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nkanja

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Meaning

e- usually plur. (n/n) dregs/sediment of millet in beer. cf. ekikanja.

nkanja, e- usually plur. (n/n) dregs/sediment of millet in beer. cf. ekikanja.

Related Words
nkana e- (n/n) syphilitic swelling on the knee or elbow; cyst on the hand or wrist. nkanaga e- (n/n) kind of thorny tree with hardwood. Tajja kunkwasa ku nkanaga. He won't make me do that. He won't make me go to that exten nkanamu e- (n/n) fee paid by the plaintiff before a trial, okukuba omuntu enkanamu, to sue a person. nkanda e- (n/n) string snare, okukuba enkanda wansi, to refuse angrily/stubbornly/flatly. nkandaggo e- (n/n) Kiganda ladder in the form of a tripod used for stripping barkcloth from the tree; (any) ladder. Twagwisa bwenyi nga nkan nkanga e- (n/n) basket/container woven from buyanja grass used for storing grasshoppers, beans, peas, etc. nkangu e- adv. rudely, harshly, in a harsh tone of voice. nkannansi e- (n/n) kukuba nkannansi, to refuse flatly, cf. kannanta. nkanu e- (n/n) harshness, fierceness; arrogance. Ono wa nkanu. He is an arrogant, harsh person. Basaba lwa nkanu. They make their reques