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Hausa (n) language and tribe in Nigeria, 2nd Most Spoken African Language after Swahili
Hediboyi (n) Headboy
Hedigalu (n) Headgirl
Hepataitisi (n) Hepatitis
hijabu (n) hijab, Muslim headscarf, veil eg Rebeka su hijabu. = Rebecca wore a hijab.
hipuhopu (n) hiphop
ho (adj) open (also hu)
Holandi (n) Holland, Netherlands eg Ovamazi enga Holandi-a. = Overmars is from Holland.
Holi (n) Hindu festival of colours
horohoro (adj) light
Hosipito Geri (n) Hospital Road eg "Container" Calo ni andra Hosipito Geri-a. = Container Village used to be on Hospital Road.
hoteli (n) hotel eg Nyamuko ma Oli e'yere ni hoteli mini ico esu Arua Golufu Pari ma ageia. = Desert Breeze is a hotel you can find near the Arua Golf Course.
Hozana (phr) Hosanna!
Humusa (n) Humsa, Lugbara splinter tribe that moved from Chad through Nuba Mountains into Western Ethiopia and call water yi plus fire aci in addition to other words just like the Lugbara of Uganda
huruhuru (adj) satisfied, when something plastic is filled to the brim
hwi (n, pron) all
Ii [shares many words with Ee]
i (prefix, pron) his/ her/ its - separated from object owned by hyphen; (suffix) that is him/ her/ it - separated by hyphen (v) grind into powder; tie eg to a peg eg 'Da Denisi-i! = That is Denis!
i ka (postp) if (also e ka, i-ka)
iba (n) Ugandan kob, Thomasi
ibe (n) coldness (also igbe)
ibi (v) gum, glue, stick (also ebi); has/ have been eg Hana ibi MUNGU ai. = Hannah has been praying to GOD.
ibio (n) spider (also ibioibio, inikiniki)
ibiokamanaka (n) spider web
i'bi (n) fish (also e'bi) eg I'bi ki Yona. = The fish swallowed Jonah.
i'bu (n) hoe (also e'bu); (v) overflow (said of sth cooking)
ica (v) arrive eg Asara ica 'bo. = Asara has arrived.
icata (n) arrival (also icaza)
ice (n) calabash; (v) demonstrate, show off; miss
icea (n) small calabash
iceta (n) demonstration, example, specimen (also eceta)
ici (adj) bad weather (during rainy season); (v) join, connect, fasten together; deceive (also ici obe, ole) eg Sawa azirisi, orobi ni Edi ma dri ici ici. = Other times, dreams lie to Edi.
icikici (n) cloudy day especially in rainy season
icikili (n) black ants that move in a group and can sting
icita (n) deceipt; joining, connection
ico (adj) can, capable (also eco); (phr) beat eg Ico aco ku! = (You) do not (wage a) fight!
Ico (n) Itso, Lugbara clan in DR Congo (pronounced Icho meaning "Able" [Information from John Godo]), probably Otsho (Congolese language very similar to Lugbara)
iconiku (adj) cannot, can't
icu (v) praise
ida (v) pour
ide (v) clean; minimise, abuse, make fun of, despise (also ede)
idematara (n) insult, foolery (also edematara)
Idi (n) Africanised name for the Arabic word Eid, Muslim feast at the end of Ramadan or Hijja Pilgrimage to Mecca in Saudi Arabia, name given to the 3rd Ugandan President Amin by his father Andrea Amin Dada because he was born on Eid Day (Wednesday 30th May 1928 which is 10 Dhu-al-Hijjah 1346 in the Islamic Calendar)
idia (n) laity, church commoners (also kiti)
idiko (n) small seeded fruit
idra (n) mother-in-law (also idrapi)
idri (n) life; (v) send, pass (also edri) eg Hezekiya awi idri ru eli 15 dika. = Hezekiah stayed alive for 15 more years.
idria (n) razor blade (also idri) eg Hamida ni karile ma dribi li idria si. = Hamida is cutting the young man's hair with a razor blade.
idrika (n) mushroom
idrita (n) sending (also idriza)