Lugungu Dictionary Sep 2012

mwetegeerya
s.b. who is able to make good
judgements based on reason and
experience rather than emotion.
2 • intelligent person; s.b. who is a quick
learner, good at understanding and
thinking in a logical way about things.
mwetegeerya Pl: beetegeerya. n.
1 • listener; s.b. who pays keen attention
to what is being said so that he
understands the meaning.
2 • obedient person. Syn: mu̱gonderi̱,
mu̱hu̱liẕi̱.
mwetembya Pl: beetembya. n. proud
person; s.b who shows off because he
feels more important than other people
and has too high an opinion of himself.
mwetiḵereeru̱ Pl: beetiḵereeru̱. n.
quiet, shy person; s.b. who speaks little.
Syn: mutabaza.
mwetongani ̱iṟi̱ Pl: beetongani ̱iṟi. ̱ n.
defendant; s.b. who defends himself in a
court of law or against a criticism from
others.
mwetwali ̱ Pl: beetwali. ̱ n. proud
person; s.b who shows off because he
feels more important than other people
and has too high an opinion of himself.
mwetweki ̱ Pl: beetweki. ̱ n. porter; s.b.
whose job is to carry people’s loads.
mwetweko Pl: myetweko. n. load,
burden; goods that are tied together into
s.t. that s.b. or a vehicle carries on a
journey. Syn: kibbambu, kigugu, kiẕi̱go.
mweyandu Pl: myeyandu. n. length
and width of s.t.
mwezegwa Pl: beezegwa. n. proud
person; s.b who shows off because he
feels more important than other people
and has too high an opinion of himself.
mwezi ̱ Pl: beezi. ̱ n. sweeper; s.b. whose
job is sweeping.
mweziḇi̱ Pl: beeziḇi. ̱ n. escapee; s.b.
who moves away from somewhere
secretly.
mwezi ̱mbya Pl: beezi ̱mbya. n. proud
person; s.b who shows off because he
feels more important than other people
and has too high an opinion of himself.
mwiḇi̱
mwicale kurungi interj. See main
entry: oicale kurungi.
mwicate Pl: beicate. n. dunce, fool;
dense, stupid, dull person who does or
says things without sense. Syn: madara,
mudoma, mbuda, mu̱pu̱u̱ti̱.
mwicuto Pl: miicuto. n. satiation; state
of being so full of food that you don’t
feel that you need to eat more.
mwiha Var: mwihawe. Pl: beiha. n. cowife.
mwihuro Pl: miihuro. n. steam from
food.
mwihwa Pl: beihwa. n. nephew, niece;
children of s.b.’s sister, not brother. i.e.,
they do not live within that person’s
extended family.
mwijalanda Pl: beijalanda. n.
lastborn child.
mwiju Var: mwijwo. Pl: beiju. n. family
member; s.b. who is in the same family
as you, either a clan mate or not.
Syn: waakwamu̱gi̱.
mwikiriza Pl: beikiriza. n. believer;
s.b. who listens to and confidently
follows s.b.’s word.
mwinkira Pl: minkira. n. tail; part of
an animal body at the hind end that
moves in space.
kusika mwinkira Lit: pull the tail
v. Idiom. come last; be in the last
position.
mwinsi adj. See main entry: b̯wiṟe.
mwiraab̯u Pl: beiraab̯u. n. female
friend; s.b. who is a close friend
(between women).
mwiru Pl: beiru. n. slave, male servant;
man who is officially s.b.’s possession
and does not make his own decisions.
mwisirikale n. See main entry:
musirikale.
mwitehe n. underground; inside the soil.
mwizukulu Pl: beizukulu. n.
grandchild.
mwizulo Pl: miizulo. n. flood; water
that has extended beyond the banks of a
river or lake.
mwiḇi̱ Pl: beiḇi. ̱ n. 1 • thief.
2 • dishonest person.
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