Lugungu Dictionary Sep 2012

kub̯uukula
kub̯uukula v. uncover; remove s.t. that
is covering s.t. Syn: ku̱ku̱uṉyuḵuḻa.
kub̯uula v. open; open s.t. closed.
Syn: kutega, kwala, kwijula, kukingula.
ku̱b̯u̱u̱liṟi̱iṟya v. investigate,
interrogate; ask one person after
another in order to get the truth
about s.t.
ku̱b̯u̱u̱li̱sani̱a v. inquire critically,
cross-examine; use the words that
s.b. has already said to ask him
questions carefully in order to find
out the actual truth.
kub̯uusana v. resemble; look like or be
similar to another person or thing.
kubba v. be.
kubbaho v. 1 • exist.
2 • happen; action of s.t. taking
place.
kubba na Lit: be with v. have,
possess.
kubbamu v. get involved; be one of
the people who are in s.t.
kubba mu nsonga v. See main entry:
nsonga.
kubbagala v. carry s.t. on a shoulder.
kubbaka v. play catch; throw s.t. in the
sky and then catch it.
kubbakula v. catch, restrain;
suddenly capture s.t. or s.b. that
tries or would try to escape.
kubbalula 1 v. explode, burst, tear s.t.
making a loud violent sound that causes
damage.
kubbaluka Var: kubbwatuka;
kurwatuka. v. 1 • be torn, have
burst, exploded loudly due to much
pressure from inside.
2 • spark; give out small particles of
fire.
kubbalula 2 v. hit; bring the hand, or an
object that is held against s.b. or s.t.
quickly and with force.
Syn: kubbarangura, ku̱diḵya, kuḏonga,
ku̱horongya, kusinyontola.
kubbanguuka v. curve, veer, turn to go
in another direction. Syn: kuhunguuka.
kubbangula v. cause s.t. to curve,
veer, or turn.
kubbogobbera
kwebbangula v. turn yourself; face
from where you have been coming
to go another direction.
kubbanika v. put s.t. up on top of s.t.
that is higher than yourself, e.g., up on a
shelf.
kwebbanika v. climb up to the
peak of s.t.
kubbanula v. get s.t. from up high or
that is swinging in air and get it down.
kubbarangura v. hit; bring the hand, or
an object that is held against s.b. or s.t.
quickly and with force. Syn: kubbalula,
ku̱diḵya, kuḏonga, ku̱horongya,
kusinyontola.
kubbaratura v. split, break s.t. apart
using great force.
2 • v. crack; break s.t. without dividing
into separate parts.
kubbaratuka v. 1 • be split, broken,
separated, through force, into two or
more pieces.
2 • be cracked; get broken without
dividing into separate parts.
kubbaabbuula v. 1 • loosen.
2 • tear off.
kubbaabbuuka v. 1 • become
loose.
2 • become torn.
kubbaaka v. ferment; mix dry cassava
or maize flour with water as a
preparation for brewing.
kubbaama v. get bent, curved or
formed into an angle so that s.t. is no
longer straight.
kubbibbinula v. bend, contort; force
part of the body esp. an arm, leg or neck
so that it changes its normal direction or
bends.
kubbila v. taste; use the tongue to
become a ware of the sweetness or the
bitterness of s.t.
kubbingibbala v. get bent; become
deformed.
kubbogobbera Var: kubbugubbira. v.
speak with pauses without pronouncing
words properly.
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