Lugungu Dictionary Sep 2012

ma maka
mahiira
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ma maka Pl: bama maka. n. mother,
housewife, female family head; woman
who is in charge of all the affairs of a
family and a mother to the children of a
home.
mabaale 1 n. infection; disease in which
a large area is infected and swollen
which mostly attacks areas with strong
muscles, e.g., a leg, thigh, arm or chest.
Mabaale 2 n. name of a place.
mabi ̱ n. faeces; solid waste materials that
s.b. defecates.
mabya n. testicular hernia; disease that
makes the testicles swell.
mab̯ugo n. funeral gift; things such
food, money, etc. that people bring at a
funeral to help the bereaved people.
mabbu̱u̱ni ̱ n. fish overnight; where you
spend a night in the water and return the
following morning.
mabbwa n. lyrics; words uttered in
singing a song that give the information
contained in the song.
macati ̱ n. decorations; s.t. that makes
another thing look more attractive.
macunde n. decomposed, fermented
milk that is prepared in a gourd in
which there are no solid particles or
butter.
macwi ̱ n. chest pain; sickness of the chest
and coughing that normally comes
during cold weather.
madara Pl: bamadara. n. dunce, fool;
dense, stupid, dull person who does or
says things without sense. Syn: mudoma,
mwicate, mbuda, mu̱pu̱u̱ti̱.
madaara n. See main entry: idaara.
magali n. middle part of a lake far from
the shore.
magaru̱ n. pliers.
magelemu adj. upside down; a way of
lying on the back part of the body while
facing up.
ku̱gwa magelemu v. overturn.
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magendo n. black market goods,
smuggled goods, contraband.
magezi̱ n. wisdom, knowledge,
understanding, sense, logic; quality in
s.b. that makes them do the correct
thing or give proper advice.
mu̱he wa magezi ̱ Pl: bahe ba
magezi. ̱ n. adviser; s.b. who gives
advice and does not hide good or
bad.
masomo ga bya magezi ̱
Sg: isomo lya bya magezi. ̱ n.
science; knowledge that is based on
hypotheses that looks for facts that
explains how things work or the
way things are made.
magezi̱gezi̱ n. hypocrisy, deceitfulness;
immoral character trait of pretending to
have qualities, abilities, etc. that one
does not really have in order to deceive
others.
magira n. kind of sticky sauce made
from beans or bambara nuts from which
the outer coatings have been removed.
magiẕa Var: mi ̱giẕa. Sg: mu̱giẕa. n. eggs
of a fish.
magoba Sg: igoba. n. profit; money that
a trader remains with after deducting the
cost price from the selling price.
magosi Sg: igosi. n. testes; part of the
body below the penis, with two testicles
that produce sperm and are enclosed in
a bag of skin.
mahanu n. magic, miracle, supernatural
event; s.t. that happens in a very
unusual way, is unexpected, or that was
thought impossible.
mahasa From: Runyoro. n. twins, of
humans.
mahehu n. fresh air.
mahembe n. See main entry: ihembe.
mahiira n. immature brew of alcohol
that tastes sweet because it has not yet
reached its final preparation stage.