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kulukuunya (-kulukuunyizza) v.tr. roll/rub in the dirt; soil

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Meaning

mess up; trample; crumple/ fold roughly; be harsh/hard on.

kulukuunya (-kulukuunyizza) v.tr. roll/rub in the dirt; soil, mess up; trample; crumple/ fold roughly; be harsh/hard on.

Related Words
kulubala (-kulubadde) v.i. be underdone (of food). kulubula (-kulubudde) v.tr. scratch. cf. lunkulubuse. kuluggusa (-kuluggusizza) v.tr. caus. cause to flow; cause to flow away wash away, okukuluggusibwa kw'ettaka, erosion of the soil. cf. kulukuta. kulukusa (-kulukusizza) v.tr. cause to flow; pour out; drain okukulukusa amaziga, to pour forth tears. Katonda atukulukusiz- zamu ennema. God has poured forth his grace on us. cf. ekilpilukut kulumbaza (-kulumbazizza) v.tr. caus. make prominent; cause to stand out; fig. exaggerate; make proud/conceited. kulumbuka (-kulumbuse) v.i. gather together/ mCVC 1 n H crO'.vd /horrl A arffA kulunga (-kulunze) v.tr. mold; make round; knead; roll/rub along; spend pass (time). kukulunga kirevu wansi, to rub one's beard on the ground, i.e., to be obsequious/ highly deferential, okukulunga amal kulungirira (-kulungiridde) v.tr. appl. 2 make round. kulungutanya (-kulungutanyizza) v.tr. caus. cause to bustle about; preoccupy; make anxious; conceal okukulungutanya ebigambo, to be deceptive/evasive in one's speech, engage in double-talk. cf. omukulungutano, omukulungutanya, enk kulubba (-kulubbye) v.i. leave go away. Olwamala okulya ne tukulubba. As soon as we finished eating we left. kulubbya (-kulubbizza) v.tr. caus. take away carry away, carry off. kulubeesa (-kulubeesezza) v.tr. pull draw, drag, drag along.