Lugungu Dictionary Sep 2012

ku̱poolookya
ku̱poolookya v. make s.b. struggle;
make it difficult for s.b. to do s.t. or
to achieve s.t.
kupuutiika Var: kufuutiika. v. heap;
put a lot of things in an untidy pile.
Syn: kutuuma.
kupyetula v. Taboo. defecate; get rid of
faeces through the anus. Syn: ku̱ni̱a.
kurabaho v. by-pass or pass over s.t. and
leave it behind or aside. Syn: kwakala.
kurabira v. pass via.
kurabamu v. 1 • achieve; do s.t. and
succeed.
2 • move, pass, walk through s.t.
from this end to the other end.
3 • revise; look again at work that
you have done.
kuraba mu kintu v. experience
s.t., undergo.
ku̱rabya v. pass s.t. from one person
to another.
ku̱rabyaho v. 1 • help s.b. to be
successful in a competition,
interview, examination, etc.
2 • defraud, deceive.
ku̱rabyaho biragiro v. legislate;
make and pass laws.
ku̱rabyamu mei̱so Lit: pass the
eyes v. scan; skim, glance over s.t.
quickly but not very carefully in
order to get its rough picture.
kurabanganamwo v. intersect, go
through.
kurabarab̯wa v. be unstable; like a
mad person when you are not settled in
the brain.
akurab̯waho Pl: bakurab̯waho.
n. mentally disturbed person, insane
person, mad person.
Syn: mugweiraru.
kurabiraho v. pass by, call on, visit
briefly; drop in on s.b. for a while
during a journey.
kurab̯waho v. be crazy, mad.
Syn: kuraruka, ku̱gweiṟaru̱,
kuhungutuka.
kuraga v. say farewell, goodbye; word
used when leaving each other in order
to wish s.b. well.
kuranga bya b̯u̱su̱u̱b̯u̱zi̱
kuraga mu̱seeri ̱ v. discharge s.b.;
tell a patient to leave a hospital
ward and go home. Syn: kusiib̯ura
mu̱seeri̱.
kuragana v. 1 • make an arrangement to
meet or visit s.b. at a particular time,
esp. for a reason connected with work.
2 • promise; give s.b. hope or tell s.b.
that you will do or will not do s.t.
kuragira v. order, command; tell s.b. to
do s.t. esp. from a position of authority.
kuragirwa v. be ordered,
commanded, be told by s.b. who is
in authority to do s.t. that you
cannot refuse.
kuragiira v. 1 • show, instruct; let s.b.
watch you doing s.t. to point to it or
explain it. Syn: kwolokya, kuhemba.
2 • direct; tell or show s.b. how to get to
somewhere. Syn: kwolokereerya.
3 • introduce; make s.b. learn about s.t.
or do s.t. for the first time.
Syn: kwolokya.
kuragura v. foretell, prophesy, divine;
find out and say what will happen in the
future, esp. said by s.b. with religious or
magic powers.
kuraguza v. employ a witchdoctor.
kurahira v. swear; raise up the Bible or
say the name of s.b. to make a promise
or to show that you are telling the truth.
kuraka v. do s.t. in a hurry.
kuramaga v. attack, invade; use
weapons such as guns, bombs, etc.
against an enemy in war.
kurambiika v. straighten, arrange or
lay things down in a straight line.
Syn: kugoora, kudambula, kunuguura,
ku̱terekereerya.
kwerambiika v. lie down straight
with the arms relaxed and at ease.
Syn: kulaala.
kuranda v. plane; make a piece of timber
smooth using a plane.
kuranga 1 v. 1 • report.
2 • introduce; talk about s.b. or to show
him to those who do not know him.
kuranga bya b̯u̱su̱u̱b̯u̱zi̱ v.
advertise.
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