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7. Wura (Adj[ective])
8. 'Yeta (V[erb])
Studying Lugbara made me appreciate GOD's creativity: There are only five one-letter words, exactly 140 two-letter words and 115 three-letter words with a consonant in-between two vowels eg ada, emi, ise, etc though extra words from over 10 consonant clusters increase the number eg mba, nzu, etc. However, the systematic multiplication is amazing plus easy to follow even if you do not know the various meanings of the words.
The 2-letter words below including exactly 25 diphthong clusters have more than 140 [which is 28 alphabet letters multiplied by 5 vowels at the end] possible English meanings:
aa ae ai ao au
ba be bi bo bu
'ba 'be 'bi 'bo 'bu
ca ce ci co cu
da de di do du
'da 'de 'di 'do 'du
ea ee ei eo eu
fa fe fi fo fu
ga ge gi go gu
ha he hi ho hu
ia ie ii io iu
ja je ji jo ju
ka ke ki ko ku
la le li lo lu
ma me mi mo mu
na ne ni no nu
oa oe oi oo ou
pa pe pi po pu
ra re ri ro ru
sa se si so su
ta te ti to tu
ua ue ui uo uu
va ve vi vo vu
wa we wi wo wu
'wa 'we 'wi 'wo 'wu
ya ye yi yo yu
'ya 'ye 'yi 'yo 'yu
za ze zi zo zu
Meanwhile, 3-letter words with one consonant in-between two vowels have more than 115 (multiplied by 5) meanings; replace the first letter (which is A) with the other four vowels to make a total of 575 VCV words from all dialects eg eba, ebe, ebi, ebo, ebu... iba, ibe, ibi, ibo, ibu... oba, obe, obi, obo, obu... uba, ube, ubi, ubo, ubu... (About 125 words with only vowels are left out eg aua, eii, etc because some look abstract):
aba abe abi abo abu
a'ba a'be a'bi a'bo a'bu
aca ace aci aco acu
ada ade adi ado adu
a'da a'de a'di a'do a'du
afa afe afi afo afu
aga age agi ago agu
aha ahe ahi aho ahu
aja aje aji ajo aju
aka ake aki ako aku
ala ale ali alo alu
ama ame ami amo amu
ana ane ani ano anu
apa ape api apo apu
ara are ari aro aru
asa ase asi aso asu
ata ate ati ato atu
ava ave avi avo avu
awa awe awi awo awu
a'wa a'we a'wi a'wo a'wu
aya aye ayi ayo ayu
a'ya a'ye a'yi a'yo a'yu
aza aze azi azo azu
...
Here is a list of 50 extra words from 10 Consonant Clusters (Four left out because of silent letters):
dra dre dri dro dru
hwa hwe hwi hwo hwu
mba mbe mbi mbo mbu
mva mve mvi mvo mvu
nda nde ndi ndo ndu
ndra ndre ndri ndro ndru
nga nge ngi ngo ngu
nya nye nyi nyo nyu
nza nze nzi nzo nzu
tra tre tri tro tru
With 4 or more letter quantities, combinations become multiples of the above words. To make Lugbara feel less difficult to learn, try breaking words down into one, two or three-letter chunks; NDR is the main cluster that gives you four-letter sets.
VOCABULARY (VOLUME):
Aa
a (n) stomach, belly; (prep, suffix) at, (is) in, on, to; (pron) I; we (also ama) eg A ga si = I have refused
a a (adj) not true, not at all, no (also yo); (prep) across
aa (v) stay, reside (also oa) eg Toro Suru ma Omukama ni aa Foti Poto-a. = Toro Kingdom's King stays in Fort Portal.
aba (adj) many, abundant, a lot; (v) stray
ababa (n) madness, craziness
Abairo (n) waterfalls on River Asa in Oyufi Village (Wandi Parish within Oluko Subcounty, Ayivu Division of Arua City) meaning "abundant (water)", transformed by John Acile as a tourist attraction since 2006, found at the end of Waterfalls Road and eastwards below Arise Center
Abaku (n) name meaning "I do not create"
abala (n) competition, betting (also betingi) eg 'Ba ode le abala betingi ni. = Youth love betting competitions.
Abataki Geri (n) Abataki Road (also Musitafa Abataki Geri), road in Anyafio that starts from the junction between Mt. Wati Road and Mvara SS Crescent - perpendicular to Osu River and joins Oda Road eg Horizoni Nasari ni Abataki Geri-a. = Horizon Nursery is on Abataki Road.
abaza (n) confusion, doubt (also abata)