omugga
التعريفات والمعاني
== Luganda ==
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /omuɡːá/
=== Noun ===
omugga (class II, plural emigga, base state mugga, plural base state migga)
river, large stream
Abavubi basuula obutimba mu mugga. ― The fishermen cast [their] nets in the river.
swamp
well (hole dug in the ground for water)
Abawala bagenda ku mugga okukima amazzi. ― The girls go to the well to fetch water.
Lwaki obuuza ligenda mugga? ― Why are you asking the obvious? (literally, “Why are you asking [the way] to the well?”)
=== References ===
Snoxall, R. A. (1967), Luganda-English Dictionary - with an Introduction on the Tonal System, United Kingdom: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 213
Murphy, John D. (1972), Luganda-English Dictionary, United States: The Catholic University of America Press, →ISBN, page 354