Lugungu Dictionary Sep 2012

kubega
kubega v. 1 • investigate; examine
carefully the facts of an event, a crime,
etc. to understand how it happened.
2 • spy; collect secret information about
a person, country, organization, etc.
Syn: kutata.
kubegera v. share food; give a portion
of drink or food to s.b.
kubembeka v. sacrifice; make an
offering.
kubengira v. start and continue doing
s.t. Syn: kusetula, kutandika.
kubenyeka v. become broken; be
separated into two or more parts as a
result of force, e.g., when a tree branch
is broken from the trunk.
kubi adj. poor.
kubihuumula v. give up; stop trying to
do s.t. Syn: ku̱biḵu̱pu̱kamu,
kubisomokamu, kubyeganyira,
kwehu̱u̱kya, ku̱byelekesya, kubileka,
kubirugamu, kweganyira.
kubika v. make an obituary; announce
s.b.’s death.
kubileka v. give up; stop trying to do s.t.
Syn: ku̱biḵu̱pu̱kamu, kubisomokamu,
kubyeganyira, kwehu̱u̱kya,
ku̱byelekesya, kubirugamu,
kubihuumula, kweganyira.
kubinda v. wrap a corpse in a bed sheet,
blanket or bark cloth.
kubinga v. 1 • dismiss, expel, chase
away; force s.b. or s.t. to leave.
2 • pursue; follow s.t. that is on the run
so that you catch it. Syn: kwiṟu̱u̱kya.
kubinga muzumu v. exorcise; get
rid of a ghost or an evil spirit from a
place or s.b.’s body.
kubingwa v. be dismissed, fired; be
unwillingly removed from a place
or a job.
kubingaho hab̯wa kacwi ̱ v.
suspend, bar; stop s.t. or s.b. for a
period of time.
kubinya v. 1 • divide or break as a result
of force. Syn: ku̱bbeguḻa, kwata,
kubbibbinula.
2 • totally destroy s.t.
kubyeganyira
kubinyamu v. divide or break into
pieces as a result of force.
kubinyeka v. fracture; break or
crack a bone due to injury.
kubinya nyu̱mba v. commit a
burglary; enter and rob a house.
kubirugamu v. withdraw, disengage,
retire from, vacate; stop doing a job or
being one of the members of a group or
to leave a place. Syn: ku̱biḵu̱pu̱kamu,
kubisomokamu, kubyeganyira,
kwehu̱u̱kya, ku̱byelekesya, kubileka,
kweganyira, kubihuumula.
kubisomokamu v. give up; stop trying
to do s.t. Syn: ku̱biḵu̱pu̱kamu,
kubihuumula, kubyeganyira,
kwehu̱u̱kya, ku̱byelekesya, kubileka,
kubirugamu, kweganyira.
kubiiha v. be bad.
kubiihiza v. annoy, displease; make s.b.
feel sad. Syn: ku̱kwati̱sya kiṉi̱ga,
kusaaliza.
kubiihirwa Var: kubiihirirwa. v. be
annoyed, displeased.
kubiika v. store, keep; put s.t. where it
cannot get destroyed.
ku̱bi̱iḵi ̱sya v. deposit with; give s.b.
s.t. to keep for you.
kwebiikira v. reserve, conserve,
save; use things sparingly in order
to plan for the future.
kuborooga v. cry out loudly when in
trouble or in pain.
kubooga v. ferment; experience a
chemical change because of the action
of yeast or bacteria.
ku̱boogya itehe v. mulch; cover
the ground with decaying grass in
order to add nutrients to the soil.
kubyala v. give birth; deliver a baby.
kubyalwa v. be born.
ku̱byali̱sya v. be a midwife to help a
woman give birth.
kubyeganyira v. give up; stop trying to
do s.t. Syn: ku̱biḵu̱pu̱kamu,
kubihuumula, kubisomokamu,
kwehu̱u̱kya, ku̱byelekesya, kubileka,
kubirugamu, kweganyira.
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