Lugungu Dictionary Sep 2012

mutiti
mutiti 1 Pl: mititi. n. big wild tree sp.
that has small leaves, with white thorns
longer than all those of all other trees.
Mutiti 2 n. name of a person.
muto 1 Pl: bato. n. youth, young person;
s.b. youthful that is not yet grown to be
a man or a woman. Syn: waaminyeeto.
muto 2 Pl: mito. n. soup; liquid that
remains when the sauce is ready, in
which s.b. soaks food.
kwata iḵu̱ha ku̱nolya muto v.
Idiom. exaggerate. Syn: kuhaariiza,
kwongera.
mutoma Pl: mitoma. n. big tree sp. that
sheds all its leaves for a period, oozes
gum and whose bark is used for making
bark cloth.
mutongole Pl: batongole. n. village
chief; leader of more than one village
councils before a parish-chief.
mutongoole Pl: batongoole. n. heir;
child who is carefully selected by the
clan elders from the traditional altar and
then made successor.
mutono Pl: mitono. n. payment for
using a canoe; agreed upon amount of
fish given to the owner of a canoe by
the other users.
mutonta Pl: mitonta. n. long thin fish
sp. like a snake with an extremely hard
surface and rarely fished.
mutoogoolo Pl: mitoogoolo. n.
granary; building where surplus food,
esp. grain, is stored in times of good
harvest. Syn: kigoga, mu̱diṟi̱, kideeru.
mutumba Pl: mitumba. n. Muvule;
forest tree, extremely strong that grows
very tall and very big.
mutumbi Pl: mitumbi. n. corpse; body
of a dead person. Syn: mu̱ku̱u̱,
murambu.
mutumwa Pl: batumwa. n.
representative, messenger, delegate; s.b.
sent on behalf of another with a
message to deliver from that sending
person. Syn: mukwenda.
mutuura Pl: mituura. n. 1 • big wild
tree sp. that bears round edible fruit that
muzira
are green while raw and change to a
yellow colour when ripe.
2 • edible fruit that are yellow when ripe
and whose juice is sticky like mucus.
mutwaru 1 Pl: mitwaru. n. bundle of
things, e.g., firewood, grass, poles etc.
mutwaru 2 num. ten thousand.
muyonga n. blown ash; product of burnt
grass or shrubs that is moved by wind
from direction to direction.
muyonjo Pl: bayonjo. n. clean,
hygienic, smart-looking person.
Syn: mwecu̱mi̱.
muzaana Pl: bazaana. n. female
servant.
muzaanu 1 adj. Idiom. easy.
muzaanu 2 Sg: mizaanu. From:
Runyoro. n. 1 • sport, match; activity of
pleasure that follows fixed rules, e.g.,
football, netball, athletics, etc.
2 • musical.
3 • drama, play; acting that utters words
teaching s.t.
4 • game.
mu̱handu̱ wa muzaanu
Pl: bahandu̱ ba muzaanu. n.
referee, coach, sports team captain.
Syn: mu̱handu̱ wa mupiira, reefu̱ri̱,
mu̱sali̱.
muze 1 Pl: baze. From: Kiswahili. n.
older man.
muze 2 Var: muzei. Pl: mize. n. habit; act
or behaviour that s.b. is used to all the
time that is not easy to stop.
Syn: kamogo, mulye.
muzira 1 Pl: bazira. n. 1 • expert, hero;
s.b., esp. a man who is admired by
many people for doing s.t. brave or
good. Syn: kagoogoole, kaku̱ngu̱,
katyonko, mu̱ku̱gu̱, musaaha, kaguulu.
2 • serious person; s.b. who is serious
about his work.
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