Lugungu Dictionary Sep 2012

muhendu gunene
muhendu gunene Var: muhendu
gwa hakyendi. ̱ Pl: mihendu
minene. n. expensive price.
muhendu gwa bantu n.
population.
kutemba kwa mihendu n.
inflation; increase of prices.
muhini Pl: mihini. n. handle; piece of
wood or metal onto which is fixed a
metal hoe or an axe head.
muhito Pl: mihito. n. sorrow, grief;
feeling of great sadness because s.t.
very bad has happened. Syn: nganye.
muhiigo n. See main entry: mu̱hi ̱i ̱gi ̱.
muhololo Pl: mihololo. n. 1 • s.t.
empty.
2 • calm place.
3 • quiet home without people and noise.
muhondera n. See main entry:
muẖonderi.
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muhoole Pl: bahoole. n. disobedient,
unsubmissive person; s.b. who does not
follow orders or does not obey laws,
esp. children who don’t listen to elders.
Syn: ntahuura, waakyejo, muzub̯u,
ntamuhiira.
muhooza Pl: bahooza. n. market
master; s.b. who collects money from
those who are selling in the market.
muhuma Pl: bahuma. n. herdsman; s.b.
whose work is grazing or looking after
cattle. Syn: mu̱li̱i̱sya.
muhunda Pl: mihunda. n. spear tail;
round metallic bottom part of a spear
that has a pointed end.
muhuta Pl: bahuta. n. hurt person; s.b.
who is injured.
muhuuru Pl: bahuuru. n. 1 • bachelor;
a man who has no wife.
2 • weakling, feeble person; s.b. who is
not physically strong. Syn: njwahe,
mpolongoni ̱e, muceke.
muhyaka Pl: bahyaka. n. stranger; s.b.
whom you do not know, or s.b. who is
in a place that he has not been in before.
muhyo Pl: bahyo. n. 1 • excited person.
Syn: mu̱camu̱ku̱, mu̱tagatu̱, nzanza.
2 • active person; s.b. who is lively and
full of ideas.
mukanaga
mujungu Pl: bajungu. n. white person
born in America, England or another
country outside Africa.
mukadei Pl: bakadei. n. ancestor; s.b.
who has died of a previous generation.
mukagu Pl: mikagu. n. friendship;
relationship between friends.
mukagu gwa ku nda
Var: mukagu gwa ku lula.
Pl: mikagu mya ku nda. n. blood
oath; relationship made by two
people making incisions on their
umbilical cord scars and each of
them eating a coffee berry smeared
with blood of the other.
mu̱nywe wa mukagu
Pl: banywe ba mukagu. n. close
friend to a family or a clan;
trustworthy person that a family or
clan approaches for aid, who gives
them advice and who responds to a
problem when sent for.
mukaka Pl: mikaka. n. cane; stem of a
plant like maize or sorghum with sweet
juice that is chewed while raw.
mukalu 1 Pl: mikalu. n. dried meat.
mukalu 2 Pl: nkalu. n. pile of firewood
stored for future use.
mukama Pl: bakama. n. king; male
ruler who has the authority of
leadership due to ancestry.
mukama wa mu̱kori̱
Pl: bakama ba bakori ̱. n. boss,
owner; s.b. responsible for paying
s.b. for work done. Syn: mu̱handu̱.
mukama ki ̱iṯa Pl: bakama ki ̱iṯa.
n. owner.
mukamakyo Pl: bakamakyo. n.
1 • instigator, initiator; s.b. who
starts s.t. Syn: mu̱tandiḵi̱,
mu̱gu̱mbu̱ri̱.
2 • owner.
mukamu Pl: mikamu. n. cream; thick
fatty substance that rises to the top of
milk.
mukanaga Pl: mikanaga. n. wild tree
sp. with a red colour, that has small
hard brittle leaves that remain stuck on
the hand when you touch it.
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