Lugungu Dictionary Sep 2012

ku̱tiṟiḇa
ku̱tiṟiḇa v. smear; make s.t. that has
been mudded smooth, esp. using
coloured soil or cow dung.
Syn: kuguruha.
ku̱tiṯa v. struggle; try very hard to do s.t.
when it is very difficult or when there
are a lot of problems. Syn: kuwayawaya,
ku̱lwani̱sya, kupatikana,
kwenyamula, kugada-gada, kuguuguuza,
ku̱nyeega, kupataka, kupoolooka,
kwekamba, kwesabbula, ku̱ri̱iṯya.
ku̱tomboola v. pollute; cause the
residues that had settled on the bottom
of s.t. to rise up.
ku̱tomboka v. be polluted; mixing
up of the residues that have settled
on the bottom of s.t.
ku̱tonokya v. touch, or in some way
knock a wound thus worsening the pain
of it.
ku̱tooda v. thatch a roof in a layered
style.
ku̱tooja v. dig or plough a field deeply.
ku̱toolereerya v. investigate, research;
look for information about s.t. from
different sources.
ku̱toolereerya katali v. market,
advertise; tell the public about a
product or a service in order to
encourage people to buy or to use it.
kikorwa kya ku̱toolereerya
Pl: bikorwa bya ku̱toolereerya.
n. adventure.
ku̱toolya v. search; look carefully for s.t.
that is lost. Syn: ku̱hi̱i̱ga.
ku̱toolereerya musangu v.
investigate a crime.
ku̱toolyaho v. provoke, harass, disturb;
say or do s.t. that you know will annoy
s.b. so that they react in an angry way.
Syn: kwagaaga, kwendereerya,
ku̱sodokani̱a, kutakula, kwembemba.
ku̱toonya v. drip; oozing of a liquid in
drops.
ku̱toonyi̱a v. release a drop of s.t.
ku̱toonyerwa v. be hit by a drop of
s.t.
ku̱toonyeza v. make a dot on s.t.
ku̱tootoolya v. split open; cut s.t. open.
ku̱tu̱u̱ka
ku̱tu̱b̯u̱ki ̱iṟa v. See main entry: ku̱tu̱uḵa.
ku̱tu̱ku̱lu̱ka v. set off running at a very
a high speed. Syn: kukalab̯uka.
ku̱tu̱lu̱ka Var: kwetu̱luḵa. v. bend, bow
or curve s.t. that is short.
ku̱tu̱lu̱kiṟi̱iṟya 1 v. investigate; fully dig
out the facts of s.t.
ku̱tu̱lu̱kiṟi̱iṟya 2 v. pound e.g. cassava
in a mortar using a pestle, into the finest
form.
ku̱tu̱mba v. See main entry: ku̱ti ̱mba.
ku̱tu̱miṟa v. join; fix or connect two or
more things together. Syn: ku̱teereni̱a,
ku̱kwatya, kuyunga.
ku̱tu̱miṟa musaali v. graft; fix a
piece of one tree onto another, so
that it grows.
ku̱tu̱naki ̱sya v. See main entry:
kutunaka.
ku̱tu̱ngu̱u̱la v. wind, spin; move s.t. in
a spiral or circular course.
Syn: ku̱logoolya.
kwetu̱ngu̱u̱la v. spin, move
yourself around s.t. several times.
ku̱tu̱u̱bbu̱la Var: ku̱ti ̱iḇbuḻa. v.
dislodge; cause s.t. to fall off.
ku̱tu̱u̱bbu̱ka Var: ku̱ti ̱iḇbuḵa. v.
develop holes on s.t. mudded,
cemented, smeared or plastered.
ku̱tu̱u̱ga v. incite; encourage s.b. to do
s.t. violent, illegal, or unpleasant, esp.
making them angry or excited.
Syn: kuhemba mworo, kuhaga,
ku̱cu̱u̱kiṟi̱iṟya.
kwetu̱u̱ga v. become violent.
ku̱tu̱u̱ka 1 v. 1 • be vaporised, steaming;
when smoke or steam rises in the air
from s.t. that is hot.
2 • fly out from the ground, of white
ants.
ku̱tu̱u̱kiṟi̱iṟya v. steam, smoke;
light s.t. so that smoke rises up
through s.t. e.g., to steam herbal
medicine.
ku̱tu̱u̱ka 2 v. rest; relax, sleep or do
nothing after a period of activity or not
use your body for some time.
Syn: kuhuumula, kugandaara.
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