Lugungu Dictionary Sep 2012

ku̱sabiṟi ̱iṟya
2 • pray; speak to God, esp. to give
thanks or ask for help. Syn: kulaama.
ku̱sabiṟi̱iṟya v. beg; keep on
roaming around different people
asking to be given free things.
kusab̯wa v. be requested, asked; be
informed before s.t. is done in order
to get permission.
kusaba kwikirizib̯wa v. ask
permission.
kusabira v. wish s.b. fortune or
misfortune.
kusabira mu̱gi ̱sa v. bless.
Syn: kulaamira mu̱gi̱sa.
kusabirana v. share; jointly use things,
due to generosity.
kusabbula v. tear or break off a piece of
food, e.g., meat, cake or chapatti.
kusadamuka v. 1 • talk in a very
uncontrolled loose manner.
Syn: ku̱gu̱gu̱muḵa, kubalisib̯wa,
ku̱hu̱ru̱muḵa.
2 • lack self-control. Syn: ku̱horoza,
kujagaara, ku̱gu̱gu̱muḵa.
kusagika v. See main entry: kuheega.
kusahula v. grab, snatch; quickly and
forcibly pull s.t. e.g., out of a dangerous
situation like a fire. Syn: kunyaga.
kusaja v. become very fat, esp. a bull.
kusajahara v. become an expert.
kusaka v. search; hunt for information or
news with keen interest.
kusala 1 v. judge; decide between
different things, e.g., to judge a music
competition.
kusala magezi ̱ v. seek advice;
devise all ways and means to ensure
that you have done what you want
to do.
kusalamu v. decide between
different things.
kusala 2 v. 1 • cut; use a sharp instrument
to divide s.t.
kusambiirayo
2 • slaughter; kill by cutting at the neck.
Syn: kukinja.
kusalwa v. be cut.
kusalamu v. cancel an event; decide
that s.t. that had been arranged will
not now take place.
kwesalaho v. 1 • Metaphor.
disassociate; say or do s.t. to show
that you are not connected with or
do not support s.b. or s.t.
Syn: kwenoba, kugungumara,
kwesoroora, kwebagaani̱a,
kwahukana, kwetongoola, kwenuga,
kwezahula, kwegunga.
2 • Metaphor. dodge, avoid s.b. so
that you don’t have to help them,
deal with them or have a friendly
relationship with them.
Syn: kwetoolaho.
kusala kiḇbiḻa v. sacrifice; perform
a traditional ritual that collects the
clansmen at s.b.’s family in order to
sacrifice for the dead ancestors.
Syn: kudya kiḇbiḻa.
kusala misabi v. incise; cut the
skin slightly using a razor blade so
as to rub in local medicine.
Syn: kusindaga.
musala bisolo Pl: basala bisolo.
n. butcher; s.b. whose job is
slaughtering animals and selling
meat. Syn: mu̱kiṉjaagi̱.
kusamba v. kick.
kusambagana v. kick repeatedly.
kusamba kiṉyege v. perform a
traditional type of dance.
kusambatula v. hit s.b., usually
very hard, esp. by kicking them.
kusambira v. return, retreat, back off;
cancel out from a journey you had
planned to take or to retreat before
reaching where you had been going.
kusambiira Var: kusambaganiira. v.
oppress s.b. and not let them exercise
their rights and freedoms.
kusambiirayo v. stop at a certain point
and not go any further.
Syn: kukuubiirayo.
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