Lugungu Dictionary Sep 2012

biẖi̱mba
biẖi ̱mba Sg: kiẖi ̱mba. From: Runyoro.
n. bean; seed of a creeping plant that
bears fruit of different colours, e.g.,
khaki, red, white, etc. that is eaten as
sauce. Syn: birangwa.
Bi ̱i̱so n. name of a town.
biḵi ̱iṟiẖo Var: bikiraho. adv. more than;
a larger amount of s.t. than s.t. else or
than is expected or than the usual
amount.
biḵoreseb̯wa Pl: kiḵoreseb̯wa. n.
usage.
biḵu̱mi ̱ bibiri num. two hundred.
biḵu̱mi ̱ binei num. four hundred.
biḵu̱mi ̱ bisatu num. three hundred.
biḵu̱mi ̱ bitanu num. five hundred.
biḵwete n. locally brewed beer.
biḵwete bi ̱sengeeje n. brew made
from maize flour that is fermented,
mingled or made from fermented
cassava, pounded into flour and
mingled like posho then yeast
added.
biḵwete bya meezi ̱ n. brew made
from cassava that is fermented,
dried and pounded into powdery
form then mingled like posho after
it has cooled and yeast added.
biṉkahansyo num. nought, zero.
Syn: noono, nooti̱, zi̱iṟo.
biṉkwati ̱iṟiḵi ̱ adj. insensitive, uncaring,
unsympathetic.
biṉti ̱ge n. eyebrows; hair that is on the
face above the eyes.
biṉyakyeiẖaga n. See main entry:
bihaga.
biṉyaanniṉdo Sg: kiṉyaanniṉdo. n.
nasal mumbling; speaking words that
are not clear in a way that appears as if
one is talking through the nose.
byegwe
biṟamu̱kyo Sg: kiṟamu̱kyo. n.
greetings; words used to ask s.b. in
order to know how life stands.
biṟye n. algal bloom; green substance that
comes for a period, esp. in a lake and
changes the colour of the water.
bi̱siḵa n. larger crack than ‘nkyakya’ that
forms on a heel from which blood can
ooze especially during the time of the
‘ndaawe’ wind. Syn: bigaali.
bi̱sondi ̱ n. yaws; disease that affects s.b.
under the feet in form of a round red
skin ulcers that makes walking difficult.
biṯeekaniẕiḇi̱iṟwe
Sg: kiṯeekaniẕiḇi ̱iṟwe. n. things that
have been organised, arranged, or
prepared.
biṯu̱u̱tu̱ Sg: kiṯu̱u̱tu̱. n. braids; hair tied
up in round heaps with threads on the
head.
bo pro. See main entry: baamu.
boobo Var: bo. pro. they.
bya kulwala n. See main entry: bilwalu.
byabyo pro. their, theirs.
byab̯u pro. their, theirs.
byab̯wo pro. their, theirs.
byago pro. their, theirs.
byagwo pro. its.
byagyo pro. its.
byako pro. their, theirs.
byakwo pro. its.
byakyo pro. its.
byalwo pro. its.
byalyo pro. its.
byamu Var: byo. pro. your, yours.
byamunda Var: byenda. n. offal; one of
the body parts of the stomach.
byamwe Var: bye. pro. his, her, hers.
byamyo pro. their, theirs.
byange Var: byei ̱. pro. my, mine.
byankei Var: byankeenya. pro.
themselves.
byankini adj. unwilling; do s.t.
unwillingly.
byatwo pro. their, theirs.
byazyo Var: byazo. pro. their, theirs.
bye pro. See main entry: byamwe.
byegwe Sg: kyegwe. n. hearsay, gossip;
information passed around by
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