Movement & Motion in Lubukusu

 

 

1.     Khukenda: The normal walking pace, especially for an adult.

 

2.     Khukendelesia: To walk with a fast pace, like trying to catch up with a person in front of you.

 

3.     Khukhwikhoyoola (khukhwikhoyosia): Making slow, lazy or unwanted walk, like a person dragging themselves because they don’t want to tag along.

 

4.     Khusesela (khukenda butima): Faster walk with brief runs, like escaping some danger.

 

5.     Khumasia (khunausia): Walking with larger steps, usually by a talk or muscular person.

 

6.     Khutima: Making a run, usually planned, not out of surprise or attack.

 

7.     Khutubilisia: Making fast but short steps, usually for children

 

8.     Khuyeyela: (khukenda sifwakani)- Walking fast in a clumsy or haphazard way.

 

9.     Khubundabunda (khukenda bwongelela): Walking with evasive maneuver such as walking and bending to hide in thicket to avoid being seen.

 

10.  Khutiekela (khukenda noikila): To walk with unstable gait, like if hurt in one leg.

 

11.  Khubundukulukha: A run made by a very short person

 

12.  Khupukuta: When a small child breaks into a run

 

13.  Khufumbusia: In hunting, when a hare or deer bolts out into a run from where they were hiding.

 

14.  Khufwakhanya: Laboured walk such in thick grass or swampy area, requiring great effort to made strides.

 

15.  Khurwandukha: Breaking into a sudden run out of instinct, as a way to escape possible danger.

 

16.  Khutabataba: Walking on unsteady gait, as though when a person is dizzy or nauseous.

 

17.  Khunyakhanyakha (khutima sichula): Fast movement, often attributed to a naked person at night.

 

18.  Khurabaraba: Running with heavy, muffled steps such as when an overweight person attempts to run.

 

 

19.  Khukhwekhunuusia (khukheyuula): Very fast movement of a person so that you only catch a glimpse of their shadow or silhouette.

 

20.  Khubayabaya: A noisy run usually by a person with oversized clothing.

 

21.  Khuabina: A sudden invasion where an enemy appear from all directions.

 

22.  Khutalitala: An unsteady walk by an intoxicated person.

 

23.  Khuracha: To walk in unison, such as in a slow dance by a group of people.

 

Other terms for motion include;

 

24.  Khukwekilimita

25.  Khukhwetuliaka

26.  Khutirimuka

27.  Khumetula/khumetukha

28.  Khususuma

29.  Khukhwisota

30.  Khubutiakila