Lugungu Dictionary Sep 2012

kubyoka
kubyoka v. 1 • wake up; stop sleeping
and get out of bed. Syn: ku̱si̱si̱muḵa.
2 • get up, stand up, rise; stop lying and
sit up or stop sitting and stand up.
ku̱byokya v. 1 • awaken s.b. from
sleep or to tell him to come out of
the bed. Syn: ku̱si̱si̱muḻa.
2 • depart; start a journey.
Syn: kusetuka, ku̱si̱mbuṟa.
3 • lift, pick up; raise s.t. up.
Syn: kusenga.
kubyokeera v. Metaphor. condemn,
rise against, oppose; say or show
openly that s.b. has done s.t. bad.
Syn: kwama, kujumiira, kurumiriza,
kutokeera, kuẖonereerya.
kubyokeramu Var: kubyokiramu;
kuḇyokeeryamu. v. respond or act
instantly; immediately depart to go
somewhere after receiving an urgent
message or after being ordered to do
s.t. Syn: kukoliraho.
ku̱byokyangana v. act of making
a promise so that whoever wakes
first wakes up the others.
kwebyokya v. straighten up, stretch
up; make yourself slightly taller so
as to see what is at a distance.
ku̱byokya b̯u̱syo v. move the eyes
as a way of communicating.
ku̱byokya mikono v. surrender;
admit defeat and declare it publicly.
Syn: kunanuka.
ku̱byokya iraka v. get increasingly
louder.
ku̱byokeerya mukono v. wave
the hand.
kub̯unga
kub̯uda-b̯uda v. console; give comfort
or sympathy to s.b. who is unhappy or
disappointed. Syn: kub̯umba-b̯umba,
ku̱gu̱ma-gu̱mya, kugaara-gaara,
ku̱tatatati̱iṟya.
kub̯ula v. fail to do s.t.; not do s.t.
kub̯umba v. mould; use clay to make
objects.
kub̯umba kyese v. mould pots
from clay or mud. Syn: kumaata
kyese.
kub̯umba matafaali v. make
bricks.
kub̯umba-b̯umba v. console; give
comfort or sympathy to s.b. who has
lost s.b. in death. Syn: ku̱gu̱ma-gu̱mya,
ku̱tatatati̱iṟya, kugaara-gaara, kub̯udab̯uda.
kub̯umbata v. warm chicks; when a
chicken sits on and embraces her chicks
to keep them warm.
kub̯undaara v. be humble, lowly, not
complicated, not proud and obeying
orders. Syn: kuculeera.
kweb̯undaaza v. try to humble
yourself; be lowly, not proud and
obeying orders in order to achieve a
given interest.
kub̯unga v. 1 • visit; go to see s.b. or a
place for a short period of time.
Syn: kuwona.
2 • Metaphor. be sexually promiscuous;
have sexual lust, like a prostitute.
Syn: kukora b̯wenzi̱, kwendye-ndya,
kutaaruuka, kuraaya, kurawarawa,
ku̱gu̱suḵa-gu̱suḵa, kukora ikunzi.
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