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ari adaza (n) bloodshed |
ari coza (n) drumming |
ari obiza (n) blood test |
Ari Tuza (n) High Blood Pressure (also Ari Tuza 'Bua) |
aria (n) bird eg Aria driori ni o'bu alari nyani. = The early bird (is the one who) eats the good worm. [Lugbara Proverb] |
aria anya (n) rice (also mucele, [In Filipino, kanin means cooked rice, sinangag is fried rice, lugaw is rice porridge, puto is steamed rice cake]) |
ariadaza (n) bloodshed |
ari'bo (n) enemy, foe, rival eg Sitani ni ama ari'bo. = Satan is our enemy. |
arika (n) dysentery, bloody stool |
arikari (adj) delicious |
Aringa (n) Lugbara clan and dialect considered Low Lugbara because it is mutually intelligible, kingdom of Aringa, area northeast of Ayivu and Maracha covering the District of Yumbe, north of Terego, listed as a tribe in the 1995 Uganda Constitution, Lugbara people according to Shiroya (O. J. E. in 1981) because the first Lugbara group entered through Midigo Mountain in Yumbe eg Ma kawa mvu Aringa-a. = I'm drinking coffee in Aringa. |
Arinze (n) name meaning "Removing blood", name shared by Lugbara and Nigerians though with different meanings, others include Bayo, Obi, Okudili, Awuzu, Atiku, etc |
Arinzoro (n) place East of Muni University |
arioti (n) reciprocation, revenge |
arioti ofezu 'ba azini (v) avenge |
Ariwara (n) trading town in northeastern DR Congo, place near Ociba and Orawa in Arua, means "the blood dried" in Lugbara |
aro (n) eight; medicine (also dawa) eg Musimenita ma andri fe mani aro ale azoza ni. = Musimenta's mother gave me medicine for stomachache. |
aro anzi tizu anyia ku (n) contraceptive (also aro anzi tiza atripi, aro anzi tizu anyia anyia ku, aro anzi tiza awazu) |
aro azo ogapi (n) vaccine |
aro jo (n) medicine house, drug house, drugshop, pharmacy, health centre, hospital (also hosipito) eg Paratra ku aro jo ra. = Paratra left the hospital. |
aro nyakuni (n) herbalist medicine, herbalism eg Idi Amin ma andri (Asa Aate) ayu aro nyakuni atita fezu Buganda opi (Kabaka) ma enyati ni. = Idi Amin's mother (Assa Aatte) used herbalist medicine to heal Buganda royalty. |
aroni (n) female (said of animals) |
arozori (adj) the 8th |
aru (n) prison (also aru jo), prisoner, sprain eg Nelisoni Mandela aa aru-a eli 27. = Nelson Mandela stayed in prison for 27 years. |
Aru (n) place in Congo west of Vurra where prisoners from Arua were taken by Belgian colonialists |
arua (n) small prison, in prison (also aru-a) |
Arua (n) town or city in northwestern Uganda, second Busiest Airfield (RUA) in the Republic, 13 km east of the DR Congo borderline, established on 14th June 1914, one of the Best Medium-size Cities in Africa during 2015, ancient Capital of West Nile Province, declared a regional city by Parliament on 28th April 2020, Area Code 0476 from Madi Okollo to Koboko, Business and humanitarian hub for neighbouring countries (Congo/ Sudan and Central African Republic), Idi Amin's hometown, means "small prison" or "in prison" and was named after a hill where Belgian colonialists imprisoned people directly southwards from Arua Avenue before transferring them to the bigger prison in Aru (DRC), Roman Catholic diocese north of Nebbi, Ugandan district and City-state from Madi Okollo to South Sudan border, First-Class business hub |
ARUA (abbr) African Research Universities Alliance, network of selected universities (Centres of Excellence) on the Black Continent that work together to improve research quality, inaugurated in Senegal and operational since March 2015 (Uganda's Makerere University Kampala is a member among over 15 others from different countries though South Africa alone has six), African University |
Arua Hilu (n) hill that inspired the name Arua [because of the Belgian colonial prison (Aru in Lugbara) that used to be near it] found directly southwards from Arua Avenue with a 360-degree-panoramic view of the entire locality; city division comprising 22 cells in 2018, subcounty in Arua District - others include Adumi, Ajia, Arivu, Aroi, Dadamu, Logiri, Manibe, Offaka, Ogoko, Okollo, Oli River, Oluko, Pajulu, Rhino Camp, Rigbo, Uleppi and Vurra; football club formed in 2010 as Doves FC but bought and rebranded 100 percent by Joel Aita in 2020 before qualifying (as invincible 2021 Big League Champions) for their maiden 2022 Ugandan Premier League (also Arua 'Be wereari) |
Arua Lugbara (n) most used Lugbara dialect (also High Lugbara, Lugbarati, Lubarati, Logbara), standard Lugbara around Muni which is visible southeast of Arua Hill |
aruba (n) Lugbara justice process that cleanses families and emanates from a taboo which bars close relations from reporting each other to formal courts of law, two conflicting family members are brought to a round table and share their pains through truth-telling and forgiveness, both parties bring one goat each which are slaughtered and cooked in one pot to show total reconciliation |
ARUDIFA (abbr) Arua District Farmers Association |
arumadri (n) policewoman eg Jeni ni arumadri. = Jenny is a policewoman. |
arusu (n) bride (also amuro, mugole) |
Aruu (n) place in Uganda eg Oto ni mu Aruu-a. = Otto is going to Aruu. |
Asa (n) river in the valley north of Muni University, at the end of Barifa Forest |
ase (n) grass, bush; type of fish, eel |
ase ibiru (n) wet grass, plant(s) |
asea (adv) in the bush, grass or wilderness |
Asea (n) male-given name |
Aseno (n) Arsenal Football Club (also Arisenali, Arisenalu, Ariseno, Arisenolu, Asi Na - said by Nigerians) eg Aseno nde Ulaya ma "Inter-Cities Fairs Cup" eli 1970 si. = Arsenal won the European Inter-Cities Fairs Cup in 1970. |
aseti (n) asset |
asi (n) heart; end, cease; tear eg Ayiko amani ri, ayiko YESU alia; e'yo onzi nyaku-a ri nga asi ra! = Our happiness, is happiness in JESUS; the evil issues on Earth will cease. |
asi 'ba (phr v.) hope, trust eg Eri aluzaru tu asi 'bazu YESU dria! = 'Tis so sweet to trust in JESUS! |
asialuza (n) sweetheart eg Ajuru edri simu waraga aliaru i-ma asialuza vu. = Ajuru sent an SMS to her sweetheart. |
asianzu (n) peace, mercy |
asi'baza (n) hope |
asi'daza (n) commitment |
asi'duza (n) forgetting |
asiliza (n) stomach pain |
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