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burasi (n) brush
Burazilu (n) Brazil, Brazilia, Brasil eg Ro-Ri-Ro avi Burazilu ni eli 90 yi ma-a. = Romario, Rivaldo and Ronaldo da Lima played for Brazil in the 90s.
bureki (n) brake eg Nyaku ma bureki ce-i ra. = Earth's brake got torn. (fig.)
buriketi (n) briquette, bricket eg Aiko ni buriketi ide. = Aiko makes brickets.
buriki (n) brick
buriki 'be (v) lay bricks
buro (n) bureau (also ofisi) eg forekisi buro = forex bureau
burocua (n) brochure eg Asimuwe ni burocua ide. = Asiimwe is making a brochure.
Burundi (n) Burundi eg Kidumu enga Burundi-a. = Kidum is from Burundi.
burusu (n) tree beans, pigeon peas
Busenyi (n) Bushenyi eg Sande enga Busenyi-a. = Sunday is from Bushenyi.
busera (n) bushera, fermented non-alcoholic cereal (usually millet) drink originally from Western Uganda
busu (n) cat, pussycat (also busua, bura, mbusua) eg Busu ni au nyiri nya sa dria. = A cat eats young chicken all the time.
buzaru (adj) covered
'ba (n) human, people; (v) put (pronounced bha)
'ba aapi suru amveleru (n) diaspora
'ba abala 'bapi miberi (n) rival, competitor
'ba aciza (n) wanderer
'ba afa eti ondapiri (n) researcher, investigator
'ba agati otipi (n) competitor(s)
'ba ambo (n) big person, boss, Sir, Madam
'ba amvipiri (n) editor, reviewer, taster (also 'ba 'bipiri), proofreader (also agu amvipiri)
'ba anyapa asea ogbipiri (n) poacher
'ba avipi (n) player(s)
'Ba ayia (n) western people, a section of Lugbara
'ba azaza (n) lunatic, idiot, mad person
'ba aziyo (pron) nobody
'ba 'ba papiri (n) saviour
'ba 'bani oni tu (n) celebrity
'Ba 'bea (n) people of the northern mountains, a section of Lugbara
'ba ciri (pron) anybody
'ba ecaza (n) newcomer
'ba e'yo li'ba (n) court
'ba e'yo nepi milesi (n) witness eg 'Ba e'yo nepi milesi andra 200 "St. Francis" Kanisa Makerere-a ci. = There were 200 witnesses at St. Francis Church Makerere.
'ba e'yo ondripi (n) prophet
'ba imbale (n) disciples
'ba jo si'ba (n) builders, constructors, architects
'ba kabilo ocepi (n) shepherd
'ba kalulu 'bepi (n) voter (also agu kalulu 'bepi)
'ba kalulu 'be'ba (n) voters
'ba mati'ba (n) my parents
'ba miti'ba (n) your parents
'ba mupira bipi (n) goalkeeper
'ba mva ma ta mbapi(ri) (n) guardian (plu. 'ba anzi ma ta mba'ba)
'ba nepi (n) spectator(s) (also 'ba avita nepi), viewer(s), spotter(s), watcher(s)
'ba o'bipiri (n) tester
'ba ode (n) youth (also yutu, karile, ezoanzi, anzi zopi zozo)
'ba odrapi 'bo engazu idriru dika (n) resurrection
'ba onduaru 'diyi (n) wise men from the East, Magi, three kings from the Orient
'ba onita kokori (n) uneducated, ignorant, unlearned people