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mukama

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Meaning

o- (mu/ba) master; employer, boss; with cap. the Lord (God); formerly the title of the hereditary rulers of Bunyoro and Toro.

mukama, o- (mu/ba) master; employer, boss; with cap. the Lord (God); formerly the title of the hereditary rulers of Bunyoro and Toro.

Related Words
mukaabira o- (mu/mi) kind of shrub or tree, also called mulirira, q.v. mukaabu o- (mu/mi) kind of gourd, cf. enkaabu. mukaafiiri o- (mu/ba) [Sw.,Ar.2 pagan, heathen; non-believer; atheist, cf. obu- kaafiiri. mukaafu o- shortened form of mukaafiiri, q.v. mukaaga o- reamer, (mu/mi) six. with the -a of rel. sixth, omulundi ogiv'omukaaga, the sixth time. cf. -kaaga, Olwomukaaga. Mukaajanga pr.re. the title of a very cruel executioner who held office during the reigns of Muteesa 1 and Mwanga II; royal executioner; rasc mukaaku o- (mu/mi) a barkcloth tree (mutuba) from which the bark has not yet been removed; the first bark to be removed from the tree. mukaamwana o- (mu/ba) daughter-in-law, lit. the wife (muka) of one's child (omwana). cf. -ekaamwana. mukaatakaata o- (mu/ba) deceitful/crafty/ shrewd/unscrupulous person. mukaba o- (mu/ba) immoral/profligate/li- centious person, cf. -kaba. mukabbulu o- (mu/ba) person utterly lacking in character, uncouth person. mukabusi o- (mu/ba) one who speaks in a hostile/irritable/snappish manner, cf. kabuka.