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endra (n) meanness, selfishness, (v) gaze
endraako (n) generosity
endrakokoru (adj) generous eg "Alak SG" kini: Ma endrakokoru tu; ma nga aa muke! = Alak SG said: I'm too generous; I'll be fine!
endraru (adj) selfish, mean, stingy
endrau (n) selfish person
endri (n) shade (also endrika) eg "Fat A" ri endri-a. = Fat A sat in the shade.
endrilendri (n) shadow
endru (n) vice, assistant, deputy (also undru) eg Silivano Munduni engazu Katri ni Anzenzea Endru Terego-a = Silvano Munduni from Katri is the Deputy Speaker in Terego.
Endru (n) place in Arua
endrundrua (n) leech
enga (v) originate, derive, emerge, come from; germinate, rise eg Ediwini enga "SMACK"-a. = Edwin came from SMACK.
engaza (n) germination
engazu (adv) since (also ingazu)
engu (v) exalt, praise (also epi)
enya (n) food (also inya, nyaka, ena in Terego dialect)
enyakinya (n) poison (also enyata)
enyasa (n) staple bread from cassava, millet, sorghum or maize flour (also inyasa, atapa, kalo), mush
enyata (n) poison eg 'Ba azi fe Sera ni enyata. = Someone gave Sera poison.
enyati (n) clan, zone, area of residence, constituency, community (also zoni, komuniti)
Enyau (n) longest River Nile tributary in Arua flowing northwards from Ezuku Forest Reserve in Vurra near DRC via Ediofe Bridge and pours into the Albert Nile after bending eastwards through northern Ayivu and Terego (also Anyau, Inyau) eg Wambuzi ma Bambu Vileji ni Enyau Gerika-a. = Wambuzi's Bamboo Village is on Enyau Road.
enyi (n) skin; (prep) near (also enyia, inyi, inyia) eg Lubega ma jo Lidia dri vu enyi. = Lubega's house is near Lydia's.
enza (n) laziness; (v) trouble, mistreat
enzamatara (n) mistreatment (also enzaza)
enzo (n) lie, deception
enzo liza (n) lying, lie
enzo'ba (n) liar, deceiver
enzoru (adj) deceptive
epearu (adj) selective
epi (v) exalt (also engu), praise, put on air, be proud
Epife (n) Prime Minister of Lugbara Kari (Katukiro in Busoga, Katikiro in Buganda) eg Isimaili Tuku ni Epife. = Ismail Tuku is the Prime Minister of Lugbara Kari.
epinga (n) putting on airs, pride (also epita, epiza)
era (n) granary (also ero), stone; flow
era mva (n) peeble, piece of rock
era mva ozo aizu (n) Lugbara rainmaking stone
eraka (n) red soil that gets caught on your foot when you step into a pond or edge of a river, mixed with oil or fat and smeared on the body to give a reddish look, used by Congolese too eg Mulato ni i-ma rua tri eraka si. = Mulato smears her body with eraka soil.
Eraka (n) trading centre in Aliba Parish, about a mile east of Lokiragodo T-Junction
eraza (n) flow
ere (v) top up, add, increase; scatter, spread
erece (n) calabash (also co'do, irece, egagbere in Maracha dialect, okele in Madi dialect, okelea, zukulu)
ereta (n) scattering, spreading (also ereza)
erezaru (adj) scattered
eri (pron) he/ she/ it; (v) hear, listen) eg Ludia ni Rozi Muhando ma ongo eri. = Ludia is listening to Rose Muhando's music.
Eri ma orindi ma li ava asianzu 'dani 'dani ri ma-a! (phr) May his/ her soul rest in eternal peace!/ RIP
eri-i (pron) him/ her
erio (n) aerial, antenna
erita (n) listening (also eriza)
eriti (adv) for good; (n) clouds
eritiru (adj) cloudy
Eritrea (n) Danieli ni gari nzu Eritrea ni. = Daniel cycles a bike for Eritrea.
ero (n) granary, financial bank (also eroo, baniki, beniki), woven basket-like storage facility with a dome-shaped thatch roof, storage facility for food and valuable items, beneath also serves as a location for the sacrificial altar, solace place for troubled people, songs are composed under it, taboo for men to climb into it, hiding place for children during war, complete removal of the top is a bad omen for starvation; (v) lift a heavy thing eg Nema ero oni. = Nema lifted a rock.