Lugungu Dictionary Sep 2012

craving
craving n. iroho
n. munkudye
n. nzala
n. nyoota
craving for food n. lwozo
craving to do n. bicoko
crawl v. kwagu̱la
v. kweni ̱ongoora
v. kwesikiira
crawl on the buttocks v. ku̱syeta
crayon n. rangi̱
craziness n. iraru
crazy adj. b̯wongu b̯wiẖi ̱
crazy person n. mu̱hab̯u̱
crazy, be v. kuhungutuka
v. kurab̯waho
v. kuraruka
v. ku̱gweiṟaru̱
cream n. lub̯uubi
n. makuta
n. mukamu
crease n. lugongo
create v. kuhanga
creation n. b̯uhangwa
credential n. kipapura
credentials n. bisaanyuuzo
credible adj. kyamugasu
credible, be v. kwesigwa
credit n. ibanza
creditor n. mu̱hori ̱
creep v. kugingiira
creeper n. kyesikiira
n. lubebera
creeper sp. n. kibombo
n. nswere
creep, of a plant v. kulanda
Crested Crane n. ntuuha
n. waali̱
Crested Francolin n. nkiraga
crime n. musangu
criminal n. mu̱sobya
criminal investigator n. mbega
cripple v. ku̱li̱maalya
crippled person n. mulima
n. mu̱ziṉgamu̱
n. nziṉgo
crippled, become v. kuzingama
critic n. mwekengi ̱
criticise v. kukorokota
cry of a cat
croak interj. kworu̱kworu̱
crocheted cloth n. kitambaara
crocodile n. mpiyo
crop n. kilimwa
crop, bumper n. mweru
cross v. kucwa
v. kutaaduuka
v. ku̱ki ̱iẕiḵa
cross over v. kutambaluka
cross water v. kwambuka
cross-examine v. ku̱b̯u̱u̱li̱sani̱a
crossroads n. masangananzira
crouch v. kubbutama
crowd n. kyecooko
n. lugologombo
n. ruganga
crowd noise, the sound of
v. ku̱jogoolya
crowd together v. kwetuuma
crown n. kondo
crow, of a cock v. kukookooma
crucify v. kubamba
cruel adj. kamaanya
cruel person n. kabbulusungu
n. kageru̱
n. kimbalanga
n. kiṉtyome
n. mubi
n. ngeiṯe
n. waakati ̱gi ̱
cruelty n. b̯ukabbulusungu
n. b̯ukamaanya
n. b̯ukimbalanga
n. b̯u̱kageru̱
crumb n. ndagalika
crush v. kurunga
v. kuswa
v. kuswaswana
crush dry foodstuffs v. kukona
crush fermented cassava or maize
v. ku̱konereerya
crushed, be v. kuswaswanika
v. kwatika
cry v. kulira
v. ku̱geegeeta
cry a lot v. ku̱hembeeta
cry by singing v. kwanziira
cry for v. kuliriira
cry of a cat interj. nghyawu
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