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mutamiivu

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Meaning

o- (mu/ba) drunkard. Omutamiivu tabaaga mbwa. (prov.) A drunkard does not kill a dog (thus violating a taboo). Even a drunkard has moments of lucidity and truth, cf. tamiira.

mutamiivu, o- (mu/ba) drunkard. Omutamiivu tabaaga mbwa. (prov.) A drunkard does not kill a dog (thus violating a taboo). Even a drunkard has moments of lucidity and truth, cf. tamiira.

Related Words
mutaafu o- (mu/mi) wrinkle/line on the forehead (often of a temporary character, re- mutaayi (mu/ba) close friend. mutabaazi o- (mu/ba) warrior; fighter, combatant. cf. tabaala. mutabaganya o- (mu/ba) one who reconciles, mediator, cf. Itaba, tabaganya. mutabanguzi o- (mu/ba) agitator, cf. tabangula. mutabani (mu/ba) son. mutabufu o- (mu/ba) omutabufu w'obwongo, lit. one whose brain is mixed up, mentally disturbed/insane person, cf. tabuka. mutabuzi o- (mu/ba) mixer; troublemaker, omutabuzi w'eddagala, pharmacist, druggist. cf. tabula. mutaka o- (mu/ba) head of a clan (ekika) or of any of the sub-divisions of a clan (essiga, omutuba, olunyiriri). The bataka formerly poss mutala o- (mu/mi) village; newly acquired land; land between two streams or swamps used as a measure of distance, emitala wa..., over, ac mutalabanda o- var. of omukalabanda, q.v. mutalira o- var. of omutattira, q.v.