Lugungu Dictionary Sep 2012

laughter, loud
laughter, loud n. mukule
launch v. ku̱tandiḵi ̱sya
launch officially v. kutongooza
law n. iteeka
n. kiragiro
lawmaker n. mu̱ku̱rati ̱
lawyer n. pu̱li̱iḏa
lay an egg v. kuguma
lay on an angle v. ku̱jenga
lay reader n. musomesa
n. mu̱tebezi̱
n. mwegesa
layer n. mungunira
n. mu̱kiḵi ̱ma
n. mu̱zi̱mbo
layer, cut a thin v. kukeketa
lazily, do s.t. v. kwesiihuula
laziness n. b̯ugare
n. b̯wolo
lazy person n. mugare
n. mwolo
lazy, feel v. kweganya
lead v. ku̱kapi ̱sya
v. kwebembera
lead a song v. kwami ̱iṟya
lead to v. kurugira
leader n. mwebemberi ̱
n. mwebembezi ̱
leadership n. b̯webemberi ̱
leading, be v. kwebembera
lead, cause s.b. to v. kwebembeerya
leaf n. kikoora
n. lukaahi
leaf, banana n. lubabi
leak v. ku̱lu̱u̱sya
lean against v. kugogoma
lean back v. kugaramiira
lean s.t. v. ku̱jenga
lean yourself against v. kwejengera
leap v. kurodoka
learn v. kupena
v. kusoma
v. kwega
learned person n. mu̱somu̱
learner n. mwegi ̱
leather n. kikuta
leave v. kuleka
v. kurugaho
level
v. kusetuka
v. ku̱ti ̱ga
leave behind v. ku̱ti ̱gi ̱iṟa
leaven n. kiṯu̱mbi ̱sya
leaven, beer n. b̯u̱mya
lecture v. kwegesya
ledge, veranda n. kikungu
lefthand adj. b̯umoso
leftover food n. kiholo
leftover posho n. kizanzu
leg n. kigulu
leg meat n. mu̱lokoonyi̱
leg of a cow n. kirenge
leg rattle n. kiṉyege
legal case n. musangu
n. nsangu
legal case statement n. ntongani ̱
n. siteetimenti
legislate v. ku̱rabyaho biragiro
legislator n. kakuratu
n. mu̱ku̱rati ̱
leg, thigh, of an animal n. kirumbu
leisure time n. b̯wiṟe b̯wange
lend v. ku̱ti ̱iẕa
lend a hand v. kukwatiraho
lend money v. kuhora
lender n. mu̱hori ̱
length and width of s.t.
n. mweyandu
lengthen v. ku̱leehya
lengthened, become v. ku̱leeha
lens n. ndabi ̱so giḵanyeetya rundi
giḵakeehya
leopard n. bbegeri ̱
leper n. mugenge
n. waabihaga
leprosy n. bibembe
n. bihaga
less adv. kiḏooliẖo
adv. kiḵeehu̱ho
adv. kyampula
less quantity adj. b̯ubiri
lesser adj. kiḏooliẖo
lesson n. isomo
letter n. bbaruha
letter, alphabet n. nyuguta
level n. idaara
n. lulengu
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