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mmere

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Meaning

e- (n/n) food. Yamumaza emmere. He killed him, lit. made him finish (his) food. Taggya mmere ku mumwa. He is always eating, kutunula ng'emmere eremye abagenyi, to look terrible, appear to be in bad shape (of persons), lit. look like the food left over from the guests, cf. mera, obumere.

mmere, e- (n/n) food. Yamumaza emmere. He killed him, lit. made him finish (his) food. Taggya mmere ku mumwa. He is always eating, kutunula ng'emmere eremye abagenyi, to look terrible, appear to be in bad shape (of persons), lit. look like the food left over from the guests, cf. mera, obumere.

Related Words
meal emmere, ekijjulo; (flour) obutta. makubuggu with the -a of rel. half-cooked; hastily cooked. Emmere ya makubuggu. The food is half-cooked. meza (-mezezza) v.tr. caus. cause to grow; raise put up. cf. ebimera, ekimererezi, ekyemeza, amamera, emmere; tneruka. mubundwa with the -a of rel. small in quantity; inadequate. Emmere yabanga ya mubundwa. Food used to be scarce. mulamu o- (mu/ba) healthy person; living person, okutuusa luno jjo ly abalamu, until recently. Omufu y aliisa omulamu emmere. (prov.) The muluutu o- (mu/mi) large amount, large mass, omuluutu gw'emmere, a large quantity of food. mumiro o- (mu/mi) inner throat; windpipe; trachea, omumiro gw'emmere, foodpipe, gullet, okugolola emimiro, to clear the throat, okugogola munaanaagizi o- also omunaanagize (mu/ba) stutterer, stammerer, cf. naanaagira.