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mpanga

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Meaning

e- plur. of oluwanga, q.v.

mpanga, e- plur. of oluwanga, q.v.

Related Words
mpanama e- (n/n) hydrocele. mpande e- (n/n) kind of nut resembling a peanut/groundnut; fragment, piece (e.g., of stone). Empande emu eyiwa ekisero, (prov.) One (fall mpandiika e- (n/n) manner/way of writing; orthography, cf. wandiika. mpanga e- (n/n) cock; kind of large beetle, enkoko empanga, cock. cf. 2ekiwanga, sseggwanga. mpangi e- (n/n) furrow (esp. those made with a hoe); in the plur. plot of ground in the process of cultivation, cf. oluwangi. mpango e- (n/n) post; pole, empango y'eki- kajjo, stalk of sugarcane; stick of sugarcane. mpano e- (n/n) wedge. mpanuka e- (n/n) descent; way of coming down, empanuka yaabwe ku bukulu, their stepping down from/losing their positions of importance, cf Mpanga pr. n. part of Luzira Central Prison where hardened criminals are confined; as a common noun solitary confinement.