ekirawuli
التعريفات والمعاني
== Luganda ==
=== Etymology ===
Borrowed from Swahili bilauri, from Arabic بِلَّوْر (billawr). The word has been interpreted as the class IV plural base state (birawuli), which the singular has been derived via back-formation.
=== Noun ===
ekirawuli (class IV, plural ebirawuli, base state kirawuli, plural base state birawuli)
glass shade (of a lamp or light)
(archaic) drinking glass, tumbler
Synonym: ggiraasi
==== References ====
Snoxall, R. A. (1967), Luganda-English Dictionary - with an Introduction on the Tonal System, United Kingdom: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 139
Murphy, John D. (1972), Luganda-English Dictionary, United States: The Catholic University of America Press, →ISBN, page 201