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bile (n) wound (also ibi, ibile)
bile ako (n) refusal to listen
Bileafe (n) subcounty in Terego where the agofe system was tried, place 23 km east from Mvara reachable via Oluko Road (also Biliafe)
bilekoko (n) deaf person
bilendu liza (n) warning
binika (n) kettle (also keto), teapot
biringanya (n) eggplant eg Tikiva ni biringanya a'di. = Tikvah is cooking eggplants.
birisi (n) mat (also mukeka)
bisikiti (n) biscuit (also bisikuiti) eg "Munchies" yi bisikiti. = Munchies are biscuits.
bisopu (n) bishop
bitikoini (n) bitcoin eg Nakamoto ni bitikoini ayu. = Nakamoto uses bitcoin.
Biturisi (n) Beatrice, Beatrix (also Bituresi) eg Biturisi ni Acoli-Ganda. = Beatrice is an Acholi Muganda.
biza(ru) (adj) dirty
bizua (n) small basket container with handle for carrying bean and millet seedlings
boda (n) boda boda rider (also 'ba bodaboda ti odropi, 'ba bodaboda onzupi), motorbike taxi, okada, bodaboda
bofulo (n) boflo-shaped bread
bogoya (n) bananas eg Bogoya ni 'bo! = The bogoya bananas have ripened.
boko (n) road, lane (also nzila, geri)
bokora (n) banana-like fruit but sometimes bigger eg Jefu ni bokora sa. = Jeff is planting bokora.
bokisi (n) box
bolo bara (n) type of wood
Bondo (n) place south of Arua City eg Mubiru ni Bondo Idri O'di Omujo-a. = Mubiru is at Bondo New Life Guesthouse.
bonga (n) fist greeting, (v) make a fist to meet another person's fist
bongo (n) cloth (traditional dress of Lugbara was grass or banana fibre for women to cover buttocks and front while men wore animal skin); fermented milk, Tanzanian Music eg Sitela su bongo imve. = Stella wore a white cloth (skirt).
boroko (n) hut, temporary house
borondua (n) rebel (also adui) eg Acani ni borondua. = Achan is a rebel.
boti (n) boot (also butu), (ro)bot eg Wahiyaci ma Mvi azini Tombusitoni ki boti aco ni. = Son of Whyachi and Tombstone are battlebots.
bowaholu (n) borehole (also boholu, semenikia?)
BTN (abbr) Bornfree Technologies Network (Registered as UHF 23 by Uganda Communications Commission), the pioneer TV station in West Nile since 2003 which was first located on Awudele Crescent in Anyafio before moving to Arua Hill in 2015 (also Ba-Ta-Na), affiliate TV station (UHF 61) on Naguru Hill in Kampala eg Rasidi ni "BTN TV" ne. = Rashid is watching BTN Television.
Bua (n) male-given name meaning "Up" eg Calisi ma ru aziri Bua. = Charles's other name is Bua.
Buda (n) Buddha
Budongo (n) forest in Masindi with the Most Bird Species to watch on Earth
budu budu (adj) foamy, soapy, gigantic eg Arieli ni budu budu. = Ariel is gigantic.
Bukaresiti (n) Bucharest, locals call it Bucuresti, Capital City of Romania located in the south eg Joji Haji avi mupira Sitau Bukaresiti ni. = Gheorghe Hagi played football for Steaua Bucharest.
buku (n) book eg 'Ezati pi Candiru Be Azini Agipi' ni buku 'bani Lugbarati imbazu eli alusi azini irisi. = 'Ezati pi Candiru Be Azini Agipi' is a book used to teach Lugbara language in Year 1 and 2 (P1 and P2).
Buku 'Ba Driani MUNGU Zizuri/ Ongo MUNGUni (n) Book For Everyone To Ask GOD/ GOD's Songs
bulogu (n) blog
buloka (n) broker, dealer
bunia (n) fist, boxing sport
bura (n) cat (also busu)
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