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ssempotwe

Luganda → English

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Meaning

(la) self-willed/intractable/difficult person.

ssempotwe (la) self-willed/intractable/difficult person.

Related Words
ssema (la) kind of white cotton fabric. ssematalo (la) major war; world war. cf. olutalo. sseminti or ssementi (n/n) \jtng.l cement. ssemufu (la) dead person (the name of a children's game). Nnali nzannya ssemufu. I was pretending/joking cf. Ifa , -fu, omufu. ssemukkuto (la) kind of insect resembling a cricket which emits a burning secretion. ssema- added to the stem of a preceding noun signifies enormous size importance, etc. olutindo ssematindo, a huge bridge, ekisobyo ssemasobyo, a great blunder, olutalo ssematalo, a terrific battle/wa ssemaka (la) householder head of a household. cf. amaka. ssemanda (la) from manda charcoal. Formerly a title of the kabaka. It is used in the expression Ssemanda, agamenya em- bazzi n'okugiyunga, charcoal, that w ssemirindi (la) kind of bird small cormorant. cf. sseddindi. ssempala (la) the poor man the poor fellow. cf. Innampala. ssempappe (la) rascal ruffian; offensivly pushy person. ssemutundu (n/n) kind of large catfish Bagrus docmac.