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ttu

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Meaning

e- (li/ma) small package/packet. Kiri mu ttu, kimanyibwa nnyini kyo. (prov.) What is in the packet is known (only) by the owner of it. cf. akattu.

ttu, e- (li/ma) small package/packet. Kiri mu ttu, kimanyibwa nnyini kyo. (prov.) What is in the packet is known (only) by the owner of it. cf. akattu.

Related Words
tarpaulin ekiguniya, ettundubaali. teetula var. of ttettula q.v. thick nene, gazi, a mubiri munene, a kipempe; (of vegetation, etc.) ziivu; (smoke) vide okuttunka. thrash okukuba, okwasanguza, okubattula, okuwa emiggo. tip n., ensonda, akasassa, akadondi, akasongezo, ettutu; (gift) ekirabo. ttettula (-ttettudde) v.tr. cut cutup (e.g., meat); detail; enumerate. ttettulira (-ttettulidde) v.tr. appl. relate tell to. Nnaamuttettulira ebyantuukako. I related to him what had happened to me. ttugunda e- (li/ma) edible fruit of the mu- Lngu.ma tree, q.v. ttukiza (-ttukizza) v.tr. appl. caus. revive make occur again; repeat. Attukizza oluyombo. He has reopened the quarrel. ttula (-ttudde nzitudde) v.tr. do again; repeat; revive, contract again (e.g., an illness). ttula (-ttudde nzitudde) v.tr. beat patterns into barkcloth with a finely grooved mallet. This is the last of a series of processes in making bar ttulikirannyindo e- (li/ma) kind of insect which is thought to enter the nose and cause very unpleasant effects.