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nnyaabula

Luganda → English

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Meaning

interj. to cheer or urge someone on. go to it! keep it up! at him! with an alternation of tone dam it! oh hell! how could I have done that!

nnyaabula interj. to cheer or urge someone on. go to it! keep it up! at him! with an alternation of tone dam it! oh hell! how could I have done that!

Related Words
nnya- plur. bannya- (irregular in several of its formations and used only with the possessive endings suffixed) mother (in certain cases) maternal aunt. The forms are: mmange or nnyabo, nnyoko, nnyina, nnyaffe, nnyammwe, nnyaabwe (my mother, your mo nnyabo (la) my mother; term of address used for a woman: Miss Mrs., madame. interj. of sympathy or pity, oh dear! See nnya-. nnya the form of -na (4) used in counting (one two, three, four, etc.) and with plural nouns of the lu/n and n/n classes, cf. -na. nnyaala (-nnyadde) v.i. urinate cf. eki- nnyaalo. nnyaanya e- (n/n) tomato. nnyaanyaagize e- (n/n) kind of large cricket. cf. nyaanyaagira. nnyaga e- (n/n) crushed sesame. nnyago e- plur. of olunyago, q.v. nnyalwe e- (n/n) craving, desire, kuggwa nnyalwe, to satisfy a craving/desire, kulya kuggwa nnyalwe, to eat one's fill. nnyama e- (n/n) meat; flesh. Nnyama ntono okaayana eri mu nkwawa. (prov.) lit. You complain about the small amount of meat (allotted to y nnyambalizo e- plur. of olwambalizo, q.v. nnyamberege e- (n/n) fiber-producing plant, Hibiscus diversifolius. cf. akanyamberege.