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ngala

Luganda → English

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Meaning

e- (n/n) mouth of a fish trap.

ngala, e- (n/n) mouth of a fish trap.

Related Words
ngaabe e- (n/n) = engalabi long drum beaten with the hands. ngalabi e- (n/n) long ceremonial drum which is beaten with the hands, cf. omugalabi. ngalama e- with the -a of rel. far apart, wide-spreading, amayembe ag'engalama, wide-spreading horns, cf. galamira. ngalo e- (n/n) finger; hand, engalo ensajja, thumb. Yankutte mu ngalo. He shook hands with me or He took me by the hand. Baamukubira mu nasal a kinnyindwa; be n., gangala. ngalobunani (la) a very lazy person one who does not wish to dirty his fingers by doing work, lit. pretty-fingers. cf. engalo, nana. numb become, okusannyalala, okuzingalala.