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ssendwe

Luganda → English

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Meaning

(la or n/n) post supporting the roof of a hut; fig. thing of no importance; insignificant person. cf. akasendwe.

ssendwe (la or n/n) post supporting the roof of a hut; fig. thing of no importance; insignificant person. cf. akasendwe.

Related Words
ssenkaggale (la) formidable/forceful/domineering/self-willed person. ssennenge no plur. (la) barbed wire. ssennyiga (la) cold in the head. ssentala (la) official in charge of a marketplace. One of his chief duties is the collecting of dues from the owners of various stalls. ssenero e- (li/ma) place for brewing, brewery; place where drinks are stored, cf. sena, senera, omusenero. ssenga (la) maternal aunt. The possessive endings may be suffixed directly to the word ssengange (ssejinange), ssengaawo, ssengaawe; ssengaffe, ssengammwe, ssengaabwe = my aunt, your aunt, his/her aunt, etc. ssengavuddemu ngazzeemu noun phrase lit. I-have-left-it-I-have-gone-back-into-it (-ga- implies amazzi, water). Okukola kino kwe kujja okubeera ssengavuddemu ngazzeemu ssengejjero e- (li/ma) place where straining and filtering take place (usually for the purpose of making beer), cf. sengejja. ssenke (li/ma) kind of grass used for thatching and for brewing cf. olusenke. ssente e- (n/n) {Eng. ] arch. cent, current, in the plur. money, kugwa ssente, to become bankrupt; to go broke. ssentebe (la) chairman cf. entebe.