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busuti

busuti noun: a long dress worn by women in Uganda.

Noun

busuti (plural busutis)

  1. A long dress worn by women in Uganda.
    • The women had stuck to their busutis, billowing, clumsy dresses introduced by nineteenth-century priggish missionaries who were absolutely incompetent dress makers.1982, Feli Okoboi, The Eternal Problem, page 39

Forms of busuti

pluralbusutis

Questions about busuti

What does busuti mean?
Busuti means a long dress worn by women in Uganda.
What part of speech is busuti?
Busuti is a noun.
What is the plural of busuti?
The plural of busuti is busutis.

Words near busuti in the dictionary

  1. Bustuchin
  2. busty
  3. Busuanga
  4. busulfan
  5. busulphan
  6. busuti
  7. busutis
  8. Busuu
  9. busuuti
  10. busuutis
  11. busway

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