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mbaga

English → Luganda

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Meaning

e- (n/n) wedding; feast, banquet, embaga ez'omu maka, house parties, entertaining at home, embaga y'obugole, wedding party, c f. akabaga.

mbaga, e- (n/n) wedding; feast, banquet, embaga ez'omu maka, house parties, entertaining at home, embaga y'obugole, wedding party, c f. akabaga.

Related Words
Majanja pr.n. embaga ya Majanja a magnificent feast/banquet. makeke invar adj. wonderful, magnificent; exciting; huge, embaga makeke, a sumptuous banquet/wedding. mbaggubaggu e- with the -a of rel. tough, aggressive, indomitable, hard-boiled. mbagirawo e- adv. suddenly, with the -a of rel. sudden, olumbe olw'embagirawo, sudden illness. Mbaguta pr.n. the name of an Ankole kingknown for his severity okukuba egya mbaguta, to beat/whip severely. morose be, okunyiigomba, okuzimbagala. mulumbaganyi o- (mu/ba) attacker, assailant. cf. lumba, lumbagana. muteesiteesi o- (mu/ba) master of ceremonies; planner, organizer, omuteesi- teesi w'embaga, one who is in charge of arrangements for a wedding, muzimbagatano o- (mu/mi) swelling (esp. one which occurs suddenly), cf. zimbaga- tana.