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ikoza (n) fetching, scoop(ing)
ikpa (v) press
ikpata (n) pressing (also ikpaza)
ikpere (n) selfishness
ikpereru (adj) selfish
iku (v) announce, make noise
ila (n) thorny bush that bears hard and orange fruits
ile (adv) down, (adj) low, (n) change
ili (n) knife, trowel (also ilia though can mean small knife); thigh; (v) chase, cut with knife or other tool, slide eg in football, roll, tickle eg Morini ni a'bua opi ili si. = Maureen is peeling bananas using a knife.
ilifiri (n) lust, craving, covetousness (also elifiri, tama)
ilifura (n) dust
ilipaku (n) brother heart fruit, tree with fleshy fruit that grows wild (also mundu i'di)
ilipili (adv) the only one, alone, lonely; (n) traditional knife
ilo (v) touch
ilu (v) look, descend, make a hole through, tell
ililua (n) small hole or opening created by removing the top surface using fingers or a tool
ima (n) owl; (pron) his/ her/ its (also i-ma, archaic 'ima)
imba (n) net; (v) teach; harden eg Mayokia ni 'ba imba Maraca Sekondari-a. = Mayokia teaches (people) at Maracha Secondary.
imba 'ba (n) teachers, educators, instructors, tutors, mentors
imbata (n) teaching, tutorial, lesson, education (also imbaza, embata)
imbapi (n) teacher eg Liliani ni imbapi. = Lilliane is a teacher.
imbi (n) remainder
imbu (v) jump towards you
imbuta (n) jump towards you
imu (v) come; mix eg Mi imu mavu! = Come to me!
imve (adj) white colour (pronounced inve, also emve); (v) make white eg Ma Suru Drile ini, te eri ma jo woro imve. = My president is Black, but his house is all white.
Imve (n) river in Maracha across the Koboko Highway (first signpost showed Enve like the pronunciation for Emve)
Imvepi (n) parish in Odupi Subcounty of Terego County in Arua District, one of Arua's Refugee Settlement Areas opened in February 2017 to host South Sudanese (pronounced Invepi)
imvi (n) white chalk; (v) return, come back (for 2nd or 3rd person) eg Nayiti imvi ini si. = Night returned at night.
imvo (n) orphan (pronounced invo)
imvu (n) pot (pronounced invu), orphan; (v) drown
Imvuatiluru (n) waterfalls on top of which Kuluva Dam was built, accessed through Ushindi
ina (v) appear eg Joni Rambo ina ase-a. = John Rambo appeared in the bush.
inata (n) appearance
inda (v) search, google
indaneti (n) internet eg angu imve indaneti = white space internet
Inde (n) place between Upper and Lower Madi
indi (adv) too eg Dangote ni simiti ide indi. = Dangote makes cement too.
India (n) India eg Karo ni mu India-a. = Carol is going to India.
indrika (n) shade (also endrika) eg Nola ri indrika-a. = Nola is sitted in the shade.
inga (prep) from (also enga), (v) germinate, originate, come up, wake up; wake up sb
ini (adj) black, dark; (n) night, darkness; (v) dirten, clean, erase eg Ini si = At night
inibiricici (adj) very dark (also inicici)
inikini (adj) darkish
inikiniki (n) spider (also ibio, ibioibio)
inima (n) curse or dark covering that follows sb or their relatives due to sin
iniriko (n) skin, hide (also inyiriko)
iniru (adj) black, dark
inisitusoni (n) institute, institution (also inisitituti, inisititusoni) eg Kiniseyi mu inisitusoni-a. = Kinsey went to the institute.
inisuarenisi (n) insurance eg Kasimo ni azi nga Kurisitofa Morigani Inisuarenisi-a. = Kasimo works at Christopher Morgan Insurance.