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nnyika (-nnyise

English → Luganda

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Meaning

nnyinyise) v.tr. dip; immerse; soak; dye; fig. disgrace, bring shame to, spoil the good name of.

nnyika (-nnyise, nnyinyise) v.tr. dip; immerse; soak; dye; fig. disgrace, bring shame to, spoil the good name of.

Related Words
nnyiike e- (n/n) sadness, sorrow. nnyikirira (-nnyikiridde) v.i. appl. 2 become gradually soaked/wet absorb water slowly. nnyikiriza (-nnyikirizza) v.tr. appl. 2 caus. soak make moist slowly/gradually. nnyima e- ijn/n) manner of refusal; refusal. cf. mma. nnyimba e- (n/n) manner/method of singing; also the plur. of oluyimba, q.v. nnyimbe e- plur. of olumbe, q.v. nnyimeera e- (n/n) hartebeest. The word is of Lunyoro origin and much less frequently used than Luganda ennangaazi, q.v. nnyimye 1st pers. mod. form of mma q.v. nnyina (la) his/her mother cf. nnya-. nnyindo e- (n/n) nose, ennyindo y'empiso, the eye of a needle. Nnyindo ky'ezira, omumwa tegulya. (prov.) What the nose rejects the mouth w nnyingiza e- (n/n) way of bringing in; importation, import; income, cf. yingira, yingiza. nnyingo (n/n) joint (of the body of a machine); segment; section (of a book, document).