse to give; grudge; withold. Ebintu ng'ebyo osaana kubimma mazzi. You should never say anything about these mat moisture amazzi. mpapiiro e- also mpambiiro with the -a of rel. scarce, hard to get. Amazzi ga mpapiiro. Water is hard to get. mukene (la) collective noun kind of small silvery fish okutemagana ng'aga mukene, to sparkle like (the sauce, amazzi is implied) of mukene fa common simile). cf. akamukene. miima (-miimye) v.tr. squeeze; tighten; pinch; compress. Twamusanze mu kirabo ng'amazzi gamumiimye. colloq. We found him intoxicated in a bar, lit mpambiiro also mpapiiro with the -a of rel. scarce; hard to get. Mn kitundu kino amazzi ga mpambiiro. In this section water is scarce. mufuuyi o- (mu/ba) lit. blower, one who blows, omufuuyi w'amazzi, beer drinker, liquor drinker, omufuuyi w'omulere, Trumpet/clarinet playe mukisa o- (mu/mi) luck, good luck; blessing; opportunity, chance, occasion, eky'omukisa, luckily, fortunately, eky'omukisa omubi, unfortu munywamazzi o- (mu/mi) white pear, kind of tall hardwood tree, Apodytes dimidiata.