Lugungu Dictionary Sep 2012

b̯u̱koonyeri ̱
b̯u̱koonyeri̱ n. 1 • assistance; support
that is given to s.b. who is in trouble or
in need.
2 • relief, aid; food, money, medicine,
etc. that are given to help people who
are in places where there is war or
natural disaster.
b̯u̱kooro n. cassava flour; fine powdery
foodstuff obtained by grinding cassava.
b̯u̱kooro b̯wa kyakyo n. pollen.
b̯u̱ku̱gu̱ n. expertise, skilfulness; vast
experience and knowledge in doing s.t.
Syn: b̯umanye, b̯usaaha.
b̯u̱ku̱ngu̱u̱ni ̱ n. disobedience; failure to
obey what you have just been told due
to excessive stubbornness. Syn: kati̱gi̱,
b̯uhoole, b̯u̱jeemu̱, b̯u̱teegwa, kyejo.
b̯u̱ku̱ri̱siṯaayo From: English. n.
devotion, piety.
b̯u̱kwataiṉe n. relation, relationship,
connectedness; state of being clansmen,
friends or colleagues.
b̯u̱kya-b̯u̱kye Var: b̯uḵye-b̯u̱kye. adv.
daily; every day without missing any
days. Syn: b̯uli kiro.
b̯u̱lemeseni ̱a Var: b̯uḻemesya;
b̯u̱lemeezi ̱. n. 1 • complication,
complexity; state of being difficult to
understand. Syn: b̯u̱talangani̱a.
2 • problem.
3 • danger; situation that can injure,
destroy or kill. Syn: kabi, tabbu.
b̯u̱lemi̱ n. rule, governance; way people
are led in a place, a country, etc.
Syn: b̯ufugwa, b̯ukama.
b̯u̱lemi̱ b̯wa bicweka n. local
government; lower administration
beginning from the village level up
to the district.
mu̱lwani̱sya b̯u̱lemi̱
Pl: balwani ̱sya b̯u̱lemi. ̱ n. rebel.
b̯u̱liẖi ̱ Pl: b̯u̱liẖi. ̱ n. fine; money or s.t.
that s.b. must pay as a punishment for
breaking a law.
b̯u̱li̱i̱sya n. livestock keeping, herding.
B̯u̱li̱i̱sya n. name of a town, name of
a city.
b̯u̱li̱mba n. fishing activity.
b̯u̱papi̱
b̯u̱li̱mi ̱ n. agriculture, farming; activity of
cultivating.
b̯u̱lobi̱ n. fishing; activity of fishing.
b̯u̱lu̱b̯u̱ndu̱ Var: hu̱luẖuṉdu̱.
Pl: mab̯u̱lu̱b̯u̱ndu̱. n. Bitis arietans.
Puff adder; large most highly toxic
snake, with scales, brown with
yellowish bars, a large rounded head
and hisses strongly in case of danger.
b̯u̱lu̱ngu̱lu̱ngu̱ Var: b̯u̱luṉgu̱. n.
1 • space underneath a bed.
Syn: b̯udaate.
2 • veranda; platform with an open front
and a roof, built onto the side of a house
on the ground floor.
b̯u̱manzi ̱ n. generosity, hospitality;
friendly, caring, generous, kind
behaviour towards others. Syn: b̯wenda,
maku̱ni̱.
b̯u̱matamaataari ̱ n. 1 • unprincipled
behaviour; conduct of s.b. who does not
have strong beliefs about what is right
and wrong. Syn: b̯weteekeri̱, b̯untwarwa.
2 • indecisiveness, vacillation, wavering;
state of being unable to make a decision
or to do s.t. as quickly as possible.
b̯u̱mi ̱giṟiẕi̱ n. tyranny, oppression;
dominance through threat of
punishment and violence.
b̯u̱mwei ̱ n. unity; state of mutual
understanding, working together,
mutual existence, etc.
b̯u̱mya n. fungus used in making beer or
any alcoholic drink.
b̯u̱nolu̱ n. deliciousness, delectability,
tastiness; quality of tasting like sugar or
of being fatty.
b̯u̱nyagi ̱ n. robbery.
b̯u̱pakasi ̱ n. labouring, work; activity of
working for s.b. for a wage or salary.
b̯u̱pampatiḵa Sg: kapampatiḵa. n.
droplets. Syn: b̯ulagalika,
b̯ucwekacweka.
b̯u̱papi ̱ Var: b̯u̱papu̱. n. irascibility,
irritability; inability to accept annoying
behaviour or difficulties without
becoming angry. Syn: b̯wiṟu̱kiṟi̱iṟya,
b̯u̱hagaaru̱, b̯u̱jaganiṟi̱iṟya.
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