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ntengo

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e- (n/n) colocynth berries; game played by children with these berries, ma- tama kuba ntengo, to be silent when questioned (particularly when one is being accused). Yatuukira ku kubuuza Nsimbye- gwire gy'ali kyokka nga omukyala amatama ntengo. He asked where N. was, but the wife only kept silent, cf. akatengotengo.

ntengo, e- (n/n) colocynth berries; game played by children with these berries, ma- tama kuba ntengo, to be silent when questioned (particularly when one is being accused). Yatuukira ku kubuuza Nsimbye- gwire gy'ali kyokka nga omukyala amatama ntengo. He asked where N. was, but the wife only kept silent, cf. akatengotengo.

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