Lugungu Dictionary Sep 2012

b̯ukama b̯wa nzaarwa
b̯ukama b̯wa nzaarwa
Var: b̯ukama b̯wa b̯uhangwa.
From: Runyoro. n. traditional
authority.
b̯ukamaanya n. hostility, harshness,
cruelty; behaviour that shows no respect
for others. esp. rude talking.
b̯ukazi n. mess.
adj. shabby, messy; not caring about
your body, dress, or character.
b̯ukene From: Runyoro. n. inability;
state of being unable to do s.t.
Syn: b̯utasobora.
b̯ukeeto n. accounting, bookkeeping;
responsibility of keeping money, the
activities of being a treasurer.
b̯ukimbalanga n. cruelty; trait of being
cruel and rude, having a militant
character or having uncouth behaviours.
b̯ukoosokooswa
Sg: kakoosokooswa. n. uncertainty in
decision making.
b̯ukooto n. fatness, bigness, largeness.
b̯ukungu n. government or
administrative leadership; state of being
a leader, e.g., a parish chief, sub-county
chief, county- chief etc.
b̯ukwenda n. message; new information
that is sent to people over the radio, by
letter etc. Syn: b̯utumwa.
b̯ulagalika Sg: kalagalika. n. droplets.
Syn: b̯u̱pampatiḵa, b̯ucwekacweka.
B̯ulaaya n. name of a continent, Europe.
b̯ulehe Sg: kalehe. n. itchy skin rash,
e.g., scabies. Syn: b̯ugwenyu.
b̯ulemu Pl: malemu. n. war, battle,
fight.
b̯ulemwa n. failure; lack of success in
doing s.t.
b̯uli adj. 1 • each.
2 • every.
b̯uli hantu hensei ̱ pro.
everywhere.
b̯uli muntu pro. everyone,
everybody.
b̯uli kintu pro. 1 • everything.
2 • whatever.
b̯uli saaha adv. always, habitually;
s.t. happening every time.
b̯umadara
b̯uli kiro adv. 1 • always.
2 • daily; every twenty-four hours.
Syn: b̯u̱kya-b̯u̱kye.
b̯uli mwaka adv. yearly, annually;
after every twelve months.
b̯uli b̯wiṟe conj. whenever.
b̯uli hantu adv. wherever.
b̯ulima n. disability, abnormality; state
of having an improperly formed part of
the body due to nature or injury.
b̯ulime n. field that has already been dug
or well prepared but in which nothing
has yet been planted.
b̯ulimiriirwa n. frugality; not wanting
to use s.t. that you have, being
economical, not willing to spend on
anything, even if it is cheap.
b̯ulo n. sleep; natural state of rest that
makes s.b. asleep.
kumala b̯ulo Lit: end sleep v. Idiom.
take a stimulant.
kutwalwa b̯ulo Lit: be taken by
sleep v. Metaphor. fall asleep; be
overtaken by sleep. Syn: kwebbaka,
kwiḇ̯wa b̯ulo.
kwiḇ̯wa b̯ulo v. Idiom. fall asleep;
experience a sudden sleep.
b̯ulogo n. traditional medicine that s.b. is
made to swallow or is placed in his way
so that he becomes a nuisance,
encounters misfortune, or dies.
b̯uloho-b̯uloho adv. immediately,
instantly; after an extremely short
period of time.
b̯ululu n. bitterness; sour taste like the
taste of a lemon.
b̯uluuse Pl: mab̯uluuse. n. large fish
sp. with scales, with the body surface
similar to that of a Yellowfish, rarely
eaten and with an electric tail fin.
b̯ulyo n. reason, purpose; aim that makes
you do s.t. Syn: nsonga.
b̯umadara n. 1 • stupidity; behaviour
that shows a lack of thought or good
judgement.
2 • dumbness; quality of being slow to
learn, not clever or intelligent.
Syn: b̯umbuda, b̯u̱pu̱u̱ti̱, b̯u̱siṟu̱, b̯udoma.
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