Lugungu Dictionary Sep 2012

mutabaza
2 • ivory.
mutabaza Pl: batabaza. n. quiet, shy
person; s.b. who speaks little.
Syn: mwetiḵereeru̱.
mutafayo Var: mutafaho.
Pl: batafayo. n. mindless, careless,
reckless, senseless, irresponsible
person; s.b. who does not give enough
attention and thought to what he does,
esp. to his lifestyle and behaviour.
Syn: nganya, ntabiganye, mwegu̱mi̱siṟiẕi̱,
mpunguule.
mutaka Pl: bataka. n. resident.
mutaku Pl: mitaku. n. stern; rear part of
a boat.
waakumutaku
Pl: baakumutaku. n. s.b. who
rows or paddles from the rear part
of a boat.
mutala Pl: mitala. n. weed; any
unwanted plant that grows in a garden
that has already been dug or weeded.
mutanda Pl: mitanda. n. shore, beach,
river bank, landing site; boundary
between a lake or any other water and
the land.
mutasoroora Pl: batasoroora. n.
impartial person.
mutatiro Pl: batatiro. n. stingy person;
s.b. mean who does not want to give
what he has or who spends on s.t., but
underpays the seller. Syn: i̱syoko,
mulimiriirwa, mwi̱mi̱, mukodo, mupu,
wa ngalu gitatiro.
mutaanu Pl: mitaanu. n. boundary,
edge, border; end point of a place, e.g.,
a country, region, village, etc. that
separates it from another.
mutegu Pl: mitegu. n. trap; device in
which an animal or a bird is caught.
mutembu Pl: mitembu. n. macramé
hanger; s.t. that is woven from sisal in
which is hung such things as sauce in
order to prevent a cat, insects etc.
getting it.
mutemu Pl: batemu. n. murderer,
killer, assassin; s.b. who has killed s.b.
deliberately and illegally. Syn: mwiṯi̱,
mu̱rasi̱, mu̱ziṉdi̱.
kukama mutima
mutemwa Pl: mitemwa. n. share;
amount of money that relatives impose
on their sons and daughters on special
occasions, esp. at the funeral.
mutende Var: mu̱tendeki. ̱ Pl: batende.
n. coach, trainer; s.b. who teaches
people to gain a particular skill.
mutendeke Pl: batendeke. n.
trainee; person being trained.
mutendekwa Pl: batendekwa. n.
trainee.
muteeku Pl: miteeku. n. heap; pile of
things that are equal in quantity in order
to sell or to share.
muteeri Pl: miteeri. n. boat, smaller
than a ship, that travels on water, moved
by a motor.
muteete Pl: miteete. n. big tree sp. with
thorns that does not shed all its leaves,
and with fruit that are mostly eaten by
goats.
luteete Pl: nteete. n. fruit of a
certain tropical tree sp. known as
‘muteete’.
muteeyamba Pl: bateeyamba. n.
helpless person; s.b. who cannot look
after himself in such things as food,
clothing, shelter and medical care.
mutima Pl: mitima. n. 1 • heart; organ
in the body on the left side of the chest
that beats supplying blood around the
whole body.
2 • soul, spirit; inner part of s.b. that
feels pain, the centre of human thought
where true character resides.
mutima gubiibi adj. bad-hearted.
mutima kukuuta Pl: mitima
kukuuta. n. rapid heart beat.
kukuuta kwa mutima v. have an
irregular heartbeat.
kimala mutima Pl: bimala
mutima. n. heart attack.
kukama mutima Var: ku̱tati ̱iṟya
mutima; kukanya mutima. v.
Idiom. be courageous; continue
trying to do or achieve s.t. in spite
of being in difficulty.
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