Lugungu Dictionary Sep 2012

ku̱zeenya karu̱ru̱
ku̱zeenya karu̱ru̱ v. See main entry:
karu̱ru̱.
ku̱ziḵa 1 v. perish; become extinct.
Syn: kuhwerekeera.
ku̱ziḵya v. make s.t. extinct; cause
s.t. to no longer be in existence, e.g.,
a plant or animal sp.
Syn: ku̱hwerekereerya.
ku̱ziḵa 2 v. become overgrown;
thickening of grass or weeds in a place.
Syn: ku̱ju̱mba.
ku̱zi̱mba v. swell, enlarge, increase in
thickness.
kwezi ̱mbya v. Metaphor. be proud,
boast.
ku̱ziṉda 1 v. 1 • condemn; express very
strong disapproval.
2 • unfairly blame; infer that s.b. has
done s.t. bad which he has not done.
ku̱ziṉda 2 v. murder; intentionally kill
s.b. for no justifiable reason.
ku̱ziṉdwa v. be killed or attacked
by enemies.
ku̱ziṉda 3 v. cheat.
ku̱ziṉdiṟiẕa v. wrongly accuse s.b. when
actually they are innocent.
ku̱ziṉdu̱ka v. wake up and go
somewhere earlier than usual.
Syn: kukeera, kuwonira b̯wiṟe mu lwi̱je.
ku̱ziṉga v. 1 • wind; roll s.t. making it
reduce in size, e.g., threads around s.t.
else.
2 • tangle; twist s.t. making it not
straight.
3 • wrap.
4 • fold. Syn: kugonya, kugema, kukata,
ku̱kuṉya, kukuba.
kweziṉga v. curl up; lie while
coiled, esp. due to deep thoughts.
ku̱ziṉgi ̱iẕya v. shake, wiggle, vibrate;
rock s.t. back and forth that is fixed in
one position. Syn: kuṯengeetya, ku̱cu̱kya.
ku̱ziṉgiẕiḵa v. be shaken, rocked,
vibrated, wiggled; of s.t. fixed in
one position. Syn: kutengeeta.
ku̱zu̱ba v. weed; remove grass or weeds
from a garden.
ku̱zu̱nzu̱kya v. soften; put s.t. in a
liquid so that it becomes softer.
kwahula
kwaba From: Runyoro. v. explode; burst
loudly due to much pressure from
inside.
kwabyo pro. their, theirs.
kwab̯u pro. their, theirs.
kwab̯wo pro. their, theirs.
kwaga 1 v. melt; change from a solid
substance into liquid form.
Syn: kunyelela, kugera.
kwaga 2 Var: kwaguda. v. scratch; rub s.t.
with the fingernails.
kwezaguda Var: kwezaga. v.
scratch; rub the skin with the
fingernails due to feeling some
itching.
kwagaaga v. provoke; say or do s.t. that
you know will annoy s.b. so that they
react in an angry way.
Syn: kwendereerya, ku̱sodokani̱a,
ku̱toolyaho, kutakula, kwembemba.
kwago pro. their, theirs.
kwagu̱la v. crawl; move on hands and
knees.
kwagwo pro. its.
kwagya v. find, discover; get s.t. that you
have been looking for or that had got
lost.
kwagyo pro. its.
kwahi interj. no.
kwahukana v. 1 • get separated, be
different; divided or isolated from
others. Syn: kwenoba, kugungumara,
kwesoroora, kwebagaani̱a, kwenuga,
kwesalaho, kwezahula, kwegunga.
2 • get divorced, break up; when a
woman moves away from her husband
and ends a marriage. Syn: kwiṯa maka,
kwiṯa nyu̱mba, kwangana.
kwahu̱kani ̱a v. 1 • distinguish,
differentiate; give the difference
between two or more things.
2 • segregate, discriminate, separate,
divide. Syn: kusoroora, kutongoola,
kugoobeera, kutonda.
3 • divide or break s.t. into small
pieces or parts.
kwahula v. 1 • release; set free s.t. from
where it has been confined.
2 • undo a knot in s.t.
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