Lugungu Dictionary Sep 2012

kwiṉyamya
2 • Metaphor. be calm.
3 • Metaphor. be quiet. Syn: kuhola,
kwetiḵeera.
kwiṉyamya v. 1 • cool s.t.
Syn: ku̱holya.
2 • refrigerate.
3 • make s.t. wet.
4 • dilute; reduce the bitterness or
sweetness of s.t.
5 • Metaphor. make s.t. be quiet.
Syn: ku̱holya, kwetiḵereerya.
kwinyamiriirwa v. form dew on
s.t.
kwiragura v. become black in colour or
dirty.
kwiṟagu̱u̱rya v. 1 • dirty, soil; make
s.t. become unclean.
2 • dye black; change the colour of
s.t. to black.
kwisana Var: kwisansana;
kwisaneisana. v. 1 • be alike; resemble,
be the same as. Syn: kub̯uusana,
kuhwanagana.
2 • overlap.
kwi ̱sansani ̱a v. match; think or
make s.t. look the same or very
similar to another.
kwi ̱saniṟi̱iṟya v. compare; try to
think or make s.t. look the same or
very similar to another. Syn: ku̱pi̱ma,
ku̱lengeseni̱a.
kwizula v. 1 • become full; reach the
brim.
2 • flow back to the shore when tide is
in; for a liquid to flow into or fill its
normal area.
kwiẕu̱u̱lya v. fill to the brim.
kwiḇa v. steal, plunder; take s.t. without
permission and without the intention to
return it or pay for it.
kwiḇ̯wa v. be stolen.
kwiḇ̯wa b̯ulo v. See main entry: b̯ulo.
kwi ̱calyaho v. See main entry: kwicala.
kwi ̱cya v. place; put s.t. somewhere.
Syn: kuta.
kwiẖa v. 1 • thin; uproot some plants so
that they give the rest space.
kwiṟiṟi ̱iṟya
2 • harvest; remove crops, e.g.,
groundnuts from the garden after
maturing. Syn: ku̱ku̱puḻa.
kwiẖa meino v. remove teeth from
the mouth.
kwiẖu̱ka v. be uprooted, dislodged;
removal of s.t. from where it has
been firm. Syn: ku̱ku̱pu̱ka.
kwi ̱janjani̱a Var: kwi ̱jajanjani ̱a. v. See
main entry: kwijanjana.
kwiḵiṟiẕi̱sya v. See main entry:
kwikiriza.
kwi ̱ma v. be mean, stingy; refuse to give
to others what you have.
kwi ̱mwa v. be refused; not to be
given s.t. that you have asked or that
you want.
kwiṉgi ̱iṟya v. See main entry: kwingira.
kwiṉi ̱iṉi ̱ Pl: kwiṉi ̱iṉi. ̱ From: English.
n. quinine.
kwiṉu̱ka v. stop, knock off work; leave
your job in the afternoon or in the
evening.
kwiṉu̱la v. make s.b. knock off
work.
kwiṉyamya v. See main entry:
kwinyama.
kwiṟa v. return; come back from where
you had gone.
kwiṟamwo v. resume.
kwiṟamwo b̯untu v. Metaphor.
change behaviour; improve your
ways before others.
kwiṟagu̱u̱rya v. See main entry:
kwiragura.
kwiṟaho v. be next, follow; come
straight after s.t. or s.b. in time,
sequence, or space. Syn: kuhondera.
kwiṟamu v. reply, respond, answer,
repeat; say or write in order to tell s.b.
about what he has asked.
kwiṟamu bigezu Var: kukora
bigezu. v. answer in a test.
kwiṟeiṟamwo v. be recurring,
repeating.
kwiṟiṟi̱iṟya 1 v. degrade, undermine,
demean s.b. as if he has no value, so
that he loses respect before others.
Syn: kusensegula, kuhedula.
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