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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 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 onita kokori (n) uneducated, ignorant, unlearned people
'ba opele (n) chosen, elected people
'ba rua acobe (n) person with disability
'ba rukuza (n) men whose names are known, rainmakers or county chiefs with secular powers known for their ability to provide strength and support for anyone who needs it
'ba sawa ta mbapiri (n) timekeeper
'ba 'wara (n) grownup(s), literally big people
'Ba YEHOVA ma E'yo eti nzepi (n) JEHOVAH's witness (plu. 'Ba YEHOVA ma E'yo eti nzepi 'diyi)
'baako (n) loneliness, destitution
'baazi (n) somebody, another person
'baci (adj, n) welcome