Dictionary Home Reverse Lookup Search Similar
Word Entry
#18851

nkuba

English → Luganda

Indexed for both direct and reverse lookup.

Meaning

e- (n/n) way of striking/hitting. cf. 1 kuba.

nkuba, e- (n/n) way of striking/hitting. cf. 1 kuba.

Related Words
ndulundu e- (n/n) heap; pile; large number; abundance, endulundu y'enkuba, a large amount of rain. Akulungudde emyaka ndulundu mu mirimu gy ngulansigo e-: enkuba engulansigo, the first rain after the dry season, so called because it is the time for buying (gula) seeds (nsigo) for nkondwe e- (n/n) decayed pith of a plantain stem. Tonkuba nkondwe ku maaso. Don't lie to me/deceive me. nkuba e- (n/n) rain, kugwa nga nkuba, to arrive unannounced (of guests), lit. fall like rain. cf. obukubakuba, olukubakuba. nkubuggu e- with the -a of rel. almost raw, not properly cooked, emmere ey'enkubuggu, food which is not thoroughly cooked. nnakabanda (la) kind of sweet potato. Olu- buto lwali lunkuba nnakabanda olw'enjala. My stomach was grumbling because of hunger. nnamutikkwa: nnamutikkwa w'enkuba a heavy downpour of rain.