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mutwe

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o- (mu/mi) head (in the lit. sense); head, chief, leader; heading, caption, headline. cjinambo ezitalina mutwe na maguiu, baseless/unfounded rumors, kussa mutwe nn maguiu ku bigambo, to make exaggerated statements, kufumba mutwe, to ponder, think intensely, kuba na mutwe mubi, to be unlucky, have bad luck. Tewali amuwa mutwe. There is none who can outsmart him. Omutima (or omwoyo) gundi ku mulwe, I am very worried, lit. my heart is in my head. F>kinlu kino kyamulya omutwe. This (matter) obsessed him, lit. ate at his head. Ya- nninya ku mutwe. He despised me greatly, lit, stepped on my head. Yakuza mutwe nga mmale. He is stupid/empty-headed, cf. olutwe, emjtwelwe, etlwe.

mutwe, o- (mu/mi) head (in the lit. sense); head, chief, leader; heading, caption, headline. cjinambo ezitalina mutwe na maguiu, baseless/unfounded rumors, kussa mutwe nn maguiu ku bigambo, to make exaggerated statements, kufumba mutwe, to ponder, think intensely, kuba na mutwe mubi, to be unlucky, have bad luck. Tewali amuwa mutwe. There is none who can outsmart him. Omutima (or omwoyo) gundi ku mulwe, I am very worried, lit. my heart is in my head. F>kinlu kino kyamulya omutwe. This (matter) obsessed him, lit. ate at his head. Ya- nninya ku mutwe. He despised me greatly, lit, stepped on my head. Yakuza mutwe nga mmale. He is stupid/empty-headed, cf. olutwe, emjtwelwe, etlwe.

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