Lugungu Dictionary Sep 2012

carry on the shoulder
carry on the shoulder v. kubbagala
cartilage n. mpekenyu̱
carve v. ku̱beiẕa
carve wood v. kuheesa
carver n. mu̱heesi ̱
case, legal n. musangu
n. nsangu
cassava n. kingura
n. ngura
cassava flour n. b̯u̱kooro
cassava spread to dry n. mpompoiṯe
Caster oil shrub sp. n. kisoga
castrate v. kukona
castrated animal n. kone
cat n. kajangu
cat sp., stinking wild n. kaweesi ̱mba
cat ’s cry interj. nghyawu
catapult n. mu̱tiḏa
catastrophe n. kabi
n. kingwera
catch v. kubbakula
v. kukwata
v. ku̱bbu̱u̱kiṟa
catch properly v. ku̱nwani ̱a
catch up with v. kukwata
catch, play v. kubbaka
catechist n. musomesa
n. mu̱tebezi̱
n. mwegesa
category n. kika
n. luganda
caterpillar n. kiginyo
catfish n. laanya
Catholic n. mu̱katu̱liḵi ̱
Catholic Christian n. mu̱ku̱ri̱siṯu̱
cattle n. nte
caught, make s.b. get v. ku̱kwati ̱sya
cause s.t. v. kurugwamu
cause to be v. kuleetaho
cave n. b̯wingira
cavity, tooth n. kihuru kya hakati ̱
cease v. kwemereerya
cease a habit v. kuzira
celebrate v. kujaguza
celebration n. b̯u̱genyi ̱
n. kiḏiḏi̱
n. ki ̱jagu̱zo
cell, prison n. nkomo
cement n. si̱miṉti ̱
character
centipede n. gongolo
n. kihiri kya weicope
centre adj. kyahakati ̱
ceremony n. mukoro
certainly interj. hoi ̱
interj. kwokwo
certain, be v. kunanuka
certificate n. bbaruha gya kusoma
cervix n. mengi ̱
chaff n. bihulunga
chain n. lu̱jegere
chain link fence n. katimba ka
waya
chair n. ntebe
chair, heir’s n. kitebe kya mugwete
n. kiṯeerya
chair, household n. makenule
chalk n. cooka
n. noono
challenging adj. kyakabi
adj. kyatabbu
challenging, be v. ku̱lemesya
chameleon n. kapimpini
chance n. mu̱gi ̱sa
n. nkya
chance meeting n. iṟomba
chance, take a v. ku̱lwani̱sya
v. ku̱yi ̱i̱ya
change v. kufooka
v. kuhindula
n. mpinduka
change behaviour v. kuhindula
ngesu
v. kwiṟamwo b̯untu
change slightly v. kuhindulaho
change your mind v. kuhindula
nteekereza
change your sleeping position
v. kwehindula
change yourself v. kweniẖiṟi̱iṟya
changeling n. nfooka
channel, TV or radio n. siṯenseni ̱
channel, water n. mu̱hwi ̱
chaos n. mworo
chaos, cause v. kutab̯ura
chapter n. suura
char v. ku̱siḏya
character n. b̯untu
n. kikorwa
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