Lugungu Dictionary Sep 2012

mbuga
mbuga 2 Pl: mbuga. n. office; room or a
house where s.b. does his piece of work,
esp. sitting at a desk. Syn: ofi̱i̱si̱.
mbuga gya biragiro Pl: mbuga
za biragiro. n. court; place where
legal trials take place and where
crimes are judged. Syn: kooti̱.
mbumbunira Pl: mbumbunira. n.
small insect sp. with black and white
parts that looks like a spider.
mbundu Pl: mbundu. n. gun; weapon
that is used for firing bullets.
mbutete Pl: mbutete. n. grass sp. with
a height like that of tropical grass, that
has many thin finger like structures at
the top in which are seeds and is
common in gardens and abandoned
fields.
mbuura Pl: mbuura. n. grass sp. that
mostly grows in a garden that has
already been dug.
mbu̱li̱ Pl: mbu̱li. ̱ n. goat; domestic
animal, with short horns, and the male
is called a Billy.
mbwakazi ̱ Pl: mbwakazi ̱. From:
Runyoro. n. female dog.
mbwene Pl: mbwene. n. dog; domestic
carnivore having four legs a long tail,
strong and sharp teeth trained to protect
a home and to hunt wild animals.
mbwene gidulu Pl: mbwene
zidulu. n. male dog.
mbwi ̱ Sg: lu̱bbwi. ̱ n. 1 • greyish hair that
normally comes during old age.
2 • mould; greyish or black substance
like fur that grows on fermenting or old
food such as cassava, etc. or on objects
that are left in warm wet air.
mbyabamu Pl: mbyabamu. n. deck
chair; seat in a house made of timber
with a woven net or a piece of tarpaulin
that leans right back making the one
sitting appear as if he is lying.
meipokopo Pl: bameipokopo. n.
mole; very small piece of flesh inside an
ear like a pimple that is hairy.
meiẖa n. jealousy, malice because s.b.
you love, e.g., a husband, is showing
love interest towards s.b. else.
miniisita
mei ̱ja n. bad smell from a living person
or animal.
meiṟo Pl: meiṟo. From: English. n. mile;
measurement of length.
mengi ̱ Pl: mengi. ̱ n. Taboo. cervix;
opening of the uterus where the baby
presses when labour is about to begin.
meeri ̱ Pl: mameeri. ̱ n. ship; large boat
made like a house that is demarcated
into rooms depending on people’s
economic status. Syn: kiḏyeri̱.
meero n. lust; strong physical desire for
s.t. esp. due to having spent a long time
without having or seeing that particular
thing.
meeza Pl: meeza. From: Portugese. n.
table; furniture with legs, flat on top,
put in a house or office.
meezi ̱ n. water; liquid without colour,
smell, not sweet or sour, falls as rain
and forms lakes, rivers and swamps.
meezi ̱ gakwekuuta n. waterfall.
kumala meezi ̱ ku mubiri v.
Idiom. damage, spoil, tarnish the
good opinion people have of s.b.
mibalire n. multiple; mathematical
quantity that contains another quantity
an exact number of times, e.g., 14, 21
and 28 are all multiples of 7.
micungwa Var: micungwo. n. See main
entry: mucungwa.
Mihanda n. name of a person.
mimi dem. these ones.
mimiro n. throat.
miniisita Pl: baminiisita. From:
English. n. minister; executive
government worker, appointed by the
President and charged with the
responsibility of heading a whole
government department.
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