Lugungu Dictionary Sep 2012

kudedeera
kudedeera v. give up; finally stop doing
s.t. after many serious attempts.
Syn: kwegu̱mya, kweteeka.
kwededeera v. cool down, settle
down, simmer down; keep quiet and
give up making an argument.
kudemba v. lick; move a tongue over
s.t. in order to eat it, make it wet or
clean it.
kudemuka v. migrate; shift of a group
of people permanently from one place
to reside with your family in another
place, esp. to escape from some
calamity. Syn: kusenguka, kufuruka.
kudengeeta v. float; remain on the
surface of water without sinking.
Syn: kusuuleeba.
kudengeetya v. hang, suspend,
dangle; put s.t. up and let it swing in
the air. Syn: kubamba.
kudenguda v. 1 • perform a type of
traditional dance that involves moving
extremely vigorously while twisting the
waist.
2 • run at a terrible speed.
kudiib̯wa v. feel nausea, sickness or
pain in the body.
kudiib̯wa nzala v. feel hunger; be
wanting to eat food.
kudiima v. aim at s.t. properly in order
to spear it or shoot it.
kudiirisana v. betray; turn behind s.b.
and hand him over to his enemy.
Syn: kuhemuka, kutunda, kugobeza.
kudiiriira v. 1 • profit greatly from a
certain piece of work without
reinvesting in it or to use s.t. well in
order to gain as much from it as
possible.
2 • exploit; make s.b. work for you and
not pay them fairly in return.
Syn: kukamula, ku̱koresya, kunywereera.
3 • eat other people’s food on top of
yours.
kudoma v. be stupid.
kudomaho v. sub, ignore; pay no
attention to s.b. by pretending that you
have not heard what they are saying.
Syn: kugaya.
ku̱di ̱i̱sya mu̱twe
kudotola v. hit the target at which you
had aimed an attack.
kudula Var: kukudula. v. scratch,
scrape; cut or damage the skin slightly
with s.t. sharp or to damage the surface
of s.t., esp. accidentally, by making thin
shallow marks on it.
kukuduka v. become bruised;
develop a bruise.
kuduuma v. guide, advise, admonish the
heir who has been put on the seat so that
he fulfils his responsibility.
kuduumira v. 1 • be in command, have
authority; be in charge of a group of
people e.g. in the army, sports, etc.
2 • set runners off in a race.
kudwa 1 v. arrive; reach the destination
of a journey or trip.
kudwa 2 v. 1 • satisfy.
2 • be suitable, fit exactly, of clothes on
s.b. Syn: kukwata.
kudweb̯wa v. be contented; feel
satisfied with s.t.
kudwa 3 v. disgust; cause s.b. to be
sickened by s.t.
kudweb̯wa 1 v. become grossed out;
disgusted.
kudweb̯wa 2 v. See main entry: kudwa.
kudweraho v. be punctual; be
somewhere at that exact time.
kudwereera v. 1 • move toward; draw
near to s.t. Syn: kwesu̱mi̱iṟa,
kwesegereerya.
2 • come to pass; to happen as planned
or promised.
3 • arrive somewhere on the same day.
kudweta v. pinch; tightly bring together
two fingernails on the skin resulting in a
feeling of pain.
kudya 1 v. eat; put food in the mouth,
chew it and swallow it.
ku̱di̱i̱sya v. feed; give s.b. food to
eat or to help him to eat.
kudya mu̱nanghu̱ v. eat poorly;
eat and remain unsatisfied.
ku̱di̱i̱sya mu̱twe v. Idiom. be a
problem to s.b. because you either
hardly understand or hardly respond
to what you have been asked to do.
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