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nnansangwamu or nnansangwawo (la) as n. or adj. native

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Meaning

indigenous (inhabitant), obugagga nnansangwawo, natural resources. cf. sanga.

nnansangwamu or nnansangwawo (la) as n. or adj. native, indigenous (inhabitant), obugagga nnansangwawo, natural resources. cf. sanga.

Related Words
nnandere (la) kindof small fish common in Lake Kyoga, which is eaten dried. nnandibadde conj. although even though, regardless of the fact that. cf. newaaku- badde, nnaakubadde. nnankataggwa (la) nnankataggwa buto ng'akafuba k'ennyoni a person who never grows up, a Peter Pan, lit, one who does not leave off being young like the small breast of a bird. nnankobabbirye (la) person of brownish- colored skin one who is neither very dark nor very light, cf. enkobabbirye. nnankulubbirye (la) two-faced person hypocrite. nnannimibbirye (la) two-faced person double- dealer, lit. two-tongued (person), cf. olu- limi, -biri. nnannyini plur. bannannyini linked with a following substantive without the -a of rel. owner possessor, nnannyini nnyumba, owner of the house; master of the house, nnannyini kutu, drum of the ear. bannannyini mugenzi, the r nnansali (la) kind of climbing shrub which yields rubber Landolphia florida. nnantabalira-batyabi (la) lit. one who gives no consideration to (other) gatherers of firewood i.e., one who finishes quickly and hustles others, an efficient but intolerable person. nnantabuulirirwa (la) a know-it-all one who cannot be told anything. Nnantabuulirirwa alisaabala obw'ebbumba. (prov.) One who heeds no advice will travel in a clay bo nnantaganyula (la) good-for-nothing useless person, cf. ganyula. nnanti conj. rare for, as, because, cf. anti.