Lugungu Dictionary Sep 2012

kwecu̱ngya
kwecu̱ngya v. See main entry:
ku̱cuṉgya.
kwecwa From: Runyoro. v. apologise.
kwecwamu v. 1 • repent; give up
bad acts and start doing good things.
2 • reconcile; ignore an argument or
disagreement so that friendship is
restored again.
Syn: kweziṟanganamu, kwiṟya.
kwecwacwana v. give false excuses so
as to avoid doing s.t.
kwedambula Var: kwedambuura. v.
See main entry: kudambula.
kwedangu̱u̱dya v. eat poorly; eat and
remain unsatisfied.
kwededeera v. See main entry:
kudedeera.
kwedembereerya v. plead, request;
ask for forgiveness or to intervene into
s.b.’s affairs.
kwedogora Var: kwedoga-dogora. v.
boast, brag; pretend or put yourself at a
standard that you are not.
kwedya v. wear out by becoming thin.
kwefaho v. See main entry: kufaho.
kwefookeera v. be malicious.
kwefoora Var: kwefoora-foora. v. boast,
pretend; claim to be what you are not.
kwega v. 1 • know; have a word or
information in the mind due to the
experience that you have, learning or
being told.
2 • learn; get knowledge from studying,
from being taught, from experience in
s.t. or from hearing s.t. from s.b. else.
Syn: kusoma, kupena.
kwegeb̯wa v. be famous, popular,
known by many people.
Syn: ku̱ku̱ma.
kwegesya v. teach, train, discipline;
cause to learn.
kwegama v. starve; lose strength due to
having nothing to eat. Syn: kusobokeera.
kweganya v. feel lazy; have no interest
to do s.t.
kweganyira v. See main entry: kuganya.
kwegarukamu From: Runyoro. v.
repent; feel and show that you are sorry
kwegunguuza
for s.t. bad or wrong that you have
done. Syn: kwecwamu, kweziṟamwo.
kwegaana v. deny, contradict; refuse to
admit s.t. you know or that you did.
Syn: kwehooga, kwehakana,
kwepampagula.
kwegesya v. educate, teach, lecture,
counsel; impart knowledge into s.b. esp.
in a school.
kwegeseb̯wa v. be educated; gain
knowledge so that it is possible for
you to meet a standard.
kweginga v. crack; develop a crack or
to bend down as a sign of breaking.
kwegoda v. See main entry: kugoda.
kwegomba v. 1 • desire, lust; have a
very strong need for s.t. that you hope
to get.
2 • admire; respect s.b. for what he is or
to look at s.t. and feel attracted.
kwegonza v. bask, take pride, enjoy
approval; feel much happiness and
pleasure due to s.t. that you have done,
been given, or been told.
kwegoogoobya v. disguise evidence;
pretend not to know what you know.
kweguma-guma 1 v. 1 • hesitate doing
s.t.; be undecided. Syn: kwebbala-bbala.
2 • Metaphor. shirk; dodge responsibility.
Syn: kwebbala-bbala.
kweguma-guma 2 v. get scattered with
each thing being apart.
kweguma-guma 3 v. lie but fail to
settle on a bed due to feeling a lot of
pain but instead keep on rolling over
and over. Syn: ku̱gwa-gwa.
kwegumira v. wear a scarf for
decoration around the neck or, by
women, over the shoulders or hair.
kwegunga v. isolate or separate
yourself physically or socially from
other people. Syn: kwenoba,
kugungumara, kwesoroora,
kwebagaani̱a, kwahukana, kwetongoola,
kwenuga, kwesalaho, kwezahula.
kwegunguuza v. refuse; violently
reject doing s.t. or submitting to an
order.
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