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capati capati n pancake, chapati; thin, flat, round cake made from wheat flour by frying both sides 5.2.3.4 Prepared food
caayi caayi n 1 Tea bush; whose crushed leaves are drunk in hot water sp. Thea ( Camellia ) sinensis fam. Theaceae 5.2.3.6 Beverage 1.5.2 Bush, shrub 5.2.3.1.4 Food from leaves 2 tea; drink made by mixing hot water with crushed leaves of the tea plant 5.2.3.6 Beverage 3 Metaphor. bribe; money or presents given by s.b. who would like s.t. special done in his favour 6.8.9.5 Bribe
ce adj quiet Abasomi ni bahola ebigezo esomero liba ce. When the students sit for the examinations, the school remains very quiet. 2.3.2.5 Quiet 3.5.1.1.5 Say nothing
cehyo var. cehyo ehyene interj that’s it; exactly Hunamuheese ni hugobola, mbo? Ohugaluhamo: cehyo. We shall greet him on our way back, not so? Reply: Exactly. Cehyo nga ndʼolu olomire; ebiri konʼebiri jiba ene. Exactly as you said; two and two make four. 9.6.3.2 Markers of emphasis 8.1.5.8 Exact 3.3.3.4 Insist 9.6.3.5 Markers of identificational and explanatory clauses
cesooko adv first; aspiring to excel or lead Cesooko ohuŋwa hu goolo yino ohwola hu yira. Let us find out who will be first if we run from this goal post to the opposite one. 8.1.1.1.1 One 8.1.1.2 Ordinal numbers 7.2.5.1 Go first 8.4.5.1.2 First
cesule cesule n Long-crested Eagle; bird of prey of the eagle family that has a long crest on its head sp. Lophaetus occipitalis 1.6.1.2 Bird
cikumi num one hundred; quantity of ten times ten 8.1.1.1 Cardinal numbers cikumi muganyasi num Idiom. quantity that is uncountable 8.1.3.1 Many, much 8.1.2 Count
cumbi cumbi n salt; white substance that is added to food to make it savoury or to preserve it 5.2.3.3 Cooking ingredients 5.2.3.3.2 Salt
cwada cwada n cassava; food crop that is grown by stem cuttings, its leaves are eaten as sauce and its roots are chewed raw, cooked or dried and ground into flour for making posho 6.2.1.2.2 Growing cassava 5.2.3.1.5 Food from roots 1.5.3 Grass, herb, vine
cwi var. bbe cwi adv completely; s.t. given out is said to be exhausted when it is completely finished ŋano omwenge guli bbe cwicwicwi. Here the beer is all exhausted. 8.4.6.1.2 Stop something 8.1.6 Whole, complete 6.1.2.3.5 Complete, finish 8.4.6.1.3 End 9.3.2 Completely