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nkalajje

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Meaning

e- (n/n) poor, arid land; uninhabitable land.

nkalajje, e- (n/n) poor, arid land; uninhabitable land.

Related Words
nkalaabirizi e- (n/n) kind of small drum beaten in the battery called mugudo, q.v. cf. kalaabiriza. nkalagi e- (n/n) kind of plant, Gardenia thunbergia. nkalakkalira e- (n/n) permanence, with the -a of rel. permanent, omuwandiisi ow'en- kalakkalira, permanent secretary. nkalamata e- (n/n) extreme thirst; fig. great desire. nkalate e- (n/n) kind of medium-sized hardwood forest tree, Pachystela brevipes. nkali e- (n/n) urine. nkaliriza e- (n/n) stare, staring, fixed stare, as an adv. with a fixed stare, okutunuulira enkaiiriza, io stare at/look at cioseiy. cf. kal nkalu e- (n/n) struggle; fight; conflict, dispute. okusiba enkalu, to tie up (an opponent in wrestling), to get a lock on (an opponent). nkalyantya (la) close/inseparable friend lit. I eat it (nkalya-) and I fear (-ntya), i.e., I cannot eat it without him.