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4. Ruparia [Pron(oun)]
5. Usuta [Interj(ection)]
6. Vutivutia [Postp(osition) instead of Prep(osition)]
7. Wura [Adj(ective)]
8. 'Yeta [V(erb)]
The 55 Foundation (Lugbara Architecture):
Researching Lugbara language after Y2K made me appreciate GOD's impeccable creativity: For many years like a self-motivated data scientist, I tried to simplify my native tongue into the most core lexicon that describes all the other words, but instead discovered - to my utter amazement - a smooth spelling pattern germi...
The following two-letter words (including exactly 25 diphthong VV clusters) have more than 140 meanings [which is 28 alphabet letters multiplied by five vowels at the end]. These algorithmic bricks can be found in so many words and make up the walls of the first floor in this Lugbara block:
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
Here are three-letter (CCV) words made from nine instead of 12 accepted double-consonant clusters (More than 45 meanings):
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
nga nge ngi ngo ngu
nya nye nyi nyo nyu
nza nze nzi nzo nzu
tra tre tri tro tru
Four-letter (CCCV) words from one triple-consonant cluster include (More than five meanings):
ndra ndre ndri ndro ndru
Terminology Analysis (Aiko's Lugbara Speech Chemistry): The rest of the Lugbara words (not listed in the Periodic Table) containing three letters and above are computationally mixtures of at least two of these 195 very important pronunciations (sound-roots or intersection words to blend, acoustic bricks, etc) across di...
Tokenisation in my 55 Foundation or Lugbara Speech Mix (Four Groups Only):
1. Vowels (Lugbara Tiles): V (5 Words)
2. Grid for 28 Simplified Alphabet Letters: 25 Diphthong VV + 115 CV (140 Words)
3. Concrete Consonant Clusters without Silent Letters: CCV (45 Words)
4. Deepest: CCCV (5 Words)
Summary: The 55 Foundation proposes that Lugbara speech is organised around a compressed baseline of vowel-ended words plus a 28-letter Simplified Alphabet with five sections adding exactly 140 two-letter words from which other words and polysemic meanings expand.
Awa'difo, welcome to the House of Lu(g)bara!
VOCABULARY (VOLUME):
Aa
a (n) stomach, belly, ya in Moru language; (postp, 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); (postp) across
aa (v) stay, reside (ua in Aringa, 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 before Arua City Council partnered with him two decades later, found at the end of Waterfalls Road and eastwards...
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)
abe (n) handle as of hoe and knife, club
abebe (n) dumb person
abefe (n) bridge (also alofe, olufe)