Lugungu Dictionary Sep 2012

mupiira
mupiira Pl: mipiira. n. ball.
mupiira gwa gaali Pl: mipiira
mwa gaali. n. bicycle tyre.
mupiira gwa kusamba
Var: mupiira gwa magulu. n.
football, soccer; game played by
two teams of 11 players, using a
round ball that players kick up and
down the playing field.
mupiira gwa kubbaka n.
netball; game played by two teams
of 7 players, esp. women or girls in
which players score by throwing a
ball through a high net hanging
from a ring on a post.
mukwata mupiira Pl: bakwata
mupiira. n. goal-keeper.
mu̱handu̱ wa mupiira
Pl: bahandu̱ ba mupiira. n.
referee, coach, sports team captain.
Syn: reefu̱ri̱, mu̱handu̱ wa muzaanu,
mu̱sali̱.
mupoonghipoonghi
Pl: bapoonghipoonghi. n. insane,
mentally disturbed person; s.b. who
does not mind about himself and is just
there like a mad person. Syn: mu̱hab̯u̱,
mu̱hu̱ngu̱tu̱ku̱.
mupu Pl: bapu. n. s.b. stingy, selfish, or
mean who hardly gives out his things.
Syn: i̱syoko, mwi̱mi̱, mutatiro, mukodo,
mulimiriirwa, wa ngalu gitatiro.
muragiire Pl: baragiire. n. heir; child
that a father specifies should be the one
to succeed him when he dies.
muramba Pl: miramba. n. thin flat
piece of sun-dried fish.
murambu Pl: mirambu. n. corpse;
body of a dead person. Syn: mutumbi,
mu̱ku̱u̱.
musala bisolo
muramu Pl: baramu. n. sibling-in-law;
either a brother-in-law or a sister-inlaw.
muranga 1 Pl: miranga. n.
announcement, alert, publication;
spoken or written statement that spreads
information so as to inform people
about s.t.
muranga 2 n. watery milk; water in
which you have washed milk.
murarama n. meningitis.
murawarawa Pl: barawarawa. n.
1 • unstable person; e.g., s.b. who does
not make a firm decision, who utters
anything.
2 • prostitute; s.b. who goes with one
man or woman after another for sex.
Syn: mwenzi̱, waakagulu, malaaya,
mu̱b̯u̱ngi̱, mu̱taaru̱u̱ki̱, mu̱si̱iẖani̱.
muraapa Pl: miraapa. n. rafter; long
straight piece of wood that is used for
making a roof.
muro 1 n. feeling of excessive sleepiness
that can even make you fall sick if you
don’t get sleep.
Muro 2 n. name of a mountain.
murongo Pl: barongo. n. breech birth
twin; one of two children born at the
same time to the same mother, who
come out beginning with the legs first.
muruka Pl: miruka. n. parish; local
government level next below to the subcounty.
murundi Pl: mirundi. n.
multiplication.
murundi gu̱mwei ̱ n. once; s.t that
has happened one time in the period
of long time.
murungi Pl: barungi. n. 1 • dear loved
person.
2 • ‘dear’, a term of endearment.
murusi n. appetite; strong desire for s.t.
musa Pl: misa. n. handle; part of a tool
such as a knife, machete, etc. that s.b.
uses to hold it.
musabi Pl: misabi. n. incision.
musala bisolo v. See main entry:
kusala.
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