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a'bimva (n) descendant

a'bu (n) valley (also e'bu & i'bu); fatness; covering (also a'buza); (v) cover; fatten eg Amina a'bu ima dribi. = Amina covered her hair.

a'bu mile (n) swamp

a'bua (n) banana, plantain (also a’bugo) eg Munguleni sa a'bua Osu-a. = Munguleni planted bananas in Osu.

a'buo (n) dove

a'buza (adj) fat, obese (also mere mere) eg Silasi ni a'buza! = Silas is fat!

Aca (n) place near Rhino Camp

acalaka (n) basket eg Tutu 'ba bongo acalaka alea. = Tutu put clothes in the basket.

ace (v) remain; tear

acepiri (n) remainder

aceta (n) remaining (also aceza)

aci (n) fire, light, electricity, energy, WENRECo's Diza, Umeme's Yaka, heat; journey, trip, safari, movement, walk; (v) crush with teeth eg Etu ni aci ide. = The sun creates (solar) electricity.

aci aci (v) share; walked; hot hot (also aciaci)

Aci inyupiku ri (n) Hell, eternal fire eg Dimitri Azakovu eri o'duko engazu Aci inyupiku ri. = Dimitri Azzakov heard sounds from Hell.

Aci Inzini (n) Electricity Engine, fuel power plant in Osu Village run by WENRECo (West Nile Rural Electrification Company) since the early 2000s supplying electricity to Arua Town before the anticipated Nyagak Dams were finally switched on (The second fuel-powered station was built in Ewuata and old engine taken to Moyo. In 2025, West Nile was added to the National Grid)

aci ma baka (n) cable, electricity wire (also kebo)

aci waya siri (n) electricity (also aci waya ma-a ri)

acia (adj) in fire; (adv) on a journey

acibe (adj) with fire, hot; with a journey, with a trip, with safari

Acidri (n) male-given name meaning "I suffered"

acife (n) witchcraft, practice of magic, use of spells, invocation of spirits, necromancy, sorcery, shamanism, possession, occult, divination, rituals, incantation, vodou, voodoo, vudu (also enata, jadu, ondrita, andrike) eg Haiti nde acife si. = Haiti wins in witchcraft.

acika (n) smoke

acikulu (n) charcoal

Acile (n) male-given name meaning "Like light" eg Acile ni jo si oni si. = Acile is building a house using rocks.

acita (n) movement (also aciza)

aco (n) hoe (also e'bu, i'bu), fight, battle; break eg eggs, become lame

Acoli (n) Acholi, Luo tribe east of Madi-Lugbara and northwest of Langi, Acholi people

Acoli ti (n) Acholi language eg Bongomini ni Acoli ti nze. = Bongomin is speaking Acholi language.

acoza (n) lameness (also acota)

acozaru (adj) lame

ada (adj) true (also adaada, tandi); (v) pour eg Putini ma leta ada! = Putin's love is true!

Adada (n) rock, hill in Tara

Adalafu (n) village near Arua City separated from Jiako by Oli River

adaza (adj) feeble, malnourished; (n) chaff

adi (n) legend, function where multiple generations of Lugbara in a particular clan gather to hear their origin stories plus share meat; (v) abandon, desert; choke eg Maritineli ni adi. = Martinelli is a legend.

adi 'dipi (n) historian

Adia (n) name meaning "In war" (also Adiga, female-given name is Adiru)

adisi (n) humour, comedy, chat, fun talk (also adu, andru) eg Tobi Tobayasi "High Voltage" Dingilikudingili ni adisi gba redio-a. = Tobi Tobias "High Voltage" Dingilikudingili is chatting on radio.

Adjumani (n) district east of Moyo across the Albert Nile (also East Moyo) eg Sikovia ni aa Adjumani-a. = Scovia stays in Adjumani.

adra (n) fetish (also uri, yakani), violence, anger

adraka (n) poison

Adranga (n) Lugbara clan in DR Congo

adre (v) be, is, was

adreni (adv) is not eg Ewa adreni muke ku 'ba andrale eli 120 (turu alu kali iri) pini. = Alcohol is not good for persons under the age of 120.

adri (n) brother (also adriazi), means rock in Hindi eg Yuda ni Yema ma adri. = Yuda is Yema's brother.

adriza (n) behaviour, manner, conduct

adro (n) maternal uncle; spirit placed in a body by Divine Spirit and stands for the individuality of its possessor (one of the elements of a human while others include body, breath, soul [orindi] and tali) eg Yadi ni ma adro. = Jad is my maternal uncle.

adro 'ba (n) spirit men who can utter curses against evildoers

ADROA (n) the Creator; sky GOD in Lugbara mythology appears in both aspects - good and evil (ADRO) though a single Deity, appeared on earth as a very tall white man near death with only one half of the body, missing one eye, one leg, etc; Divine Absolute Spirit, his children were adroanzi (also ADRONGA in Aringa, ADROO, ADROU) eg ADROA 'ba o'bapiri = GOD who created people

adroanzi (n) nature gods of specific rivers, trees and other sacred wild areas, protect people but can also kill and eat them if they look behind while being followed in the dark, sometimes known as water snakes, bloodline of the Nosferatu Clan, originating in the Lugbara Culture of Central Africa, protectors of the local tribe in exchange for blood

a'bimva (n) descendant

a'bu (n) valley (also e'bu & i'bu); fatness; covering (also a'buza); (v) cover; fatten eg Amina a'bu ima dribi. = Amina covered her hair.

a'bu mile (n) swamp

a'bua (n) banana, plantain (also a’bugo) eg Munguleni sa a'bua Osu-a. = Munguleni planted bananas in Osu.

a'buo (n) dove

a'buza (adj) fat, obese (also mere mere) eg Silasi ni a'buza! = Silas is fat!

Aca (n) place near Rhino Camp

acalaka (n) basket eg Tutu 'ba bongo acalaka alea. = Tutu put clothes in the basket.

ace (v) remain; tear

acepiri (n) remainder

aceta (n) remaining (also aceza)

aci (n) fire, light, electricity, energy, WENRECo's Diza, Umeme's Yaka, heat; journey, trip, safari, movement, walk; (v) crush with teeth eg Etu ni aci ide. = The sun creates (solar) electricity.

aci aci (v) share; walked; hot hot (also aciaci)

Aci inyupiku ri (n) Hell, eternal fire eg Dimitri Azakovu eri o'duko engazu Aci inyupiku ri. = Dimitri Azzakov heard sounds from Hell.

Aci Inzini (n) Electricity Engine, fuel power plant in Osu Village run by WENRECo (West Nile Rural Electrification Company) since the early 2000s supplying electricity to Arua Town before the anticipated Nyagak Dams were finally switched on (The second fuel-powered station was built in Ewuata and old engine taken to Moyo. In 2025, West Nile was added to the National Grid)

aci ma baka (n) cable, electricity wire (also kebo)

aci waya siri (n) electricity (also aci waya ma-a ri)

acia (adj) in fire; (adv) on a journey

acibe (adj) with fire, hot; with a journey, with a trip, with safari

Acidri (n) male-given name meaning "I suffered"

acife (n) witchcraft, practice of magic, use of spells, invocation of spirits, necromancy, sorcery, shamanism, possession, occult, divination, rituals, incantation, vodou, voodoo, vudu (also enata, jadu, ondrita, andrike) eg Haiti nde acife si. = Haiti wins in witchcraft.

acika (n) smoke

acikulu (n) charcoal

Acile (n) male-given name meaning "Like light" eg Acile ni jo si oni si. = Acile is building a house using rocks.

acita (n) movement (also aciza)

aco (n) hoe (also e'bu, i'bu), fight, battle; break eg eggs, become lame

Acoli (n) Acholi, Luo tribe east of Madi-Lugbara and northwest of Langi, Acholi people

Acoli ti (n) Acholi language eg Bongomini ni Acoli ti nze. = Bongomin is speaking Acholi language.

acoza (n) lameness (also acota)

acozaru (adj) lame

ada (adj) true (also adaada, tandi); (v) pour eg Putini ma leta ada! = Putin's love is true!

Adada (n) rock, hill in Tara

Adalafu (n) village near Arua City separated from Jiako by Oli River

adaza (adj) feeble, malnourished; (n) chaff

adi (n) legend, function where multiple generations of Lugbara in a particular clan gather to hear their origin stories plus share meat; (v) abandon, desert; choke eg Maritineli ni adi. = Martinelli is a legend.

adi 'dipi (n) historian

Adia (n) name meaning "In war" (also Adiga, female-given name is Adiru)

adisi (n) humour, comedy, chat, fun talk (also adu, andru) eg Tobi Tobayasi "High Voltage" Dingilikudingili ni adisi gba redio-a. = Tobi Tobias "High Voltage" Dingilikudingili is chatting on radio.

Adjumani (n) district east of Moyo across the Albert Nile (also East Moyo) eg Sikovia ni aa Adjumani-a. = Scovia stays in Adjumani.

adra (n) fetish (also uri, yakani), violence, anger

adraka (n) poison

Adranga (n) Lugbara clan in DR Congo

adre (v) be, is, was

adreni (adv) is not eg Ewa adreni muke ku 'ba andrale eli 120 (turu alu kali iri) pini. = Alcohol is not good for persons under the age of 120.

adri (n) brother (also adriazi), means rock in Hindi eg Yuda ni Yema ma adri. = Yuda is Yema's brother.

adriza (n) behaviour, manner, conduct

adro (n) maternal uncle; spirit placed in a body by Divine Spirit and stands for the individuality of its possessor (one of the elements of a human while others include body, breath, soul [orindi] and tali) eg Yadi ni ma adro. = Jad is my maternal uncle.

adro 'ba (n) spirit men who can utter curses against evildoers

ADROA (n) the Creator; sky GOD in Lugbara mythology appears in both aspects - good and evil (ADRO) though a single Deity, appeared on earth as a very tall white man near death with only one half of the body, missing one eye, one leg, etc; Divine Absolute Spirit, his children were adroanzi (also ADRONGA in Aringa, ADROO, ADROU) eg ADROA 'ba o'bapiri = GOD who created people

adroanzi (n) nature gods of specific rivers, trees and other sacred wild areas, protect people but can also kill and eat them if they look behind while being followed in the dark, sometimes known as water snakes, bloodline of the Nosferatu Clan, originating in the Lugbara Culture of Central Africa, protectors of the local tribe in exchange for blood