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carani (n) sewing machine (pronounced charani) eg 'Ba yi carani ayuza oni Mungufeni Fawundesoni-a. = People learn how to use a sewing machine at Mungufeni Foundation.
cata (n) being enough, sufficiency, enoughness (also cataa)
catiboti (n) chatbot (also chatiboti) eg Leo ni catiboti. = Leo is a chatbot.
cawululu (n) sound made by frying ingredients in cooking pan
caza (n) woven
cazu kpere (prep) upto
ce (v) tear, break free eg Ndri ce ki-i te. = The goats broke free [(Translated from Luganda) Embuzi zakutude].
ceni (pron, adj) by her/ himself/ itself, automatic (also isi)
cere (n) yell eg Cere Fesitivo = Yell Festival
cesi (n) chess eg Gari Kasiparovu ni cesi avi. = Gary Kasparov plays chess.
ceza (adj) torn
Cilua (n) Chilua, beach in West Nile
Cuba (n) nation of Cuba (pronounced Chuba, also Kuba)
ci (adj) present, is (t)here; (v) bite eg Ma ci! = I'm (t)here!
cikiri (n) cowpeas, Lugbara name-giving ceremony where cowpeas mixed with simsim paste is the main dish though a cock or goat can also be slaughtered
Cilio (n) village near Mt. Wati, Teeth Can Lost - Part 2
cinya(ki) (n) sand (also cinyafi)
cipini (n) chip in soccer (pronounced chipini)
ciri (adv) very (still and quiet); (pron) any
co (v) sneeze, fight, beat
coki (n) chalk
coko (n) bone (also falako)
coko coko (n) bottle crown (also cokolo)
coni ku (mod. v) does not beat, cannot (also econi ku)
coroko (n) small beans (pronounced choroko)
coroni (n) latrine (jo were)
coroni 'baza (n) defecation
coroni 'bile (n) pit latrine
coti (adv) at once, immediately
coza (adj) woven
cu (n) market (pronounced chu, also cuu)
cua (n) weaverbird (pronounced chua, also cuwa), tick eg Asea Abudiramani ni cua nda. = Asea Abudiramani is looking for weaverbirds.
cucu (n) sweet round yellowish fruit encased in a papery husk, peruvian groundcherry, husk tomato, tomatillo, physalis peruviana, Chinese lantern, ntunduku in Meru (Kenya), entuutu in Runyankole
culu (n) mister, polite way of addressing a male adult
cuma (n) metal, machine (also masini) eg Tinyiro imu cuma sola ayupini si. = Tinyiro came in a machine that uses solar.
cupa (n) bottle eg Driwaru fe mani cupa. = Driwaru gave me a bottle.
cupa ti (n) bottle lid
curu (adv) liquid dropping constantly
Curu (n) place east of Kulekule, west of Pamvara and Rhino Camp
curu'do (adv) nowadays
Dd [silent immediately before Jj] & 'D'd [Dhdh]
da (v) pour, get away; (n) smoking pipe eg Arisadi da Kari Fura tibi-a. = Arshad poured Curry Powder in the sauce.
Dabaraca (n) Dabaraca Falls in Koboko
dada (n) dadi, father, nickname given to President Amin for his love of women though his father's name too
dafini (n) duffin(s), doughnut muffin
daka (n) chaff eg of beans, groundnuts, simsim
dakika (n) minute eg Driale, 'ba dria ma ru ni nga ku dakika 15. = In future, everyone will be famous for 15 minutes.
daku (n) food Muslims eat before sunrise during Ramadan
dala (n) said of open low-lying land
dali (n) low