Lugungu Dictionary Sep 2012

kubboha
kubboha v. 1 • imprison, detain; put s.b.
in prison or a place from which he
cannot escape.
2 • tie, fasten; attach things together
using string, rope, etc. Syn: kubaga.
kubbohamu v. retie; tie s.t. once
again.
kubboheera v. lash; keep on tying
s.t.
kubbohwa v. be imprisoned, bound;
be put in a place from which you
cannot escape.
kubbola v. decay, rot; decompose, of s.t.
dead that brings a bad smell.
kubbotola v. demolish; destroy or knock
down a house or a building.
Syn: kusensegula.
kubbotoka v. get demolished.
kubboota From: Alur. v. survive;
continue to live or exist despite a
dangerous event or time. Syn: kukena,
kuhona.
kubbubba v. run very quickly, esp.
when trying to escape from trouble.
kubbubbugana v. sleep talk; utter
words that have no meaning or are
impossible to understand while you are
asleep.
kubbugubbira v. See main entry:
kubbogobbera.
kubbuka v. cope, manage; be able to
deal with a difficult situation.
kubbumba v. 1 • cover; put s.t. under,
inside or behind s.t. in order to hide or
protect it. Syn: ku̱ku̱u̱nyuḵa.
kubbwomoka
3 • bury; cover with soil, e.g., when
burying a corpse. Syn: kuziika.
kubbumbirana v. enclose, enfold;
cover s.t. into s.t. else.
kwebbumba v. hide yourself under,
inside or behind s.t.
kwebbumbiira v. hide your wrong
due to fear of getting ashamed.
kubbusuka v. make a narrow escape;
by good luck release yourself from the
grip of s.b. or s.t. that has been
restraining you so that they don’t harm
you. Syn: ku̱teesuḵa.
kubbusula 1 v. remove shells from bean
or bambara-nuts seeds after soaking
them in water.
kubbusula 2 v. give birth with only one
push without first struggling much
because the baby is very small.
kubbuta v. 1 • fall into water and sink.
Syn: ku̱diḵiṟa, ku̱giẕiṟa, kwicanikira.
2 • capsize; turn s.t. over in water.
ku̱bbu̱tya v. cause s.t. to be
submerged, so that it is filled or
covered completely with a liquid.
Syn: ku̱diḵi̱iṟya, ku̱bbu̱bbu̱tiṟi̱iṟya,
ku̱giẕi̱iṟya.
kubbutukira v. engulf; cover
completely. Syn: kugundamira.
ku̱bbu̱bbu̱tiṟi̱iṟya v. immerse; put
s.t. into a liquid so that it is
completely submerged.
Syn: ku̱diḵi̱iṟya.
kubbutama v. crouch.
kubbwagura v. bite; crush s.t. using the
teeth, esp. noisily.
kubbwatuka v. See main entry:
kubbalula.
kubbwoma v. pour, spill; allow a liquid
to flow from a container.
2 • Metaphor. ignore, turn a deaf ear;
refuse to hear.
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