Lugungu Dictionary Sep 2012

bbiṉiḵa
bbiṉiḵa Pl: mabbiṉiḵa. n. kettle;
container with a lid, handle and a spout
used for serving tea or boiling water.
bbiṟi̱gi ̱ Pl: mabbiṟi ̱gi. ̱ n. plumb line.
bbiṟiṉgi ̱ Pl: mabbiṟiṉgi. ̱ n. sickle;
small curved tool used for cutting grass.
bbi̱sa Pl: mabbi ̱sa. n. mudfish; dark fish
without scales, with a fatty tail end that
likes staying in the mud.
bbi̱ya Pl: bbi ̱ya. From: English. n. beer;
alcoholic brew that is bottled with
crown caps, that releases much foam
once opened.
bbogoya n. banana; sweet long yellow
type.
bboki̱si̱ Pl: bboki ̱si. ̱ From: English. n.
box; container made of cardboard with a
stiff flat base and sides used for holding
solid things.
bbomo Pl: bbomo. From: English. n.
bomb.
bboodi ̱ Pl: mabboodi. ̱ n. gomasi; long
loose piece of clothing that is mostly
worn by married women with two
buttons in the front and joined in the
middle.
bboola Pl: bboola. n. salutation;
greeting specifically given to the
parents of twins.
bbooli ̱ Pl: bbooli. ̱ n. tall grass sp. that
very much resembles a type of tropical
grass with thin black sharp points,
grows annually and dries very fast.
bboolupeeni Pl: mabboolupeeni.
From: English. n. pen; plastic or metallic
instrument that uses ink for writing.
bbooso Pl: bibbooso. n. boulder;
murram stone mostly used for making
building foundations.
bbulooka Pl: mabbulooka. From:
English. n. brick; moulded clay, that is
fired, used for building houses, fences
etc. Syn: itafaali.
bbumba Pl: bbumba. n. pump; tool that
is used to pump pressure or to spray.
bburaasi Pl: mabburaasi. From:
English. n. brush, broom; tool on which
bbwoya
is fixed bristles and a handle, used for
sweeping, painting, cleaning etc.
bbuukuulu Pl: bbuukuulu. n.
whirlwind, storm; very strong blustery
wind that comes from the east and
blows for a short time and then stops.
bbuuru Pl: bbuuru. n. violence;
physical or emotional force and energy
that is intended to hurt.
bbu̱bbu̱ Pl: mabbu̱bbu̱. n. fish sp.
without scales, brownish with dark
spots, with short pointed flesh on its
mouth and that resembles an electric
fish.
bbu̱langiṯi ̱ Pl: bbu̱langiṯi. ̱ From:
English. n. blanket; heavy sheet made
from wool, used esp. for spreading on a
bed to provide warmth.
bbu̱lawu̱zi̱ Pl: mabbu̱lawu̱zi. ̱ From:
English. n. blouse.
bbu̱lu̱ From: English. adj. blue colour.
bbu̱nga n. game that you score by the
use of legs.
bbu̱ngu̱ Pl: bbu̱ngu̱. n. spirits; locally
made white liquor.
bbu̱reeki ̱ Pl: bbu̱reeki. ̱ From: English.
n. brake; device for slowing or stopping
a vehicle.
bbu̱ru̱ru̱ From: English. n. blue dye;
blueing agent used to dye white clothes.
bbu̱u̱li̱ Pl: bbu̱u̱li. ̱ n. roll of twine or
cord, ball of string; single thin pieces of
thread or string twisted together.
bbu̱u̱ri̱ Pl: mabbu̱u̱ri. ̱ n. Tragelaphus
scriptus. bushbuck; wild animal with
hindquarters slightly high, bush tail and
straight horns.
bbu̱u̱wa Var: mmo. interj. Idiophone. cry
of a cow.
bbwoya Pl: mabbwoya. n.
Raphicerus campestris. steinbok; small
wild even-toed hoofed animal, brown,
short straight horns, long legs, higher at
the hindquarters than at the fore, black
nose and white under parts of the mouth
and inside of ears.
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