Lugungu Dictionary Sep 2012

kutamu maani
kutamu maani Var: kutamu
biẖiḵa. v. encourage; give s.b.
support, courage or hope, or to
persuade s.b. to do s.t. by making it
easier for them and making them
believe it is a good thing to do.
Syn: kwekambi̱sya, kwiṟyamu maani.
kutab̯ura Var: kutab̯u-tab̯ura; kutabatab̯ura.
v. 1 • stir, combine, mix up s.t.
into another thing usually in a way that
means it cannot easily be separated
again, e.g., when preparing porridge or
stew.
2 • cause a commotion, chaos; make s.b.
become rough or violent.
3 • disorganise; upset s.t. that had been
properly arranged or was calm.
kutab̯urwa-tab̯urwa v. be
confused.
kutab̯uka v. become upset, angry,
violent or to feel disappointment.
kutab̯uka-tab̯uka v. be in
disorder; misunderstandings and
commotion, e.g., in a family,
organization, country, etc.
kwetab̯ura v. get combined, mixed
up.
kutagata From: Runyoro. v. 1 • become
warm. Syn: kuhyoha.
2 • Metaphor. become excited.
Syn: kuhyoha.
ku̱tagatya v. warm; heat s.t. to a
moderate temperature, neither hot or
cold, e.g., sauce, tea or bathing
water. Syn: ku̱hyohya.
kutaha v. fetch, draw water; get s.t. from
somewhere, esp. a liquid, using a
container such as a mug, gourd, pot, etc.
kutakula 1 v. provoke, disturb, harass;
say or do s.t. that you know will annoy
s.b. so that they react in an angry way.
Syn: kwagaaga, kwendereerya,
ku̱sodokani̱a, ku̱toolyaho, kwembemba.
kutakula 2 v. search for s.t. by jumbling
or mixing up things.
kutalibana v. try, but fail; struggle to do
s.t. with little or no success.
Syn: kwenyamula.
kutangiza
kutalibaniza v. disturb, bother;
interrupt the peace of s.b. Syn: ku̱gadya.
kutalika v. smoke food; cook without
water, e.g., fish, meat, on a piece of
wire netting to prevent it from going
bad or to bring a special taste.
kutama v. disgust; cause s.b. to be
sickened by s.t.
kutamwa v. become disgusted,
sickened.
kutamba v. cure, treat; give medical
care to an illness, injury or pain.
Syn: ku̱honi̱a.
kutambwa v. be treated medically.
kutambaluka v. cross over; go across
to another place. Syn: kucwa.
kutambula v. move in a relaxed mood.
kutambura v. donate, give free fish or
meat to s.b. so they can cook.
Syn: kuzama.
kwetambura v. ask for free fish or
meat in order to cook.
kutamiira v. become drunk; by drinking
so much alcohol or by taking narcotic
drugs that one is unable to think or
speak properly.
ku̱tami ̱iṟya v. intoxicate; make s.b.
or an animal drunk.
kutana v. be busy; when a market full of
people and goods.
kutandika v. begin, commence; start
doing s.t. Syn: kubengira, kusetula.
kutandikamu v. start again;
continue from where you stopped.
kutandikiraho v. start instantly; do
s.t. there and then without waiting
even a minute.
ku̱tandiḵi ̱sya v. launch, initiate; be
the first to do s.t.
ku̱tandiḵi ̱syaho v. generate.
kutanga v. 1 • stop; make s.t. or s.b. no
longer continue moving.
2 • refuse permission for a wife to go
back to her family in order to force her
husband to pay the remaining part of a
dowry that is owed.
kutangiza v. prevent, stop; keep s.b.
from doing s.t. or s.t. from happening.
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