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mutumba

Luganda → English

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Meaning

o- (mu/mi) [Su>. ] bundle (of cloth); burden, load (for a porter to carry).

mutumba, o- (mu/mi) [Su>. ] bundle (of cloth); burden, load (for a porter to carry).

Related Words
mutually awamu. mutuba o- (mu/mi) barkcloth tree, a tree of the genus Ficus possessing a strong, fibrous inner bark from which barkcloth is made; one of mutugunda o- mulberry tree, Vangueria to~ mentosa and apiculata. cf. ettugunda. mutujju o- (mu/ba) elephant hunter; government hunter; wild-game hunter; gunman. cf. tujjuka. mutuku: kifumba mutuku (or Mutuku) it is magnificent/spectacular/extraordinary /usually of a social event, a celebration, etc.). Mutuku is supposed to be the name of mutula o- (mu/mi) = omuyagi, the tree which bears ntula fruit (q-v.). mutuli o- (mu/mi) big hole. cf. ekituli. Mutuluki 0- (mu/ba) a Turk. cf. Ohutuluki. mutulumbi o- (mu/mi) coipse; carcass, dead body of an animal; carrion. mutumbiikano o- (mu/mi) quarrel, fight; heated dispute; tumult, cf. lumbiikana. mutume o- (mu/ba) one who is sent, messenger, relig. apostle, cf. luma. mutumi o- (mu/ba) one who habitually sends others to get things for him or do things for him. cf. tuma, obutumi.