Lugungu Dictionary Sep 2012

kukwenya
kukwenya v. become pale; have dull or
dry skin. Syn: kuḵonkomoka.
kukyatuuka v. See main entry:
kusyotooka.
kukyekyemuka v. laugh extremely
loudly and continuously.
kukyena v. curse; wish evil, calamity,
destruction or injury on s.b.
Syn: kujuma.
kulagalika v. drop; for fruit or a crop to
fall on the ground due to over ripeness
from not being picked.
kulalika v. be ordered to do s.t.,
especially by an authority. Syn: kweta.
kulamba v. admonish; advise strongly.
Syn: kuhana, kuha magezi̱, kuhab̯ura,
kuhanulira, ku̱kengesya, kuteereera.
kulanda v. creep; spread, of a plant that
grows up along s.t. else or that grows
dragging itself on the ground.
kulanga v. 1 • plait, braid, weave or twist
hair into a fashionable style.
2 • braid, interlace; make a rope.
kulanga bihanda v. braid hair;
twist it in a style of pieces woven
like a rope.
kulanga biṯu̱u̱tu̱ v. braid hair;
twist round braids on the head.
kulasa v. 1 • shoot a bullet, a stone, etc. in
order to harm s.b. or s.t.
2 • hurl, throw; project or propel s.t.
with great force through the air by a
sudden jerk or straightening of the arm.
Syn: ku̱mi̱i̱sa.
kulaala v. lie; flatten yourself in a
horizontal position, e.g., on a bed, a
mat, etc. Syn: kwerambiika.
kulaalira v. lie on.
ku̱laalya v. take s.b. who is dozing
or who is asleep to bed so that he
sleeps properly.
kulaala bakaabandi v. engage in
adultery.
kulaala nowona v. be sleepless;
have insomnia for the whole night.
kulaalirwa maaci v. have a
hangover; feel headache or sick due
to having taken too much alcohol
the previous day.
kwerema
kulaaliira v. ambush; hide and wait
for s.b. or an animal in order to
suddenly attack him or it.
kulaama v. 1 • pray and hope very much
that s.t. will happen. Syn: kusaba.
2 • talk to spirits.
3 • forestall; try to prevent bad luck
from happening to s.b.
kulaamira mu̱gi ̱sa v. bless.
Syn: kusabira mu̱gi̱sa.
kulega v. report a crime; tell a concerned
person s.t. bad that s.b. has done.
Syn: kuranga.
kuleka v. leave, abandon s.t. or s.b.;
move away from a place and slightly
shift some where else.
kulekaho v. stop doing s.t.
kulekeera v. ignore, abandon;
neglect s.t. resulting in its gradual
depreciation. Syn: kugumirisana,
kunuga.
kwelekesya v. forego; decide not to
have or do s.t. that you would like
to have or do.
kuleka musiri gwiṟye v. leave
fallow; abandon a garden for some
time so that the soil regains
nutrients.
kulekera v. exempt; decide and let s.b.
take s.t. that you would not have let him
take.
kulekwa v. be pardoned, forgiven,
freed, exempted from a financial
obligation, for a legal case, or for
your mistakes.
kulema 1 v. 1 • be unavailable.
2 • be difficult.
kulemwa v. fail, be defeated; do s.t.
without succeeding.
kulema 2 v. govern, rule, manage; show
authority in order to lead people in a
place, a country, etc. Syn: kufuga.
kwerema v. 1 • be independent;
when s.b. has the freedom to
organize thier own life, make thier
own decisions, etc without needing
help from others.
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