Lugungu Dictionary Sep 2012

kyambaganiza
kyambaganiza From: Runyoro. adj.
1 • special, unique; not ordinary or
usual, different from what is normal.
Syn: kyahu̱kanu̱, kitongoole.
2 • strange; unusual or surprising, esp. in
a way that is difficult to understand.
kyampula adv. less; s.t. done to a small
degree.
kyamu Var: kyo. pro. your, yours.
kyamugasu adj. good, credible, useful,
valuable; s.t. that can help you do or
achieve what you want.
kyamuhendu adj. important, grand,
precious; of great value.
Syn: kyahakyendi̱, kyakiṯi̱iṉi̱sa.
Kyamukaaga adv. Saturday; day next
to Friday or a day between Friday and
Sunday.
kyamunda Var: kyenda.
Pl: byamunda. n. foetus; young baby
that is still in its mother’s womb.
kyamunsita adv. secretly.
kyamu̱kati ̱ adj. See main entry: mu̱kati.
̱
kyamwe Var: kye. pro. his, her, hers.
kyamyo pro. their, theirs.
kyanda Pl: byanda. n. dry season,
drought; lack of rain for a long period.
kyangalu adj. man-made.
kyange Var: kyei ̱. pro. my, mine.
kyangu adj. easy; s.t. done or obtained
without a lot of effort or problems.
Syn: kiceke, kihuhu.
kyani? Var: ki?. interrog. what?
kyankei Var: kyankeenya. pro. itself.
kyapa Pl: byapa. n. 1 • sign, signpost;
words or pictures on a piece of paper,
wood or metal in order to direct people.
2 • stain, mark; irregular-shaped small
area of dirt, a spot or a cut on a surface
that spoils its appearance. Syn: kibbaati.
3 • brand, logo, label; picture for a given
brand or a written or printed symbol
that is used as a sign of s.t., e.g., the
quality of s.t. or who made or owns it
etc.
4 • scar; recognisable cut on the skin
that spoils its appearance, but that can
be used as an identifying mark.
Syn: laama.
kyeciḏo
kyaru Pl: byaru. n. 1 • village; lowest
unit of local or cultural government
administration. Syn: mugongo.
2 • rural locality.
Kyasabbi̱iṯi ̱ From: Arabic. adv. Sunday;
day between Saturday and Monday.
kyata Pl: byata. n. sweet potato; sweet
food crop that is grown by the creepers
in the heaps of soil and has underground
tubers.
kaata ka kijungu Pl: b̯wata
b̯wa kijungu. n. Irish potato.
kyatabbu adj. challenging; s.t. that is
hard to do or difficult to understand.
Syn: kyakabi.
kyatu̱ku̱ Pl: byatu̱ku̱. n. s.t. fragile that
is broken or cracked, e.g., a bottle, glass
etc.
kyatwo pro. their, theirs.
kyayaatyo adj. 1 • useless; s.t. that does
not have any use.
2 • temporary.
kyazyo Var: kyazo. pro. their, theirs.
kye pro. See main entry: kyamwe.
kyebererwa n. forgetfulness; habit of
forgetting very fast.
kyebi ̱siṟo Pl: byebi ̱siṟo. n. refuge;
place where s.b. or s.t. can hide or take
shelter from danger or hardship.
kyeb̯u̱lu̱ngu̱su̱ Var: kyeb̯u̱lu̱ngu̱ru̱ru̱;
kyeb̯u̱lu̱ngu̱siṟi ̱iṟu̱; kiṉgu̱lu̱ngu̱tu̱.
Pl: byeb̯u̱lu̱ngu̱su̱. n. 1 • circle.
2 • sphere.
adj. round, circular, spherical.
kyeb̯u̱lu̱ngu̱su̱ kileikilei
Pl: byeb̯u̱lu̱ngu̱su̱ bileibilei. n.
oval, ellipse.
kyebbali Pl: byebbali. n. blister,
callus; blister or toughened patch of
skin that is left on the inside part of the
hand after doing some hard work like
slashing, digging, pulling s.t. tightly,
etc.
kyebbooro Pl: byebbooro. n. domestic
basket woven like a mat used as a bowl
for serving food, esp. posho.
kyeciḏo Pl: byeciḏo. n. pit trap; deep
large hole that hunters dig, wide on top
and tapered to the bottom, onto which
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