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munyeenya (-munyeenye) v.i. shine

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Meaning

flicker; twinkle; glimmer.

munyeenya (-munyeenye) v.i. shine, flicker; twinkle; glimmer.

Related Words
munyeenyesa (-munyeenyesezza) v.tr. caus. make shine cause to flicker. cf. emmunyeenye. munyeera no plur. sing, used collectively (la) kind of tiny ant. They collect in large numbers on uncovered meat, bones, etc. munyeera w'abantu, a h munyerere with the -a of rel. smooth glossy (of hair). Yalina enviiri za munyerere. He has smooth hair. 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. munyakuzi o- (mu/ba) one who snatches; thief. omunyakuzi w'ensawo, pickpocket. cf. nyakula. 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.