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nkaayi

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Meaning

e- (n/n) kind of gourd used by men as a tumbler for drinking beer; beer. Musoke mukwasi wa nkaayi. Musoke is addicted to the bottle.

nkaayi, e- (n/n) kind of gourd used by men as a tumbler for drinking beer; beer. Musoke mukwasi wa nkaayi. Musoke is addicted to the bottle.

Related Words
nkaabu e- (n/n) bitter gourd, cf. omukaabu. nkaaga e- numer. sixty, with the -a of rel. sixtieth, omulundi ogw'enkaaga, the sixtieth time, kugobya nkaaga, to dismiss summarily, send nkaajumbe e- (n/n) old straw spread on the floor of a house. It is also used for thatching. nkaatu e- (n/n) beer which has gone sour; vinegar, cf. kaatuuka. nkaawo e- (n/n) kind of bamboo, brown in color, as opposed to bbanda which is black. nkaayana e- (n/n) controversy, dispute. cf. kaayana.