Lugungu Dictionary Sep 2012

ku̱donga
ku̱donga v. beat heavily; hit very hard
so as to inflict a lot of pain.
Syn: ku̱diḵya, kuẖorongya, kusinyontola,
kubbarangura, kubbalula.
ku̱dooseni ̱a v. be set, ready, punctual;
be at the exact time for which s.t.
should be done.
ku̱doosereerya v. fulfil; keep a
promise or do what you are expected of
in time.
ku̱doosya 1 v. deliver; take s.t. or s.b.
somewhere.
ku̱doosya 2 conj. until; up to the point in
time of the event mentioned.
Syn: kutuusa, mpaka.
ku̱du̱ku̱la v. hit; strike s.t. very strongly.
Syn: kukubba.
ku̱du̱ndu̱u̱ka v. 1 • fly; move in space
or air.
2 • hurry; move extremely quickly.
n. Pl: ku̱du̱ndu̱u̱ka. flight.
ku̱du̱u̱pa v. 1 • persuade, convince; use
attractive words to make s.b. do s.t. that
you want.
2 • seduce; when a man uses convincing
words towards a woman so that she
gives in to him.
ku̱du̱u̱piṟa v. persuade another on
behalf of s.b.; use attractive words
to convince s.b. to assist your friend
so that your friend gets what he
wants from that person.
ku̱du̱u̱ra v. look down on, demean; put
down your colleague due to you having
more possessions than he has.
ku̱fiṉiḵa v. plait, make a certain style of
braids; tie small heaps of hair on the
head without using threads.
ku̱gadya v. bother, disturb; interrupt s.b.
when they are trying to work.
Syn: kutalibaniza.
ku̱gada-gadya v. cause s.b. to
suffer.
ku̱gambya v. Taboo. have sexual
relations with s.b. Syn: kucuga, kutemba,
kugosa.
ku̱gaani ̱sya v. See main entry: kugaana.
ku̱gerekeni ̱a v. heap, pile; put things
one on top of the other.
ku̱gu̱gu̱mu̱ka
kwegerekeni ̱a v. get heaped or
piled on top of s.t.
ku̱gerya v. imitate; do as s.b. else has
done or to repeat exactly what s.b. has
said.
ku̱geryaho v. try, attempt; do s.t.
well aware that you may fail to do it
or you may not do it properly.
Syn: kulengaho.
kya ku̱gerya Pl: bya ku̱gerya. n.
experiment.
ku̱geegeeta v. cry; produce tears from
your eyes because you are unhappy or
hurt. Syn: kuẖembeeta, kulira,
kuhooronga.
ku̱geeteera v. read with pauses; be
unable to read fluently.
ku̱giṟa v. 1 • refuse, reject; say that you
do not want s.t. that has been offered to
you. Syn: kwekunuka, kugaana,
ku̱hyema, kuṟyega, kusuula.
2 • fast; deny yourself food.
ku̱giṟi̱iṟa v. allow to grow wild; abandon
a garden for weeds to overgrow without
a caring about it.
ku̱giẕa v. roll; make a round object such
as a bicycle rim to turn over and over
and move in a particular direction.
ku̱giẕiṟa v. sink; go downwards in water.
Syn: kwicanikira, ku̱diḵiṟa, kubbuta.
ku̱giẕi̱iṟya v. immerse, submerge
s.t.; cause s.t. to be completely
covered by a liquid.
Syn: ku̱bbu̱bbu̱tiṟi̱iṟya, ku̱bbuṯya,
ku̱diḵi̱iṟya.
ku̱gobya Var: ku̱goba-gobya;
ku̱googoobya. v. lie, deceive; talk false
words.
ku̱goonya v. lodge; stay temporarily in
a place while on a journey and then
afterwards depart.
ku̱gu̱ba v. stain; s.t. to change colour due
to dirt.
ku̱gu̱gu̱mu̱ka v. 1 • talk loosely; lack of
control over what you say or speak by
uttering anything without reason.
Syn: kubalisib̯wa, kusadamuka,
ku̱hu̱ru̱muḵa.
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