Lugungu Dictionary Sep 2012

kutema-tema
2 • remove cassava or sweet potatoes
from the garden after they mature.
kutema-tema v. cut into pieces; use
a sharp instrument to repeatedly
separate s.t.
kutemaho v. cut off a piece from s.t.
kutemamu v. divide up.
kutema ki ̱iṉa v. dig a hole.
Syn: kwemba, kulima ki̱iṉa.
kutemagana v. be very smart, goodlooking,
neat, clean. Syn: kukuca,
kumyangarasana.
kutemba 1 v. climb; go up a mountain or
hill.
ku̱tembya v. 1 • lift, raise, put s.t.
up.
2 • Metaphor. promote; raise an
employee to a higher rank.
Syn: ku̱handya.
kwetembya v. Metaphor. brag,
boast; put yourself at a higher
standard that you have not yet
reached.
kwetembeekya v. 1 • climb very
high up into or on s.t. e.g., on the
highest part of a tree.
2 • climb; the act of a small child
playfully climbing on s.b. especially
their parents.
kutemba 2 v. Taboo. have sexual relations
with s.b., of a man. Syn: kucuga,
ku̱gambya, kugosa.
kutemba kwa mihendu v. See main
entry: muhendu.
kutemula v. tear; destroy s.t. due to
pulling it apart or due to over using it.
kuteeka
kutemuka v. 1 • become torn;
damage s.t. due to pulling it apart or
to overuse.
2 • Metaphor. be apart; not be
together.
kutemwa-temwa v. feel pins and
needles in the body; feel a tingling
sensation.
kutenda v. praise; express approval or
admiration. Syn: kuṟamya, kucaka,
kuhaariiza, kukugiza, kunyumiza,
kupaaka, kutumbula.
kutendeka v. train; teach people a
particular skill.
kutengeera v. Taboo. arouse sexually.
kutengeeta v. be shaken; be moved
with short quick movements from side
to side or up and down.
Syn: ku̱ziṉgiẕiḵa.
ku̱tengeetya v. shake; make s.t.
move with short quick movements
from side to side or up and down.
Syn: ku̱cu̱kya, ku̱ziṉgi̱iẕya.
kuterekera v. put food in a cooking
utensil when you are about to cook it.
kuterekeera v. 1 • go straight, directly;
move in a straight line or in one
direction.
2 • Metaphor. live a straight honest
honourable life.
ku̱terekereerya v. 1 • straighten;
unbend s.t. Syn: kugoora,
kudambula, kurambiika, kunuguura.
2 • Metaphor. correct, put right; iron
out a mistake. Syn: ku̱niẖiṟi̱iṟya.
3 • order, line up; arrange things in a
straight line as per their sequence.
kuteeba 1 Var: kuteebeereza. v.
1 • guess, conjecture, suppose, surmise;
utter out this and that in order to arrive
to a correct thing, when you are not sure
about it. Syn: ku̱pi̱ma, ku̱cu̱uẖya.
2 • imagine; form a picture in your mind
of what s.t. might be like. Syn: ku̱pi̱ma,
ku̱hiẖiṟi̱iṟya.
kuteeba 2 v. score; gain points in a game.
kuteeka 1 v. 1 • become calm; move from
being stormy to calming down.
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