Lugungu Dictionary Sep 2012

ngumira
ngumira 2 Pl: ngumira. n. bonus; extra
addition on what was purchased as an
appreciation for buying.
ngundu adv. extremely large in size.
ngunu Pl: ngunu. n. gum; firm areas of
flesh in the mouth that surround the
teeth.
ngura Pl: ngura. n. cassava; food crop
that is grown by stem cuttings, its
leaves are eaten as sauce and its roots
are chewed raw, cooked or dried and
ground into flour for making posho.
Syn: kingura.
nguru Pl: nguru. n. garden land where
there are no dense shrubs that is suitable
for farming crops.
ngu̱gu̱ Pl: ngu̱gu̱. n. Hippopotamus
amphibius. hippopotamus; wild grass
eating animal with short stout legs, a
heavy somewhat fat frame, small short
tail, big head, a huge jaw, a hairless
skin, and which rests in water during a
day time.
ngu̱ngu̱ Pl: ngu̱ngu̱. n. scaled fish sp.
dark as an eagle that resembles a flying
fish.
ngu̱ru̱ku̱ni ̱ Var: ngu̱ruḵi ̱.
Pl: ngu̱ru̱ku̱ni. ̱ n. parasitic plant sp.
that grows on the branches of other
trees, sown by birds, has red flowers
with a yellow head like that of a match
stick.
ngu̱u̱ho Pl: ngu̱u̱ho. n. baby bed sheet;
sheet that is used to cover a baby.
ngu̱u̱je Pl: ngu̱u̱je. n. rebellious person;
s.b. who does not listen and does not
take advice.
ngu̱u̱mu̱ Pl: mangu̱u̱mu̱. n. 1 • boxing;
game played by two people fighting
njiṉi ̱
each other with their hands, wearing
gloves.
2 • blow; powerful hit or impact with a
fist. Syn: ntomi̱.
ngu̱zi̱ Pl: ngu̱zi. ̱ n. 1 • corruption.
2 • bribe;, money or s.t. that s.b. gives as
an illegal payment so that he can do or
get s.t. that he wants.
3 • money given to s.b. for the purpose
of betraying.
kugaba ngu̱zi̱ v. give a bribe.
Syn: kugula.
kudya ngu̱zi̱ v. Metaphor. accept a
bribe.
ngweri ̱ Pl: mangweri. ̱ n. falcon, hawk;
wild meat eating bird the size of a big
hen, with blackish feathers, that preys
on adult chickens.
ngwete Pl: bangwete. n. maternal
uncle; mother’s brother.
ninghi-ninghi adj. tightly tied.
niṉdooli ̱ Pl: maniṉdooli. ̱ n. black
insect sp. with yellow legs and wings
that resembles a wasp and muds its
enclosure, e.g., on walls, trees, etc.
njagi ̱ Pl: njagi. ̱ n. eggplant; food crop
with shiny fruit that very closely
resembles ‘ntobbotobbo’.
njaahi Pl: njaahi. n. cannabis, bhang;
very powerful narcotic plant that people
roll as cigarettes or smoke from a gourd
that makes them crazy with red eyes.
mu̱nywe wa njaahi Pl: banywe
ba njaahi. n. opium smoker; s.b.
who smokes opium.
njebe Pl: njebe. n. Kobus
ellipsiprymnus defassa. Defassa
waterbuck; wild animal, with a shaggy
coat, white buttocks, black legs, large
ears white inside, white lips and the
male has ringed curved horns.
njele Pl: manjele. n. fish sp. with scales,
dark on the dorsal fin side, whitish on
the belly and resembling a flying fish.
njenjeera adv. often, several times,
frequently.
njiṉi ̱ Pl: njiṉi. ̱ From: English. n. engine;
part of a vehicle that produces power to
make a vehicle move.
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