Lugungu Dictionary Sep 2012

lusigo
lusigo Pl: nsigo. n. kidney; bean-shaped
part in the body, that removes waste
products from the blood.
lusiki 1 Pl: nsiki. n. pipe, straw; thin
wooden or plastic tube used for sucking
alcohol, water or fuel.
lusiki 2 Pl: nsiki. n. type of grass sp.
which grows at the lake shores as thick
as a bush.
lusinzo Pl: nsinzo. n. lake shore reed sp.
with joints that is hollow and is used as
arrow handles and for weaving baskets.
lusisimbwa Pl: nsisimbwa. n. thorn
plant; smaller plant like ‘lugenge’ found
in the large numbers colonising a
sizeable area.
lusomo Pl: nsomo. n. term of school.
Syn: taamu.
lusonko Pl: nsonko. n. shell; hard outer
covering of certain small animals e.g.,
arthropods and snails.
lusoro Pl: nsoro. n. checkers, draughts;
game for two players using 24 round
pieces on a board marked with black
and white squares.
lusuli Pl: nsuli. n. Taboo. vagina; organ
on the body of a female used for
reproduction. Syn: lumana, lu̱mye.
lusulusunda Pl: nsunda. n. wart.
lusumba Pl: nsumba. n. 1 • nipple; end
part of the breast from which the baby
sucks.
2 • teat; part of an udder that the young
one of an animal sucks.
nsumba gya kanywani
Pl: bansumba za kanywani. n.
Idiom. virgin; woman who has never
had sex.
lusumu Pl: nsumu. n. fruit of a tropical
tree sp. that ripens and becomes yellow
in colour.
lususu Pl: nsusu. n. 1 • surface.
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2 • bark of a tree.
3 • skin; part of the body that is adorned,
e.g., with lotions.
luswa Pl: nswa. n. termite; edible
winged insect that resembles an ant,
does not bite, and comes out of anthills
esp. during the rainy season.
lutabi Pl: ntabi. n. water plant sp. that
grows in swampy areas used for making
mats.
lutambi Pl: ntambi. n. wick; piece of
cotton cloth woven like a thread that is
inserted in the middle of a hurricane
lamp on which fire is lit so that the lamp
gives light.
lutambu Pl: ntambu. n. step, pace;
distance between the legs when you are
walking or running.
luteru Pl: nteru. n. plate; dish moulded
from clay used for serving sauce.
luteete Pl: nteete. n. See main entry:
muteete.
lutobbotobbo Pl: ntobbotobbo. n.
tropical thorny herb sp. that produces
small fruit that can be used as local
herbs.
lutoogo Pl: ntoogo. n. papyrus; plant
that grows in water with some sort of
flowers used for making papyrus mats.
lutwa Pl: ntwa. n. See main entry: ntwa.
luyeeyera n. hair; thin hair that grows
on the face.
luzala Pl: nzala. n. finger, toe; one of
the five parts at the end of the hand or
the foot.
luzoka Pl: nzoka. n. intestinal worm;
long thin creatures that live inside the
bodies of humans or animals and can
cause illness, e.g., hookworm,
tapeworm, etc.
luzoka lu̱mwei ̱ n. thin stomach.
luzongi Pl: nzongi. n. aquatic plant
sp.that mostly grows floating on