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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
busita (n) booster
Busoga (n) Busoga Kingdom, land East of the Source of the Nile and north of Lake Victoria, Ugandan territory ruled by the Kyabazinga eg Ecora la sukulu Busoga-a. = Ecora studied in Busoga.
busu (n) cat, pussycat (also busua, bura, mbusua) eg Busu ni au nyiri nya sawa 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, proofreader (also agu amvipiri)
'ba anyapa asea obipiri (n) poacher (also anyapa asea ogbipiri)
'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 'bipiri (n) taster
'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 'Ba alatararu Furanisisi 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 ni yi fezu ceni (n) voluntarism, volunteering
'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 ongo ngopi (n) singer