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muggya (mu/ba) second wife

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Meaning

new wife (in a household); concubine, mukazi muggya, fellow-wife.

muggya (mu/ba) second wife, new wife (in a household); concubine, mukazi muggya, fellow-wife.

Related Words
mugga o- (mu/mi) river, large stream; well, kubuuza ligenda mugga, to ask the obvious, lit. ask about (the road, ekkubo is implied by li muggalanda o- (mu/ba) youngest child, last born of the family, lit. close-womb. cf. lggala, enda. contr. muggulanda. deaf person, lit. one wh muggazi o- (mu/mi) doorkeeper, gatekeeper. cf. lggala. muggo o- (mu/mi) stick; walking stick, cane; crutch. Katonda ankubye omuggo. Something bad has happened to me. God has chastised me. cf. muggulanda o- (mu/ba) eldest child, first born, lit. open-womb. cf. ggula, enda. cotnr. muggaianda. muggumiro o- (mu/mi) stress, emphasis; firmness, eddoboozi ery'omuggumiro, a firm voice, okulya n'owuliramu omuggu- miro, to eat and feel fu muggundu o- no plur. (mu/tni) north wind; very strong wind. mugguukiriro o- (mu/tni) approach, entrance, place of encounter, cf. Igguka. muggya o- (n/n) newcomer; recruit, cf. -ggya.