Lugungu Dictionary Sep 2012

njuba
njuba Pl: njuba. n. clotted blood of an
animal that has been slaughtered and is
eaten as sauce.
njwahe Pl: banjwahe. n. weakling,
feeble person; s.b. who is not physically
strong. Syn: muhuuru, mpolongoni ̱e,
muceke.
njwara n. dress style; way people dress.
Syn: ndwala.
nka adv. 1 • almost, nearly. Syn: heehi̱.
2 • like, similar to.
nka kukili adv. as well, as it is.
nka yati conj. like this, as follows.
nkabbu Pl: nkabbu. n. rude reply;
negative oral response that shows no
respect at all to the recipient of the
message.
nkaiṉa Pl: nkaiṉa. n. camel; domestic
animal with a long neck, one or two
humps used in desert countries for
moving on or for carrying goods.
nkaka 1 Pl: nkaka. n. Manis temminckii.
Cape Pangolin; small gnawing animal,
that resembles a rat, with an extremely
short tail, covered with brown scales
except the face and underside of the
body which are whitish.
nkaka 2 Pl: nkaka. n. bile, vomit;
yellowish liquid that s.b. vomits when
he has malaria.
nkakamu Sg: lukakamu. n. posho
burn-layer that forms at the bottom of a
cooking pan and is scraped off with a
knife or a machete.
nkalirwa Pl: nkalirwa. n. 1 • creeping
vegetable sp. that is used for sauce.
2 • vegetable sauce from a plant sp. that
grows creeping along a tree or a bush.
nkali ̱ Pl: nkali ̱. n. urine; liquid that s.b.
or an animal urinates that collects in the
bladder. Syn: maanyi.
nkanahu̱ Pl: nkanahu̱. n. simsim,
sesame; plant that grows like a certain
tropical plant sp. that bears seeds
upwards and is eaten as spice.
nkanaana Pl: nkanaana. From:
Luganda. n. dispute; disagreement
between two people, groups or
countries. Syn: nkayani̱, nsonga.
nkende
nkangu Pl: nkangu. n. end, limit;
terminal point of a journey, a piece of
work or any other thing. Syn: mmaliira.
nkanku Pl: nkanku. n. gizzard; part in
the body of a bird in which there are
small stones and sand for crushing food.
nkanzu Pl: nkanzu. n. robe; long loose
outer garment for men, often worn by
Moslems.
nkaraaza Pl: nkaraaza. n. Herpestes
sanguineus. Slender mongoose; wild
animal, small bodied, short legs, a small
head, a long tail, sharp curved claws
and moves holding the tail high, often
stopping to check for danger.
nkata Pl: nkata. n. ring; object in the
shape of a circle with a hole in the
middle, e.g., the folded piece of cloth or
grass put on the head to help s.b. feel a
lesser weight of the load he is carrying.
nkayani̱ Pl: nkayani ̱. n. dispute;
disagreement between two people,
groups or countries. Syn: nkanaana,
nsonga.
nkaaga num. sixty.
nkaara Pl: nkaara. n. fertile soil that
makes plants grow well.
kutema nkaara v. dig or heap
terraces or contours in the land in
order to control the flow of water.
nkaayane Pl: nkayaane. n. dispute,
quarrel; discussion in which two or
more people angrily disagree.
Syn: mpaka.
nkebe Pl: nkebe. n. intelligence; ability
to learn, understand and think in a
logical way about things.
nkeiṯo Pl: nkeiṯo. n. shoe; footwear that
s.b. wears that covers the whole foot
and is made of leather or plastic.
nkekeeya Pl: nkekeeya. n. sieve; tool
made of wire netting attached to a ring,
used for separating large particles from
fine ones.
nkende Pl: nkende. n. Erythrocebus
pates. monkey; small animal with a
long tail, that resembles a baboon and is
fond of climbing trees.
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