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nnawalyanga
Luganda → English
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Meaning
(la) death.
nnawalyanga (la) death.
Related Words
nnawankya adv. early in the morning. cf. ^kya
enkya.
nnawannana
interj. greeting used both as question and reply.
nnawolovu plur. bunnawolovu (la in sing.) chameleon; muscle of the upper arm
biceps. Nnawolovu tattirwa ku bbala limu. (prov.) lit. A chameleon is not killed in one color, i.e., before it has changed colors.
nnawalubwa (la) scapegoat. Ky'abangi
ki- rondamu nnawalubwa. (prov.) The epidemic picks out the unlucky ones. Not all evildoers are apprehended or blamed, but only the
nnawandagala (la) small green snake found in foliage which
because of its color, enables it to escape observation.
nnawookeera (la) something horrible/terrible
nnawookeera w'olutalo. a hideous war. nnawookeera w'obwavu, abject poverty.