text
stringlengths
0
9.69k
drizaru (adj) warm, hot
dro (v) send away, chase eg Didieri dro azini gba mupira. = Didier chased and kicked the ball.
drota (n) sending away, chasing (also droza)
drozi (adv) the day after tomorrow
dru (adv) tomorrow
dru dru (adv) daily, always
drusi (adv) tomorrow
du (v) grow eg grass, set on fire, sting, (n) point eg Mi 'di 88.7 [Kali-aro-drini-aro du aziri] Arua One ni iri ria, ("sema yote")! = You are listening to 88.7 [Eighty-eight point seven] Arua One, (say it all)!
duani (n) court eg Mindreru ni mu duani-a. = Mindreru is going to court.
Dubai (n) village south of Arua City in Ocoko Parish, Ajia Subcounty with name inspired by the Dubai in United Arab Emirates eg Culu Kalifa ni aa Dubai-a. = Mr. Khalifa stays in Dubai.
Duka Geri (n) Duka Road, bypass road from Adumi Road to Go Down Road via the north end of Arua Taxi Park
dukani (n) shop (also duka) eg Mambo Bado ni Drabo ma dukani. = Mambo Bado is Drabo's shop.
dulugani (n) pieces of cloth used for newly-born babies
duluka (n) "dance" in Nubian language, a community and tourist attraction where music can even be played on banana stems and considered a Lugbara dance
duruduru (adj) with mental inaptitude
'da (adv) there, that; (v) abuse, insult, name; fast, lick (also dha) eg "Weatherhead Park Lane" ma ru 'ba 'da "Arthur Evelyn Weatherhead" ma vutisi. = Weatherhead Park Lane was named after Arthur Evelyn Weatherhead.
'dale (adv) like that, like it; that side
'dani (adj) free eg Vimuto ni 'dani ku. = Vimto is not free.
'dani 'dani (adj) continuous, (adv) continuously, for ever
'dau (adj) empty, missing, lacking (in Aringa and Terego dialects)
'dayi (pron) those, plural of that
'de (v) die, fall, set (said of the sun)
'dere (adv) exactly, on the dot eg Etu 8 (aro) 'dere! = Exactly 2pm!
'di (adj) this, here; (v) kill, rain eg Trisha kini: Mani mi isuzu 'di, aku mi ku. = Trisha said: Now that I have found you here, I will not leave you.
'dia (adv) here
'dini (adv) like this, correct, true
'disi (adv) with this eg Aki (Cinedu Ikedieze) azini Popo (Osita Iheme) Ediofe-a sawa 'disi! = Aki (Chinedu Ikedieze) and Pawpaw (Osita Iheme) are in Ediofe right now!
'do (adv) here (also 'dole); affirmative (also ro)
'du (n) millet (also anya); (v) immerse slightly, take, pick eg with tongue, belch
Ee [shares many words with Ii]
e ka (conj) if you, when (also i ka) eg E ka te ise osiza ma nga mi ti-a, mi te sawa ezu tu! = If you wait for fried grasshoppers to fly into your mouth, then you wait a very long time!
E ko muke (greeting) Did you sleep well? (also Mi efu ngoni?); Sleep well! (also E la muke!)
E li ava asianzu-a! (phr) Rest in peace!, RIP! (also Ma li ava asianzu-a!)
eba (n) buck
ebe iwakoko (n) easy load (also izilodi)
Ebea (n) name meaning "In prematurity"
ebe'de (n) tea without sugar, self service (also ibe'de, ebere) eg Ebe'de ci. = There is tea without sugar.
Ebeneza (n) Ebenezer Show or Overnight on New Year's Day in Arua City
ebi (adj) fresh, raw (also ebiru), wet (also ibi); (v) gum, glue, paste eg Vero ma diza ni ebi o'biti woro! = Vero's glory is fresh every morning!
Ebi (n) river in Eastern DR Congo eg Robi enga Miri Ebi-a. = A hippo came from River Ebi.
ebia (n) all-green grasshopper
ebibi (n) leaves, (also ebiko)
ebiza (n) glued, pasted, gummed
eca (v) arrive (also ica) eg Aci eca 'bo! = Electricity has come (already)!
ecandi (v) mistreat, molest, torture
ece (v) show, explain, demonstrate (also ice); miss, (n) calabash (also erece, zukulu) eg Ma ece mi sana! = I missed you a lot!
ecea (n) type of gourd (also okelea)
ecekere (n) bad thing
eceta (n) missing; vision (also iceta)
ecetaru (past part.) as an example