Lugungu Dictionary Sep 2012

ku̱si̱i̱mu̱u̱ra
ku̱si̱i̱mu̱u̱ra v. mop, wipe, sponge; use
a piece of cloth to remove dust or water
from the floor, table, etc.
ku̱siḵiṯiṟi̱iṟya v. condemn; state
strongly and frankly that s.b. truly
committed some wrong.
ku̱si̱mbu̱ra v. depart; leave a place, esp.
to start a trip. Syn: kusetuka, ku̱byokya.
ku̱siṉdu̱ka Var: ku̱siṉdiḵa. v. 1 • push,
thrust; use your hands or body in order
to make s.t. move forward or a way
from you.
2 • send; order s.b. to go somewhere or
to take s.t. somewhere for you.
ku̱siṉdu̱kiṟi̱iṟya
Var: ku̱siṉdiḵiṟi ̱iṟya. v. keep on
pushing s.t.
ku̱siṉdu̱ka nkwi ̱ Var: ku̱siṉdiḵa
nkwi. ̱ v. stoke a fire; push burning
wood further into a fire to enable
flames to become bigger.
Syn: kucooka-cooka mworo,
kukuuma-kuuma mworo.
ku̱siṉga v. beat, win; conquer against s.b.
in a war, competition, sports etc.
ku̱siṉgwa v. be won.
kwikiriza ku̱siṉgwa v. surrender;
admit defeat.
ku̱siṉgu̱ra v. succeed, overcome;
achieve s.t. you have been working
for a long period.
ku̱siṉgu̱rwa v. lose; be defeated in
s.t. such as a game, competition,
fight etc.
ku̱siṉgi ̱sya musangu v. convict,
condemn; find guilty. Syn: kwama,
kujumiira, kurumiriza, kutokeera,
ku̱honereerya.
ku̱siṟaani̱a v. See main entry: kusiraana.
ku̱siṟi̱mu̱ra v. 1 • lower; make s.t. come
to a lower position.
2 • Metaphor. demote; remove s.b. from a
higher position to a lower position on
the job. Syn: kwiṟya hansi.
ku̱siṟi̱mu̱ka v. descend; move from
up a slope and come down.
ku̱si̱si̱mu̱ka v. wake; stop sleeping.
Syn: kubyoka.
kwesu̱ma
ku̱si̱si̱mu̱la v. wake s.b. up from
sleep. Syn: kuḇyokya.
ku̱siṯu̱ka v. start to move, begin moving.
ku̱sobya v. See main entry: kusoba.
ku̱sodokani̱a v. provoke; say or do s.t.
that you know will annoy s.b. so that
they react in an angry way.
Syn: kwagaaga, kwendereerya,
ku̱toolyaho, kutakula, kwembemba.
ku̱sokola v. dig extremely deep in order
to completely uproot a plant.
ku̱soloolya v. collect condolence items;
traditional ritual of gathering items from
the clansmen at the end of the funeral.
ku̱songoli̱ma v. peep, look at s.t.
quickly and secretly, not straight on.
ku̱songoroorya Var: ku̱songoolya. v.
sharpen; make the edge or point of s.t.
finer, esp. of s.t. that can cut or make a
hole in s.t. Syn: kuẖyolya, kwobohya,
ku̱si̱iẖya, kuteekera.
ku̱sonsa v. joke, mock, tease, redicule;
make fun of s.b. Syn: ku̱domya, ku̱jooga,
ku̱sekereerya, kucookooza.
ku̱sorongya v. make a list or put a
series of things in their proper sequence.
Syn: kutonda.
ku̱sookoosya v. insert; put s.t. e.g., a
piece of stick into s.t. e.g., a narrow
hole to search for or cause s.t. to come
out.
ku̱su̱bba v. put into; use your hands, etc.
to push things into s.t. e.g. pushing
things into a bag. Syn: kusomoka.
kwesu̱bbamu v. 1 • Metaphor.
meddle, pry, nose in; become
involved in s.t. that does not
concern you. Syn: kwebbwogiṟamu,
kwekiikamu, kwekaakyamu.
2 • Metaphor. force yourself into s.t.
that is not your business.
Syn: kwemigamu, kwejungamu,
kwingiira.
ku̱su̱la v. bat; push or hit with s.t. e.g., a
piece of wood so that what is hit moves.
ku̱su̱ma v. bring nearer, extend closer;
bring s.t. closer or slightly push s.t.
kwesu̱ma v. move yourself towards
or backwards from s.t.
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