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#4771

money

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Meaning

effeeza, ensimbi; obugagga, ebintu; m.changer, awanyisa effeeza oba ensimbi; m.lender, omuwozi w'ensimbi.

money, effeeza, ensimbi; obugagga, ebintu; m.changer, awanyisa effeeza oba ensimbi; m.lender, omuwozi w'ensimbi.

Related Words
mabugo a- always plur. (li/ma) burial garment, grave clothes, shroud; gift (usually of money) to the family of the deceased. cf. olubugo. magoba a- plur. (li/ma) profit, profits; interest on money, cf. goba, gobol(ol)a. mataaba a- plur. (li/ma) tobacco smoked at a funeral; gift of money made to the bereaved. cf. taaba. mbereko e- (n/n) deposit of money to hold an article for future purchase, cf. bereka. mmaali e- (n/n) [Sw., Ar.] wealth; possessions; money. moneyed gagga, bintu. mafaaya: kufa mafaaya to go for nought, be wasted. Ensimbi ze zaafa mafaaya. His money just went down the drain. Magala pr.n. the name of a young boy in a well-known story. His father struggled hard to get him a skin garment ekinaagu- lira Magala eddiba, money, lit. that which will buy a skin for Magala. mmye: be mmye ideo. expressing complete emptiness Ensawo ya Kintu nkalu be mmye. Kintu has no money at all lit. his pocket is completely empty. mudidi o- (mu/mi) large sum, large amount. omudidi gw'ensimbi, a large sum of money. musimbi o- (mu/mi) large amount of money. cf. ehsimbi. musolooza o- (mu/ba) collector (of taxes, rent, money, etc.) cf. solooza.