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mwamba

English → Luganda

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Meaning

o- (mu/mi) file (the tool), with the -a of rel. rectangular (of a house). ennyumba eya mwamba, a rectangular house.

mwamba, o- (mu/mi) file (the tool), with the -a of rel. rectangular (of a house). ennyumba eya mwamba, a rectangular house.

Related Words
mwambazi o- (mu/ba) good dresser, one who dresses well. cf. yambala. mwambe o- (mu/mi) large curved knife, cf. akambe. mwambo o- (mu/mi) kind of fetish. title of address corresponding to English ‘Mr.' Mw. Kiwanuka, Mr. Kiwanuka. Ekwata omwami tereka muganz mwami'akooye or mwamyakooye (n/n) rocking chair easy chair, lit. the master is tired, cf. koowa. mwamyanaakyala (n/n) lit. the master will go a-visiting (-anaakyala). ekkuufiira li- mwanyanaakyala a kind of broad-rimmed hat worn by missionaries, chiefs, etc. muyamba O- (mu/mi) file. See the var. omwamba. mwami-ali-mu-nnimiro vn/n; a snort Knee- length tunic worn by farmers when they are at work lit. the master is in the garden.