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dra dra (adj) bitter, sour (also draza)
dra ra (past part.) died, dead
Dracunculiasisi (n) Guinea Worm disease
Drajini (n) subcounty in Yumbe District, southwest of Kuru, parish in Arua taken from Yumbe
Dramani (n) male-given name meaning "He died for me", male-given name in Gonja Tribe of Northern Ghana eg Gana ma Suru Drile 'ba omve Dramani. = Ghana's president is called Dramani.
Dramu (n) male-given name, meaning "Death went" or "Death held closed in its palm"
dredre (n) robin bird
dri (adj) hot, (v) warm, heat; (n) head (also drifa); hand eg Ma dri ni ga! = My head is paining!
dri ci (v) suffer (past tense ci dri) eg Yobu ci dri Sitani ma e'yo si. = Job suffered because of the Devil.
dri ereza (n) separation, partition
dri ndiria (n) right hand (also dri ada)
dri ni aazu mali (n) drowsiness
dri osuza tualu (phr) putting your hands together in one plate to eat food
dria (adv) all (also driadria); on the head, ahead (also driale) eg YESU dra 'ba dria ni! = JESUS died for all/ everybody!
driaviza (n) forgetfulness
driada (n) right hand or side (also dri enya nyazuri)
driadria (n) present, gift hamper eg Adomati nde driadria. = Adomati won a gift hamper.
driago (n) thumb
driale (adv, n) (in) future (also drusi)
drianzi (n, plu. of drimva) fingers
driavi (n) forgetfulness (also driaviza)
dribi (n) hair eg Vinico ni afuro dribi su. = Vincho wears afro hair.
Dribidu (n) hairy Lugbara hero ancestor who died on Mt. Wati. His other name which he also gave his first son was Banyale (Eater of men) because he enjoyed human liver and after being discovered was excommunicated from his earlier home in the East Bank of the Albert Nile
dribiforo (n) grey hair
dricepi (n) leader, commander in inter-clan or inter-tribe aggressions
dricere (n) mentor, guardian, the one who guides you to see and go far, headmaster
driceza (n) management, authority, headship, leadership (also dricezu), power eg Suru Drile Si omve Driceza ma Agbatara ni. = President Xi called for the Leadership Discussion.
driceza o'bi ma egatasi (n) democracy
drieji (n) left hand or side (also drileji, dri iji) eg Agata ni drieji ayu. = Agatha uses the left hand.
drifa (n) head eg Rodrigo Goesi su golo drifa si. = Rodrygo Goes scored a goal with his head.
drigaza (n) headache
drile (adv) ahead eg Sitika kini, "Ama mu drile, acani go vile ku!" = Sticka said, "We are moving ahead, we won't go backwards!"
Drile Agrikeca ma e'yo Onepi (n) Chief Agricultural Officer
Drile Suru ocepi (n) Head of State
drileba (n) luck, fortune, blessing, opportunity eg Ojuelegba-a, 'ba yi ai drileba isuzu. = In Ojuelegba, people pray for blessing.
drilebaru (n) lucky, blessed (also ajiru) eg Ma ama ma drilebaru! = I'm feeling lucky!
drilejo (n) index finger
drilemgbo (v) certification, permission, go ahead, opening for going forward eg "UBOS" nzi drilemgbo. = UBOS certified
drileonzi (n) bad luck, misfortune, witchcraft curse, accident (also akisidenito)
drimva (n) finger
drinza (n) shame, disgrace, shyness
drinzaru (adj) shameful, disgraceful
drio (adv) early, long ago, sometime back
driokpo (n) stubbornness, rudeness
driondi (n) dirty hand, poison (fig.)
drionzi (n) stubbornness
dririma (n) punishment
drisi (adj) rote, by head
driwala (n) independence, freedom, liberty eg Yuganda esu driwala eli 1962 si. = Uganda got independence in 1962.
driwaza (v) curse, cast lots