Lugungu Dictionary Sep 2012

kudiirana
kudiirana v. share meals; give food
to s.b. with whom you are working
or staying.
bya kudiiramu Sg: kya
kudiiramu. n. cutlery; eating
utensils.
kudya 2 v. feel pain.
kudya kiḇbiḻa v. See main entry:
kiḇbiḻa.
kudyamuka v. See main entry:
kubbyamuka.
kudyerera v. become curly, of hair.
kufafanika v. become a nuisance.
Syn: kugwaga.
kufaho v. 1 • mind, care for, watch over;
love s.b. and feel that they are important
and worth worrying about.
Syn: kuwoneera, kulingiira, kulinda.
2 • pay attention; take note of s.t.
Syn: kwetegeerya.
kwefaho v. take care of yourself;
look after yourself properly so that
you look well.
kufeerwa v. lose s.t. or s.b.
kufeereza v. cause loss; make s.b.
lose s.t.
kufooka v. change, become different;
pass from one state or form into
another.
kufoora v. turn s.t. with the inside part
coming out.
kufubira v. punish; make s.b. suffer for
breaking the law or doing s.t. wrong.
kufuga From: Luganda. v. rule; exercise
authority over s.b. etc. with the power
to decide how s.t. must be done.
Syn: kulema.
kufumba v. See main entry: ku̱ru̱mba.
kufumura v. pierce s.t. and leave it with
a hole. Syn: ku̱tu̱uṯa, ku̱hu̱duḻa.
kufuna From: Luganda. v. receive, get,
obtain, acquire; accept s.t. that is sent or
given to you. Syn: kutunga, kukwata.
kufunda v. be narrow.
kufunga From: Kiswahili. v. lock; close
s.t. with a lock.
kufunguura v. unlock; open a
padlock. Syn: kwahuura, kukingula.
kugana
kufurura v. shift, transfer; move s.b.
somewhere else.
kufuruka v. migrate, shift;
permanently leave one place and
permanently settle in another.
Syn: kudemuka, kusenguka.
kufuruka-furuka v. wriggle; keep
on changing positions.
kufuuhiira v. spray; use a pump to
scatter liquids on s.t. in very small
drops.
kufuutiika v. See main entry:
kupuutiika.
kugaba v. give s.b. s.t. Syn: kuha.
kugabamu v. divide; perform a
mathematical process to find out
how many times one number is
contained in another.
kugabira v. 1 • distribute, share out,
divide between; share s.t. between a
number of people.
2 • divide numbers.
3 • offer a sacrifice.
kugabirwa v. receive; be given s.t.
in form of an assistance.
Syn: kuheeb̯wa.
kugaba ngu̱zi̱ v. See main entry: ngu̱zi.
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kugab̯ura v. get married; act of a man
officially taking the bride after the
introduction and the dowry.
kugada-gada v. struggle; try very hard
to do s.t. when it is difficult or when
there are many problems. Syn: kuwayawaya,
ku̱lwani̱sya, kupatikana,
kwenyamula, kuguuguuza, kuṉyeega,
kupataka, kupoolooka, ku̱tiṯa,
kwekamba, kwesabbula, ku̱ri̱iṯya.
kugaga 1 v. go slightly bad or rotten, of
food, by natural chemical processes.
kugaga 2 v. grab or hold s.t. very firmly
either by your hands or by a tool such as
pliers. Syn: kukaza, ku̱tati̱iṟya.
kugaganyula v. forcefully open or
separate the two parts of s.t.
kugaigahara From: Luganda. v. become
rich.
kugaliha v. widen; increase in width.
kugana v. narrate or tell s.b. a folktale.
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