Lugungu Dictionary Sep 2012

How to use the dictionary
This Lugungu dictionary is in two parts. The first part is arranged alphabetically
according to Lugungu words and gives definitions in English. The second part of
the dictionary is arranged alphabetically according to English words and gives
Lugungu equivalents.
Because the main purpose of this dictionary is to serve as a reference guide to the
meanings of Lugungu words, you will find that the Lugungu-to-English part is
larger than the English Index. This main part of the dictionary has definitions of
6677 Lugungu words. Use this part to find the meaning or spelling of a Lugungu
word.
The English Index contains 7278 English words and gives simple translation
equivalents in Lugungu. You will not find definitions in the English Index. Use the
English Index if you know an English word and want to find which Lugungu words
have similar meanings. You can then look up those words in the Lugungu-to-
English part of the dictionary where you will find more complete information.
There are 37 letters:
The Lugungu alphabet
a aa b b̯ bb c d e ee f g h i ii i ̱ i ̱i̱ j k l m n ngh ny o oo p r s t u uu u̱ u̱u̱ v w y z
The Lugungu-to-English part of the dictionary is arranged alphabetically according
to the above order.
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The parts of a dictionary entry
A simple entry has three parts.
First is the Lugungu headword.
This begins each entry and is
shown in bold type. Second is the
grammatical part of speech which
is shown in an abbreviated form
in italic type. (See the List of
Abbreviations page where these
are expanded). Third is the
definition which shows the
meaning of the Lugungu
headword in English. In many of
the definitions there are a number