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munyakuzi

Luganda → English

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Meaning

o- (mu/ba) one who snatches; thief. omunyakuzi w'ensawo, pickpocket. cf. nyakula.

munyakuzi, o- (mu/ba) one who snatches; thief. omunyakuzi w'ensawo, pickpocket. cf. nyakula.

Related Words
munya o- (mu/mi) lizard, kusindikira munya mu ssubi, to tell a person to do something he wants to do anyway, lit. to push a lizard into munyaala o- (mu/mi) first bananas of a young plant; kind of small fish resembling a sprat, cf. -nyaala, akanyaala. munyaga o- also omunyaganyaga (mu/ba) uncouth person; boor. cf. ekinyaganyaga. munyage o- (mu/ba) captive, prisoner of war; victim of plunder; one who has been robbed, cf. nyaga. munyago o- (mu/mi) spoil, booty, plunder; stolen goods, loot. cf. nyaga. munyale o- (la) soot. Nnasanga ekiyumba munyale. I found the house empty/de- serted. cf. kanyale. munyama (la) kind of ant. munyama o- (mu/mi) kind of large tree with light-brown wood, Uganda Mahogany, Khaya anthotheca. munyampala o- (mu/ba) headman. Lunyanko- le, omunyampara, Swahili, mnyapara. The word, is rare in Luganda and replaced by nnampala, q.v. Munyani o- (mu/ba) banyan, one of a caste of Hindu merchants and traders. The ba- in banyan fn Hindi word cf Sanskrit uilgin) was presumab munyazi o- (mu/ba) plunderer, robber, pirate, raider, cf. nyaga. munyegero o- (mu/mi) (act of) going; travel. cf. nyegera.