Lugungu Dictionary Sep 2012

kuranga hasyanu̱
kuranga hasyanu̱ v. make a
public announcement. Syn: ku̱ti̱mba.
kweranga v. formally introduce a
bridegroom to his future in-laws by
paying some kind of introductory
fee or dowry. Syn: kwanjura.
kwerangirangana v. introduce
each other; tell each other their
names, etc. Syn: kwesoboorangana.
kuranga 2 v. praise; express approval or
admiration.
kuranga 3 v. report a crime. Syn: kulega.
kurangiira 1 v. announce.
kurangiira 2 v. give up; stop trying to do
s.t.
kuranguha Var: kwanguha. v. move
fast.
kuraranga v. disseminate; spread
widely, of news.
ku̱rarangya bya magu̱li̱ v.
advertise.
kuraruka v. be crazy, mad.
Syn: kurab̯waho, ku̱gweiṟaru̱,
kuhungutuka.
kurawarawa v. 1 • be stubborn.
Syn: kuharangana.
2 • Metaphor. be sexually promiscuous;
be a prostitute. Syn: kukora b̯wenzi̱,
kwendye-ndya, kutaaruuka, kuraaya,
kub̯unga, ku̱gu̱suḵa-gu̱su̱ka, kukora
ikunzi.
kuraama v. eat only sauce without any
food to accompany the sauce, e.g.
posho, rice, cassava, etc.
kuraamura v. 1 • bargain, discuss
between a buyer and a seller about the
price of s.t. Syn: kupatana.
2 • arbitrate; separate or come to the
rescue of those who are fighting or who
are in an argument.
kuraaya v. Taboo. be sexually
promiscuous; like a prostitute.
Syn: kwendye-ndya, kutaaruuka,
kub̯unga, kurawarawa, kukora b̯wenzi̱,
ku̱gu̱suḵa-gu̱suḵa, kukora ikunzi.
kurodoka v. leap; jump like a frog.
kurodoma v. fall while seated or
squatting.
kusaba
kuroha v. become exhausted; get
extremely tired and be without energy at
all.
kuronza v. track, trace; search for s.t.
following a track or footprints.
kurooba v. pass over; go around or avoid
a place.
kuroobeera v. move around or
beside s.t. stationery following
where it passes.
kuroopa v. whip; hit s.b. or an animal
hard with a long thin piece of stick, rope
or leather, etc., as a punishment or to
make them go faster or work harder.
Syn: kuhara, kujwata, kuswanyura,
kukaalula.
kuruga v. come from.
kurugamu Var: kurugamwo. v.
result in.
kurugaho Var: kurugahoona. v.
1 • leave a place, a job, a person, a
group, etc. and go somewhere else.
2 • stop trying to do s.t.
3 • be contented with s.b.’s quality, trait,
etc.
kurugira v. result in, lead to; happen
because of s.t. else that happened first.
kurugiza v. make way for s.b. or give
s.b. his peace. Syn: ku̱bi̱sya.
kurugwaho v. lose; misplace s.t.
Syn: kuguma, ku̱syereerya.
kurugwamu v. cause a particular result
or effect.
kuruka v. give or bestow a nickname.
Syn: kusinda.
kurumiriza v. condemn; express very
strong disapproval. Syn: kwama,
kujumiira, kutokeera, kubyokeera,
ku̱honereerya, ku̱siṉgi̱sya musangu.
kurunga v. crush, pulverise, pound,
mash, grind; break s.t. into very small
pieces or into powdery form.
Syn: kuswaswana.
kurungi adv. well, effectively.
kurwatuka v. See main entry:
kubbalula.
kusaba v. 1 • ask, request, demand; tell
s.b. to give you s.t.
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