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wambaatira (-wambaatidde

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Meaning

mpambaatidde) v.tr. hug to oneself; embrace; clutch; hold tight to.

wambaatira (-wambaatidde, mpambaatidde) v.tr. hug to oneself; embrace; clutch; hold tight to.

Related Words
wamba (-wambye mpambye) v.tr. take prisoner; capture; confiscate; commandeer, appropriate; reserve (an item for purchase), ask a merchant to set wambaatiza (-wambaatizizza) v.tr. caus. cause to embrace etc. wambajja (-wambazze mpambazze) v.i. wander around in distress. wambatana (-wambatanye mpambatanye) also wambagatana v.i. be loaded down with, carry (something which completely fills one's arms). wambazza (-wambazzizza) v.tr. caus. cause to wander banish. Yayita wano jjo ng'ennaku zigenda zimuwambazza. He passed here yesterday in a very distressed/ distraught frame of mind. wamberi adv. CSzn.D in front cf. mberi. wambibwa (-wambiddwa) v.i. pass be captured, etc. wambira (-wambidde) v.tr. appl. capture/ reserve for/at/in etc. wambiriza (-wambirizza) v.tr. appl. caus. cause to get stuck in etc. wambuka (-wambuse mpambuse) v.i. run off, abscond (secretly, as a thief or a person fleeing something undesirable; illicitly, as a woman running off wambuuza (la) jukebox lit., you greeted me. The word is derived from the title of a popular song. wambya (-wambizza) wambisa (-wambisizza) v.tr. caus. 1 & 2 cause to capture, etc.; capture by means of. cf. omuwambi, omuwambe, omuwambo.