Lugungu Dictionary Sep 2012

mwana mukere
mwana mukere Pl: baana
bakere. n. baby; young child that is
still suckling. Syn: nkerembe.
mwana kicuucuru Pl: baana
bicuucuru. n. older toddler; child
who is slightly grown learning to
talk.
mwana muto Pl: baana bato. n.
child up to 7 years; s.b. who has not
yet attained adolescent age.
mwana atadoori ̱ Pl: baana
batadoori ̱. n. premature baby.
mwana atali na babyeru̱
Pl: baana batali na babyeru̱. n.
orphan; s.b. who has lost one or
both parents. Syn: nfuuzi.
mwana gwa mbwene
Pl: baana ba mbwene. n. puppy;
young dog that is not yet ready to
fertilize or to conceive.
mwana gwa ntaama Pl: baana
ba ntaama. n. lamb; young sheep
that is not yet ready to fertilize or to
conceive.
mwana gwa mpunu Pl: baana
ba mpunu. n. piglet; young pig
that is not yet ready to fertilise or to
conceive.
mwana gwa mbu̱li̱ Pl: baana ba
mbu̱li. ̱ n. young goat that is not yet
ready to fertilize or to conceive.
mwana mutweke Pl: baana
batweke. n. illegitimate child;
offspring who has been produced
outside a marriage relationship.
Syn: kitwekerano.
mwanaali Pl: baanaali. n. married
daughter; title used by everyone from
where a woman was born to refer to any
married woman.
mwandaara Pl: myandaara. From:
Runyoro. n. rock. Syn: lubbaali.
mwandaari ̱ Pl: bandaari. ̱ n. vagabond;
s.b. who moves anyhow without a
definite direction or without a purpose.
mwangani ̱ Pl: bangani. ̱ n. divorcee;
divorced woman or a woman who is
separated from her husband. Syn: mwiṯi̱
mwebbu̱ni ̱
wa maka, mubboha bitambaara, mwiṯa
nyu̱mba.
mwangu 1 Pl: myangu. n. door frame;
piece of timber or flattened wood onto
which a hinge or latch is nailed in order
to fasten a door.
mwangu 2 Pl: bangu. n. sociable
person; s.b. who is easily approachable,
hospitable, generous, easy to deal with,
is not complicated, etc.
mwani ̱ Pl: myani ̱. n. coffee; cash crop
with the seeds from which coffee
powder is made.
mwani ̱o Pl: bamwani ̱o. n. enemy; s.b.
who hates, harms, acts, or speaks
against s.b., e.g., s.b. who prevents you
from being successful. Syn: kanyagwe,
munyanzigwa, ntamuhiira.
mwanu̱ku̱ Pl: baanu̱ku̱. n. thin,
emaciated person; s.b. who has not put
on weight or who has lost weight.
mwanya Pl: myanya. n. 1 • sky;
between the earth and heaven where the
sun, the moon and the stars are found.
2 • space.
3 • distance, range; area over which s.t.
can be seen or heard.
mwanya gugali Pl: myanya
migali. n. enough space.
mwaru n. small grass sp. that does not
grow tall and has six finger-like parts
where the seeds are.
mwebemberi ̱ Var: mwehemberi.
̱
Pl: beebemberi. ̱ n. 1 • leader; s.b. who
has been given the authority of ordering
or controlling other people.
Syn: mwebembezi̱.
2 • leader; s.b. at the front, ahead.
mwebembezi ̱ Pl: beebembezi. ̱ From:
Runyoro. n. leader; s.b. who is in
control of a group of people, e.g., the
head of a country, organization, etc.
Syn: mwebemberi̱.
mwebbengeeri ̱ Pl: beebbengeeri. ̱ n.
overly-friendly forward person; s.b.
without discipline who is fond of
getting too friendly.
mwebbu̱ni ̱ Pl: beebbu̱ni. ̱ n. proud
person; s.b who shows off because he
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