Lugungu Dictionary Sep 2012

kwicalayo
kwicalayo v. delay at a place; spend
a lot of time somewhere in order to
hold up or slow down s.t.
kwicalanwa v. live in harmony;
stay together as one peacefully.
kwicalanwa kurungi n.
harmony.
kwicanikira v. sink; go down below the
surface or towards the bottom of a
liquid or soft substance. Syn: kubbuta,
ku̱diḵiṟa, ku̱giẕiṟa.
kwicaara v. sit; support your weight on
the buttocks, esp. on a chair.
kwi ̱cali̱iṟya v. 1 • show s.b. where to
sit or place s.b. on a seat.
2 • enthrone; make s.b. sit on a
throne or a special chair so as to
make the beginning of their rule.
kwicuta v. eat and just feel satisfied
with food.
kwihula v. serve food; put cooked food
in a plate when it is ready to be eaten.
Syn: kutona.
kwijala v. shut.
kwijanjana Var: kwijana-ijana;
kwijajanjana. v. 1 • be equal.
2 • be tied; finish s.t. e.g., a game
without a winner or a loser.
kwi ̱janjani̱a Var: kwi ̱jajanjani ̱a. v.
1 • balance, match, equate; make
sure that the quantity of one thing is
the same as that of another, e.g.,
treat s.b. equally without
discriminating them on grounds of
race, sex, religion, education level,
etc.
2 • order; arrange things in their
place by size.
kwijaara Var: kwijalira. v. become
blocked; when an opening no longer
lets a liquid flow through.
kwijula v. open. Syn: kwala, kub̯uula,
kukingula.
kwijuluka v. be opened.
kwikiriza v. 1 • agree; say that you will
do what s.b. wants or to say “yes”.
Syn: kuhikaniza, kukengangana.
2 • accept; take what you have been
given without refusing.
kwinyama
3 • admit; finally listen to the truth.
4 • permit, authorise.
kwikiririza v. believe in; fully trust
s.b. without having any sense of
doubt. Syn: kunanukira.
kwikirizib̯wa v. 1 • be accepted,
meet a standard that is preferred by
most people.
2 • be allowed, authorised,
permitted; be given authority to do
s.t.
kwiḵiṟiẕi̱sya v. convince, persuade;
cause s.b. to do s.t. the way you
want.
kwikiraniza Var: kwikirizangana.
v. 1 • agree together, reach a
compromise; make an agreement in
order to work together.
2 • share the same opinion or feel
the same way, in order to mutually
support each other.
kwinama v. bow; bend the body a bit in
order to give s.b. respect, esp. when
greeting. Syn: kwehiṉyaho.
kwinamira v. pay last respects to a
dead person.
kwingira v. enter; move from outside
and go inside s.t.
kwiṉgi ̱iṟya v. 1 • bring inside.
2 • earn; bring in money that you
have worked for or as a profit.
3 • absorb; take in a liquid, gas or
other substance from the surface or
surrounding space. Syn: kunywa,
kusika.
kwingiira v. break into a house and
force s.b. to do s.t. against their will,
esp. to force them into sex.
Syn: kwejungamu.
kweziṉgi ̱iṟyamu v. meddle, pry,
nose in; become involved in s.t. that
does not concern you.
Syn: kwebbwogiṟamu,
kwekaakyamu, kwekiikamu.
kwiṉgiṟi̱iṟya v. intimidate; frighten
or threaten s.b. so that you do what
they want. Syn: kukanga,
ku̱kankani̱a, ku̱ti̱iṉi̱siṟi̱iṟya.
kwinyama v. 1 • be cool, cold.
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