Lugungu Dictionary Sep 2012

kukookoba nkobo zensei ̱, hati
tu̱koonyeerwe kusoma na kuhandiika
lukobo Lugungu lu̱syoku̱ kandi
lu̱nu̱gu̱ru̱ku̱.
Hati, nkuliriira beegesa na beebemberi ̱
ba masomero ga mu̱siṉge na gahandu̱ho
kukira, hamwei ̱ na batebezi ̱ ba kigambu
kya Ruhanga, pei ̱ mu̱koresye bibi
bitabbu bya kwegesya bantu beenyu̱
Lugungu lu̱nu̱gu̱ru̱ku̱. Nanywe
baheereza na baku̱rati ̱ ba bantu
kwamwetu̱, mwegwe nimutongwa
kuhanuura na mu kudwereera bantu
beenyu̱ mu Lugungu.
Mu̱hiẖi̱ gu̱hiṉdu̱kiṟi ̱ bba! Lugungu
tilucakali lukobo lwaku̱siṉsiṉi ̱a nka
ku̱kyolokeerwe kareiho. Kukanya kwa
ma FM redyo haha kwamwetu̱ na
mwihanga lyensei ̱ kutwara hamwei ̱,
kyongeeri̱ bantu kwendya nakwegomba
kukookoba Lugungu. Kikusemezanga
hoi̱ kwegwa batali Bagungu
nibeekaadira kulukookoba kandi b̯undi,
na kurungi ku̱lu̱tu̱kiṟi ̱syaho twe
babyalwa baalwo.
Kikusoboka nti, bigambu byensei ̱ bya
Lugungu tiḇiẕookeeri̱ mu Ntontogoli ̱
gigi ha murundi gugu, rundi de bindi
bi̱mwei̱ makuru gaabyo
ti ̱gasoboroiṟweho kigali kukunongera.
Nkukusaba kiki kikukuute kasya kabbali ̱
nawe ofooke musorooza wa bigambu
bilingira mu Ntontogoli ̱ b̯ugilibba
nigyongerwa ku̱niẖiṟi ̱iṟwa kasumi
kaagyo bu̱kalibba kadoori ̱ kwo.
too, can safely conduct their business
using Lugungu as lingua franca.
The tides have turned! Lugungu is no
longer the outcast language as has been
pointed out. The mushrooming of FM
radio stations in the region and the
country at large has also helped in
popularising the speaking of the
language. It is very pleasing to hear
non-traditional Lugungu speaking
people making serious efforts to speak
it, sometimes more correctly than the
indigenous.
It is possible that not all words have
been included in this edition of the
dictionary or indeed some of them may
not have been correctly and
exhaustively defined. This misfeasance
should be taken up as one of the
challenges so that all of us become
participants in contributing to the next
edition when time for it to come out is
due.
I wish you all pleasant reading of this
first Lugungu Dictionary.
Yosaamu Hannington Mugenyi Kaseegu
Lugungu Bible Translation and
Literacy Association (LUBITLA)
PO Box 239, Hoima, UGANDA
Kambagondeze nywensei ̱ kunolerwa
kusoma gigi Ntontogoli ̱ gya Lugungu
gya kubanza.
Yosaamu Hannington Mugenyi Kaseegu
Lugungu Bible Translation and
Literacy Association (LUBITLA)
PO Box 239, Hoima, UGANDA
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