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nnantiki var. of nnandiki
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Meaning
q.v.
nnantiki var. of nnandiki, q.v.
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.
nnansangwamu or nnansangwawo (la) as n. or adj. native
indigenous (inhabitant), obugagga nnansangwawo, natural resources. cf. sanga.
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.