Lugungu Dictionary Sep 2012

kwesoboorangana
taken against you.
Syn: kwetongonaho, kwelwanaho.
kwesoboorangana v. introduce
each other; when people who have
met together tell each other their
names, etc. Syn: kwerangirangana.
kusodoka v. hop; jump on one leg.
kusogora v. kick s.b. hard in annoyance.
kusoka v. 1 • pump; put pressure into s.t.
like a ball or tube using a pump.
2 • overload, pack in too much; put
more of s.t. into a container than that
container can carry.
kusokodola v. make s.t. hollow.
kusokota 1 v. act harshly.
kusokota 2 v. roll a cigarette into the
shape of a tube before smoking.
kusoma 1 v. read, study, learn; look at
and understand the meaning of written
or printed words. Syn: kupena, kwega.
kusoma maapu v. study a given
map.
kusomeera mulimo v. specialise
in one work.
kusoma 2 v. 1 • peck; when a bird uses its
beak to eat s.t. or make s.t. feel pain.
2 • drink soup.
kusomba v. transport.
kusomoka 1 v. escape; get away from a
place where you have been detained.
Syn: kucwa, kweziḇa, kulwotoka,
kutoroka, ku̱syera.
kusomokamu v. withdraw, resign;
stop being part of an activity or
being a member of a given
organization.
kusungura
kusomoka 2 v. fix s.t. into s.t. else.
Syn: ku̱suḇba.
kusomola v. 1 • untie; undo s.t. that is
tied. Syn: kukusula.
2 • undress; take off s.t. that you are
wearing.
kusorokana v. conduct a religious
convention; run a large meeting of
Christians.
kusoroora v. 1 • select; choose s.b. or s.t.
carefully from many people or things.
Syn: kukoma.
2 • classify.
3 • discriminate, segregate, isolate;
separate people for a reason, esp. due to
religion, language, race, etc.
Syn: kwahu̱kani̱a, kugoobeera, kutonda,
kutongoola.
kwesoroora v. isolate yourself; be
disunited due to not wanting to be
together with others. Syn: kwenoba,
kugungumara, kwebagaani̱a,
kwahukana, kwetongoola, kwenuga,
kwesalaho, kwezahula, kwegunga.
kusoroorwa v. be isolated, removed
from others remaining lonely
without much contact with other
people.
kusorooza v. collect, gather, bring
things together from different people or
places. Syn: kucooka.
kwesorooza v. gather; assemble
together in one place with others.
kusooba v. tiptoe, sneak; walk very
quietly, slowly and lightly so that you
can either catch s.t. or avoid being
heard.
kusukusa v. pod; remove husks or shells
from groundnuts, beans, peas etc. by
hitting.
kusuna v. pinch; tightly bring together
two fingernails on the skin resulting in a
feeling of pain.
kusunga v. be a spectator.
kusungura v. press the womb, so that a
pregnant woman lies on her back in
order to put the womb in its proper
position.
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