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muwugulavu

Luganda → English

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Meaning

o- (mu/ba) absentminded/inat- tentive/careless person.

muwugulavu, o- (mu/ba) absentminded/inat- tentive/careless person.

Related Words
muwuda o- (mu/ba) (a) deaf-mute; dumb/ stupid person. muwugguwuggu o- (mu/ba) idiot, stupid person. muwula o- (mu/mi) nut; kernel, core; piece of boneless meat. Adidde ggi kwesubya muwula. (prov.) He has eaten the egg and missed the meat muwulenge o- (mu/mi) emptiness, hollow. Ennyumba yonna baagireka muwulenge. They left the whole house empty. Oyo omwana muwulenge mwereere. muwuliru o- (mu/mi) opening, aperture; channel, cf. empuliru. muwulukwa o- (mu/mi) hollow; gap; cave. muwuluwulu o- (mu/mi) group; in the plur. groups; volley, shots, emiwululu gy'abaana,' groups of children, emiwululu gy'obubundu obutono, sho muwumbo o- (mu/mi) mound, heap, mass (esp. of matooke and other food); large quantity of food placed in a banana leaf for cooking. Kino ky muwunda o- (mu/mi) goad; spike (e.g., at the end of a pole, used for killing mmale fish). muwunguzi o- (mu/ba) one who ferries over, ferryman, cf. wungula. muwutta o- (mu/mi) watery/inedible/old potato; fig. stupid person, cf. wutta, emputta. muwuulo o- (mu/mi) with the -a of rel. swollen, bloated (from pathological causes), omuwuulo gw'okugulu, a swollen, bloated leg.