Lugungu Dictionary Sep 2012

kukora mudeeli
kukora mudeeli v. make
fashionable, e.g., by sewing a
fashionable garment, wearing
clothes in a fashionable way, make
hair fashion, etc.
mudido Pl: midido. n. friendly
relationship; when s.b. is good strong
friends with another.
waamudido Pl: baamudido. n.
best friend. Syn: mu̱diḏi̱.
mudoma Pl: badoma. n. dunce, fool;
dense, stupid, dull person who does or
says things without sense. Syn: madara,
mwicate, mbuda, mu̱pu̱u̱ti̱.
mudulu Pl: badulu. n. man; adult
person who is not a woman.
mufeerwa 1 Pl: bafeerwa. n. bereaved
person; s.b. who has lost a relative, esp.
a man whose wife is dead and who has
not remarried.
mufeerwa 2 Pl: bafeerwa. n. impotent
man who is unable to achieve an
erection. Syn: woro, mub̯urwa.
mufuko Pl: mifuko. n. 1 • quiver.
2 • sheath; protective covering that
hunters use to keep knives.
mufunga Pl: mifunga. n. traditional
underwear; piece of clothing for women
that old women mostly sew by hand
using a needle and into which they put a
thin piece of cloth or an elastic material
around the waist.
mufura Pl: bafura. n. dignitary.
mugab̯u Pl: migab̯u. n. 1 • share; any of
the units of equal value that are divided
between two or more people esp. in a
group, organization or company.
2 • inheritance; share of property that
s.b. gets after their parent’s death.
mugami ̱ Pl: bagami. ̱ n. defender,
solider. Syn: waamahe.
muganda 1 Pl: miganda. n. bundle.
Muganda 2 n. See main entry: Baganda.
muganiro Pl: miganiro. n. first
harvesting.
mugare Pl: bagare. From: Runyoro. n.
lazy person; s.b. who does not have the
effort and interest to do work.
Syn: mwolo.
mugole
mugasu Pl: migasu. n. usefulness,
value; function of s.t.
mugaza Pl: migaza. n. fishing trap that
is woven like a basket with the shape of
a cone.
mugaali Pl: migaali. n. tropical
hardwood tree sp.
mugaasi Pl: migaasi. n. meat that is
thinly cut lengthwise with a somewhat
bigger layer and smoked.
mugaati Pl: migaati. n. bread; type of
food made from wheat, water and yeast.
mugele Pl: bagele. n. handsome man.
mugenge Pl: bagenge. From:
Runyoro. n. leper; s.b. suffering from
leprosy, an infectious disease that
causes painful white areas on the skin
and can destroy nerves and flesh.
Syn: waabihaga.
mugimba 1 Pl: bagimba. n. rain maker.
mugimba 2 Pl: migimba. n. bunch; fruit
that a banana bears on which are
numerous smaller hands stuck together,
each hand consisting of 12-20 fingers.
mugira Pl: migira. n. river, stream;
water that flows in a winding path for a
long distance ending in another water
body such as a lake.
mugira hagugwerera Pl: migira
hamigwerera. n. estuary, delta;
place where a river joins another
water body, e.g., a lake.
mugogo Pl: migogo. n. pair of shoes;
two shoes of the same type that are
worn together.
mugole Pl: bagole. n. newlywed; s.b.
who has just been married.
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