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nsaasi

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Meaning

e- (n/n) mallet with large grooves used for the first beating of barkcloth. See empuuzo.

nsaasi, e- (n/n) mallet with large grooves used for the first beating of barkcloth. See empuuzo.

Related Words
nsaabo e- (n/n) calabash with a long neck and no bulge at the top. nsaali e- (n/n) wild cherry; orange-yellow fruit of the musaali tree, q.v. nsaalwa e- (n/n) envy, jealousy; regret; discontent, cf. saalirwa. nsaamu e- (n/n) grooved mallet used for beating out barkcloth. nsaano e- (n/n) flour, okusiwa nsaano ku mazzi, to add flour to water, i.e., to waste one's breath/time; to be too little/insignificant. nsaanuusi e- (n/n) enjoka ensaanuusi, colic, abdominal pains. nsaasi e- (n/n) kind of rattle used as a musical instrument consisting of a small dried gourd in which stones or seeds have been placed. nsaata e- (n/n) as an attributive to another noun barren (of certain animals), ente ensaata, barren cow(s). cf. saatawala.