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name

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Meaning

v., okutuuma, okwatula, okw alula; (to give a bad n.) okussaako olukongoolo.

name, v., okutuuma, okwatula, okw alula; (to give a bad n.) okussaako olukongoolo.

Related Words
name erinnya. ndege e- (n/n) small bell-like ornament. Endege ziba nnyingi ne ziyoogaana. (prov.) The bells are many (on the hunting dogs) and they ma ngudi e- (n/n) arch, grass ornament on the prow of a canoe. nkebuka e- (n/n) polite word dung, excrement. Ekika kv'F,nkebuka. thename nf o clan. nkoba e- (n/n) tall forest tree, Lovoa brownii, yielding a timber resembling walnut. Its trade name is Uganda Walnut. The wood is used e Nnaggomola pr.n. the name of a chief guilty of horrible crimes omusango ogwa Nnaggomola. case of a monstrous crime. nnakabugo (la) red-tailed monkey Cercopi- thecus ascanius; with cap. personal name given to girls of the Monkey Clan. nnyika (-nnyise nnyinyise) v.tr. dip; immerse; soak; dye; fig. disgrace, bring shame to, spoil the good name of. nsaka e- (n/n) cooking pot (so named because when people used to go foraging for food [cf. saka] they took along a pot in which to put f nti invar in form; from the defective verb -ti, q.v. Used to introduce indirect (rarely direct) discourse, that; namely. Yagamba nti ajja ku nna- (also nnaa-) non-class noun prefix. Many nouns with this prefix refer to females and take the plural banna(a)- (la). The prefix is nnaava (la) daughter of a princess and a commoner; with cap. a personal name. cf. ssewava.