Lugungu Dictionary Sep 2012

kuhab̯ura
kuhab̯ura v. advise, counsel; give s.b. a
sense of direction about what he is
supposed to do.
kuhab̯urwa v. be warned; be told to
do or not to do s.t. in order to avoid
danger.
kuhabbula Var: kuhagula. v. pull apart
strongly to remove s.t. that has been
attached onto s.t. else.
kuhadama v. force yourself to climb s.t.
that you cannot easily do.
kuhaga Var: kuhaka. v. 1 • put in, insert
s.t. into s.t. else causing it to become
swollen.
2 • be fully satisfied with the whole
stomach bulged.
3 • Metaphor. provoke, incite; encourage
s.b. to do s.t. violent, illegal or
unpleasant, esp. by making them angry
or excited. Syn: ku̱tu̱u̱ga, kuhemba
mworo, ku̱cu̱u̱kiṟi̱iṟya.
kuhagana v. give; act of generosity that
provides s.t. to s.b. with whom one is
working or staying.
kuhagatira 1 v. 1 • hold s.t. esp. a child
on the waist with one arm.
2 • embrace; hold s.b. of the opposite
sex on to yourself by holding their
buttock, e.g., when dancing.
kuhagatira 2 v. bear maize cobs; sprout,
of cobs on a maize plant.
kuhagaara v. be undisciplined.
kuhagira v. 1 • support; help or
encourage s.b. by saying or showing
that you agree with them.
Syn: kulwaniira, kuheega, kusemba.
2 • be enthusiastic.
kuhagula v. See main entry: kuhabbula.
kuhahamuka v. scream; talk loosely,
due to being possessed by a ghost or an
evil spirit.
kuhahaara v. wander; move to a distant
place away from your home without
any particular sense of purpose or
direction esp. due to desperation.
Syn: kuhambaara.
kuhaka 1 v. See main entry: kuhaga.
kuhaka 2 v. state of a cow reaching its
time for mating.
kuhambiriza
kuhakula v. harvest honey from a
beehive.
kuhala v. 1 • peel, scratch, scale; remove
husks or scales from s.t.
2 • shear; remove hair or wool from an
animal, e.g., a sheep. Syn: kumwa.
3 • shave; cut hair from the skin, esp. the
face using a razor. Syn: kugema, kumwa,
kutega.
4 • roughen; make s.t. rough and not
smooth.
kuhala bigalagamba v. scale a
fish.
kuhama-hama v. 1 • say or do things
that have no sense.
2 • wander; walk slowly here and there
without any particular sense of purpose
or direction esp. due to idleness.
Syn: kwandaara, kwenjeera, kumangamanga,
kupaaraara, kutaabaana,
kutaaruuka, kuzengeera, ku̱gu̱suḵagu̱suḵa.
kuhamba v. 1 • subjugate, overthrow;
remove s.b. from power by force or to
defeat s.b.
2 • capture, enslave; abduct s.b. as a
slave.
3 • kidnap; take s.b. away illegally, esp.
in order to get money. Syn: kugwera.
4 • rape; force s.b. to have sex.
5 • hijack.
kuhamba b̯u̱lemi̱ v. overthrow
authority; remove by force a leader
or a government from a position of
power.
kuhambaara v. wander; stray to an
unknown place. Syn: kuhahaara.
kuhambiriza v. compel; use force to
obtain s.t.
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