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mukontanyi

Luganda → English

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Meaning

o- (mu/ba) quarrelsome person; blusterer; swashbuckler, cf. kontana.

mukontanyi, o- (mu/ba) quarrelsome person; blusterer; swashbuckler, cf. kontana.

Related Words
muko o- (mu/mi) fold; layer; sheet; page; type; kind, omuko gw'amalagala, a cutting or slip of the sweet-potato vine used for replantin muko o- (mu/ba) brother-in-law of a man; son-in-law. in the plur. abako, relatives. cf. ebiko, obuko. mukobe o- (mu/mi) kind of creeping plant resembling ivy which produces an edible fruit, kkobe, q.v. cf. olukobe. mukoddomi no l.V. (mu/ba) brother-in-law of a man; father-in-law; son-in-law. plur. bakoddomi in-laws. mukodo o- (mu/ba) stingy person, miser. cf. -kodo. mukogge o- more commonly mugogge (mu/ba) thin and emaciated person, someone who is all skin and bones, cf. kogga. mukoka no plur. (la) water which flows in streams during or after the rain. cf. koka. mukokko see ekifamukokko. mukokota o- frau/mi) charm believed to to assist the hunter in luring game into his traps. mukolo o- (mu/mi) ceremony, formal ceremony, formal occasion. mukoloddoli o- (mu/mi) with the -a of rel. very tall, omukoloddoli gw'omusajja, a giant of a man. mukolongo o- = mukoloddoli. See also kolonga.