Lugungu Dictionary Sep 2012

cakara
deeru
C - c
cakara Pl: macakara. n. wheelbarrow.
cani̱si̱ Pl: cani ̱si. ̱ n. 1 • card game.
2 • playing card; any one of a set of 52
cards with numbers and pictures printed
on one side that are used to play various
card games. Syn: kaadi.
cawu adv. full up to the brim. Syn: pelele,
bbiki, ki̱iẕu̱lu̱ ku muṉwa.
caai 1 n. tea, coffee; water or milk that has
been boiled and onto which added tea
leaves, coffee, etc.
caai 2 adj. easy; not difficult to do or to
obtain.
caali interj. express sympathy, condole;
expression of sorrow that shows
compassion and condolence towards
s.b.
cei̱ adj. silent.
cekerece Pl: bacekerece. n. below
standard, lower class person.
cepe Pl: cepe. n. rank ribbon; coloured
piece of cloth or woven threads of
special colours worn, esp. by army
officers to show honour.
cokodo n. See main entry: togodo.
combe Pl: combe. n. vegetable sauce
made out of cassava leaves. Syn: sambu.
cooka Pl: cooka. From: English. n.
chalk; powdery stick usually white in
colour used for writing on a blackboard
esp. in schools. Syn: noono.
cupa Pl: macupa. n. bottle; container
with a narrow neck made of a
transparent substance.
cuume n. 1 • state, status, mode; the way
s.b. stays or s.t. appears.
2 • method, manner, means; a particular
way of doing s.t. Syn: kakodyo, mu̱liṉgo.
cu̱ru̱cu̱ru̱ adj. inundated, swamped,
flooded; s.t. in large amounts or
quantities.
cwamba Pl: cwamba. n. creeping grass
sp. with finger-like structures and joints,
and at each joint grows roots.
D - d
dakika Pl: madakika. n. minute; period
of time equal to sixty seconds.
dakitaali Pl: badakitaali. From:
English. n. doctor; s.b. who has been
trained in medical science to treat sick
or injured people. Syn: mu̱tambi̱,
mu̱janjabi̱.
dakitaali wa bisolo
Pl: badakitaali ba bisolo. n.
veterinary doctor.
dala Pl: madala. n. small fish sp. with
scales that resembles a flying fish and is
tasteless.
daasita Pl: madaasita. From: English.
n. duster; item made from wool, cotton,
sponge, etc. used for cleaning a
chalkboard.
de conj. also.
debe Pl: madebe. n. tin can; metal
container in which such things as
cooking oil are packed, also used for
fetching water or for storing things.
deeru adv. today; the day that includes
the present moment, not yesterday or
tomorrow.
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