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nnyanja

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Meaning

e- (n/n) lake; large body of water. Ennyanja Enfu, the Dead Sea. Ennyanja y'e Buyindi, the Indian Ocean, cf. yanja, obuyanja, oguyanja.l akayanja, ekyennya- nja, omulunnyanja. ^muyanja,^omuyanja.

nnyanja, e- (n/n) lake; large body of water. Ennyanja Enfu, the Dead Sea. Ennyanja y'e Buyindi, the Indian Ocean, cf. yanja, obuyanja, oguyanja.l akayanja, ekyennya- nja, omulunnyanja. ^muyanja,^omuyanja.

Related Words
nautical a nnyanja. nnabbamba (la) with the -a of rel. vast extensive. nnabbamba w'ennyanja, the boundless depths, nnabbamba w'agabira, huge extensive forests. 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.