Lugungu Dictionary Sep 2012

ab̯uki
bahi̱i̱mi̱
A - a
ab̯uki adv. 1 • two days before today; the
day that was before yesterday.
2 • two days from today; the day that
follows tomorrow. Syn: kyosi̱ mwakya.
Acooli ̱ n. name of a region.
Afirika From: English. n. name of a
continent, Africa.
Aguta n. 1 • name of a mountain.
2 • name of a person.
akugwera Pl: bakugwera. n. deputy.
Syn: muhondera, akwiṟaho.
akukwatwaho Pl: bakukwatwaho.
n. accomplice; s.b. who helps s.b.
commit a crime.
aleke conj. so that.
alungu Pl: alungu. n. 1 • creeping herb
sp. that grows among grass its tips are
eaten as greens.
2 • vegetable sauce made from ‘alungu’
a creeping plant sp. that has long fruit
that are woolly like cotton.
Ankole n. name of a region.
Arua n. name of a city.
aru̱kwera Pl: baru̱kwera. From:
Runyoro. n. holy person.
asiḏi̱ Pl: asiḏi ̱. From: English. n. acid.
Au̱su̱tu̱reerya From: English. n. name
of a continent, Australia.
azaga Pl: baazaga. n. 1 • disorderly
person; s.b. who is not orderly.
2 • man who acts like a boy.
3 • woman who acts like a girl.
Aa - aa
aaha interj. oh!
B - b
baba dem. these ones.
babiri num. in twos; two people.
babiribabiri num. pair.
babiṉyi ̱ n. See main entry: mu̱biṉyi.
̱
Babyasi Sg: Mubyasi. n. name of a clan.
bab̯wo dem. those ones.
Bacope Sg: Mucope. n. name of a tribe.
Bacooli̱ Sg: Mu̱cooli. ̱ n. name of a tribe.
Bacwa Sg: Mucwa. n. name of a clan.
badi̱ dem. those ones over there.
Badogi ̱mo Sg: Mu̱dogi ̱mo. n. name of
a clan.
Bagana Sg: Mugana. n. name of a clan.
Baganda Sg: Muganda. n. name of a
tribe.
Bagangaiẕi̱ Sg: Mu̱gangaiẕi. ̱ n. name
of a tribe.
Bagehya Sg: Mu̱gehya. n. name of a
tribe.
Bagungu Sg: Mugungu. n. name of a
tribe.
Bagwere Sg: Mu̱gwere. n. name of a
tribe.
bahi̱i̱mi ̱ Sg: mu̱hi ̱i ̱mi. ̱ n. choir; group of
people who sing together, esp. in a
church or public performances.
Syn: kwaya, babiṉyi̱.
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