Lugungu Dictionary Sep 2012

mu̱ku̱ri ̱siṯu̱
baptised Anglican who usually calls
themselves a Christian.
mu̱ku̱ri̱siṯu̱ Pl: baku̱ri ̱siṯu̱. n.
Catholic Christian; a baptised
Catholic.
mu̱ku̱u̱ Pl: baku̱u̱. n. corpse; body of a
dead person. Syn: mutumbi, murambu.
mu̱ku̱u̱ti ̱ wa bi̱si̱sani̱ n. See main
entry: ki ̱si ̱sani.
̱
mu̱kwa Pl: miḵwa. n. salt; sharp-tasting
white substance that is added to food for
flavouring or that is put in s.t. so as to
preserve it.
mu̱kwiẕi̱ Pl: miḵwiẕi. ̱ n. long hair
attached to the tip of the skin of a tail of
a dead animal.
mu̱labi̱ Pl: miḻabi. ̱ n. mingling stick;
thin piece of wood about half a metre
long used for mingling posho.
mu̱lambi̱ Pl: balambi ̱. n. adviser; s.b.
who gives advice and does not hide
good or bad.
mu̱laali̱ Pl: balaali ̱. n. overnight visitor;
s.b. who goes somewhere and spends a
night there.
mu̱legezi̱ Pl: balegezi. ̱ n. priest,
shaman; s.b. chosen in a clan to
prophesy for an area and sacrifice to the
traditional gods of that particular area.
mu̱lembe Pl: miḻembe. n. level,
standard; a particular quality or a
relative position in a scale of
importance. Syn: lulengu, idaara,
mu̱tiṉdo.
mu̱lembe gukadei Pl: miḻembe
mikadei. n. s.t. old fashioned that
people don’t want.
mu̱lemesya Var: mu̱lemeseni ̱a.
Pl: balemesya. n. 1 • peculiar, weird,
strange person.
2 • complicated person; s.b. who is
difficult to understand.
Syn: mu̱talangani̱a.
3 • stubborn, irritating person; s.b. who
is always determined to disapprove
others or to resist any change.
Syn: mu̱gadya, mu̱taliḇaniẕi̱,
mu̱hu̱gu̱tani̱a.
mu̱liṉga
mu̱lemi̱ Pl: balemi. ̱ n. governor, ruler;
s.b. who has authority to lead people in
a place, a country, etc. Syn: mu̱fu̱gi̱.
mu̱lere n. type of wind that blows from
the south cooling the lake.
mu̱leegi ̱ Pl: baleegi. ̱ n. beggar; s.b.
who keeps on asking for almost
anything from others, esp. money and
food. Syn: mu̱sabiṟi̱iṟya.
mu̱leeju̱ Pl: miḻeeju̱. n. 1 • chin; part of
the face below the mouth and above the
neck.
2 • beard.
mu̱liḇati̱ Pl: baliḇati ̱. n. walker.
mu̱li̱gi ̱ Pl: bali ̱gi. ̱ n. artist, decorator; s.b.
who knows how to draw and paint.
Syn: mu̱ku̱u̱ti̱ wa bi̱si̱sani̱, mu̱si̱i̱gi̱ wa
bi̱si̱sani̱.
mu̱li̱i̱sya 1 Pl: bali ̱i ̱sya. n. shepherd,
herdsman; s.b. who has the
responsibility of feeding domestic
animals. Syn: muhuma.
mu̱li̱i̱sya 2 Pl: bali ̱i ̱sya. n. reverend,
pastor; priest, person trained to minister
in a church.
mu̱liḵi ̱ Pl: miḻiḵi. ̱ n. ray; rib-like
reinforcement of bone or cartilage in a
fish’s fin that it uses to defend itself in
case of danger; one of the bones of the
dorsal fin of a Tilapia, Nile perch, etc.
mu̱li̱mba 1 Pl: bali ̱mba. n. fisherman;
s.b. whose job is fishing.
Mu̱li̱mba 2 n. name of a person.
mu̱li̱mi ̱ Pl: bali ̱mi. ̱ n. farmer, cultivator,
grower; s.b. who does the work of
farming.
mu̱liṉdi ̱ Pl: baliṉdi. ̱ n. 1 • watchman,
guard; s.b., such as a soldier, police etc.
who protects a place, people or
prisoners from escaping.
2 • caretaker; s.b. who has the
responsibility of taking care of s.t. or
s.b. Syn: mu̱handya, mu̱liṉgi̱iṟi̱, mukuza,
mu̱woneeri̱.
mu̱liṉdiṟi̱ Pl: baliṉdiṟi. ̱ n. unemotional
person; s.b. who feels anger but
contains it.
mu̱liṉga Pl: miḻiṉga. n. 1 • jewel, gem.
2 • ring with a mounted gem stone.
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