Lugungu Dictionary Sep 2012

kwetomera
2 • Metaphor. conflict with each
other; be in conflict by backbiting
s.b. with whom you are working or
staying.
kwetomera v. hit; knock a part of
your body against s.t.
kutomerana Pl: kutomerana. n.
collision.
kutona v. serve food; put cooked food in
a plate when it is ready for eating.
Syn: kwihula.
kutonda v. 1 • list; mention or include
s.t. in a list. Syn: ku̱sorongya.
2 • discriminate; treat one person or
group better than another in an unfair
way. Syn: kugoobeera, kusoroora,
kutongoola, kwahu̱kani̱a.
kutondoola v. 1 • skin, peel; remove
the skin or a shell from s.t., esp. fruit.
2 • scrape; remove maize grains from a
maize cob.
kutonga v. recall a loan; ask s.b. for
what he owes you.
kutongwa v. owe; be indebted to
s.b.
kutongona Var: kutongana. v. plead a
case; state that you are not guilty.
kutongoneera v. 1 • advocate,
plead on behalf and support or
speak for s.b. in order to defend that
person against a case.
2 • intercede.
3 • claim.
kwetongonaho
Var: kwetonganaho. v. defend,
protect yourself against verbal
accusations, esp. in a court of law.
Syn: kwesobooraho, kwelwanaho.
kwetoolaho
kutongoola v. set apart, isolate; separate
s.t. or s.b. from the rest due to
uniqueness. Syn: kusoroora, kugoobeera,
kutonda, kwahu̱kani̱a.
ku̱tongoolya v. specify.
kwetongoola v. isolate yourself
from the many and place yourself in
a unique state. Syn: kwenoba,
kugungumara, kwesoroora,
kwebagaani̱a, kwahukana, kwenuga,
kwesalaho, kwezahula, kwegunga.
kutongooza v. officially launch s.t.
kutontoloma Var: kutontoroma. v.
complain; say that you are annoyed,
unhappy or not satisfied about s.t.
Syn: kutuuruuma.
kutoroka From: Kiswahili. v. escape;
move away from s.b. to a hidden place
due to the wrong you have done or in
order to prevent danger. Syn: kweziḇa,
kulwotoka, kucwa, kusomoka, ku̱syera.
kutorooga v. 1 • produce a stillbirth or
miscarriage, when an animal is born
dead.
2 • give birth prematurely; when an
animal bears its young before the
normal time of the pregnancy.
kutoobboola v. gut a fish; remove
intestines from fish.
kutoodira v. toddle; walk with short,
unsteady steps, esp. a young child who
has just learnt to walk.
kutoola Var: kutoolamu; kutoolamwo.
v. get, remove, eliminate, take away,
pick s.t. and take it elsewhere,
separating it from others.
kutoolaho v. subtract; take a
number or an amount away from
another number or amount.
kutoolayo mei ̱so v. avert your
eyes, look away.
kwetoolaho v. 1 • Metaphor.
disassociate; say or do s.t. to show
that you are not connected with or
do not support s.b.
2 • Metaphor. do s.t. in order to avoid
being blamed or as a pretext of
avoiding being blamed.
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