Lugungu Dictionary Sep 2012

nunghununghu
nunghununghu adj. finely ground, of
a powder.
nu̱u̱ni ̱ Pl: nu̱u̱ni. ̱ n. part of the large
intestine; fatty sack-like inside part of a
body.
nzala Pl: nzala. n. 1 • famine; lack of
food in a place for a long period.
2 • hunger, craving; excessive need or
desire for s.t.
nzanza Pl: banzanza. n. active person;
s.b. who is lively, welcoming, quick to
do things, and full of ideas. Syn: muhyo,
mu̱camu̱ku̱, mu̱tagatu̱.
nzaarwa Pl: nzaarwa. From: Runyoro.
n. citizen; s.b. born in a place where he
has the right to settle. Syn: munyansi,
musi.
nzegesya Pl: nzegesya. n. teaching.
nzegu̱ Pl: nzegu̱. n. Loxodonta africana.
elephant; extremely large wild animal,
greyish, with very large ears and with
tusks.
nzegwagana Pl: nzegwagana. n.
1 • cooperation, teamwork,
collaboration; state of working together
and helping each other in order to
achieve s.t. Syn: nkoragana, nkengagana.
2 • negotiation; discussion between
people who are trying to reach an
agreement.
nzenengwa Var: nzomongwa.
Pl: nzenengwa. n. habitual gossiper;
s.b. who says things that have no sense
or s.b. who is fond of involving himself
in informal talk or stories about other
people’s private lives, that may be
unkind or untrue.
nzicala Pl: nzicala. n. 1 • culture,
customs; how people who are related by
language, clan, etc. live their life.
Syn: b̯uhangwa.
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nzooka
2 • personality, habits, behaviour,
conduct; the way s.b. lives. Syn: ngesu,
nyeetwala, kikorwa.
nzikiraniza Pl: nzikiraniza. n.
1 • agreement; state of having the same
opinion.
2 • promise; statement telling s.b. that
you will definitely do or not do s.t.
Syn: kiraganu.
nzikiriza Pl: nzikiriza. n. faith, belief;
situation of trust, where there is no
doubt.
nziku Pl: nziku. n. gonorrhoea; disease
of the sexual organs caught by having
sex with an infected person, that brings
a rash or sores around the genitals.
nzira Pl: nzira. n. path, track; way that is
made by the action of people walking.
Syn: muhanda.
nzi ̱go Pl: nzi ̱go. n. rivalry, enmity,
hostility; state in which two people or
companies are at logger heads with each
other.
nziẖa Sg: lu̱ziẖa. n. pubic hair that
grows on the body in the private parts.
Syn: nketeru.
nziṉgi ̱iṟya Pl: nziṉgi ̱iṟya. n. income;
money that s.b. earns from work or in
business.
nziṉgo Pl: banziṉgo. n. crippled,
disabled, lame person; s.b. whose
inability to walk or move normally
started right away from childhood either
because of nature or a disease.
Syn: mu̱ziṉgamu̱.
nziṟamu Var: kya kwiṟamu.
Pl: nziṟamu. n. answer, response; reply
to a question.
nziṟo Pl: nziṟo. n. dirt, grime; mixture of
sweat and dust that has dried on a
human body or on a piece of cloth.
nzogoro Pl: nzogoro. n. Tilapia; fish
with large short scales, an unsplit odd
tail fin and many bones on the dorsal
fin, that mostly feeds on algae and mud.
nzoroora Pl: nzoroora. n. upbringing,
rearing, parenting; way in which s.b.
has been raised.
nzooka Pl: nzooka. n. 1 • look of s.t.