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inya (n) food (also enya) eg Dru mu inya nya Muzarabana-a. = Drew went to eat food at Muzarabana.
inze (v) pull out, remove (pronounced inje)
inzi (v) adore, glorify, respect; squeeze (pronounced inji) eg Yemala mi inzi mini MUNGU ma ru ori kokoru. = Yemala respect for yourself GOD's name without shame/ fear.
inzita (n) respect, adoration, glorification eg Inzita ma so pa i-ma pari-a! = Let respect stand in its place/ All protocol observed! (fig.)
inzo (n) lie, falsehood, deception
inzu (v) run towards
ipa (v) attach; rob, take away forcefully
ipe (v) vote, move with a stick eg Ipe Abiriga! = Vote Abiriga!
ipi (n) chin (also tiso); (v) praise eg Tibitibi ni zo ipi dria. = Beards grow on the chin.
ipita (n) praise
ira (n) granary
ireje (n) plant that grows like a gourd from which drinking cups are cut
iri iri (adj) two by two
iribi (n) pasture, green vegetable (also tibi ini) eg Adia ni iribi a'di. = Adia is cooking green vegetables.
iridri (n) compound (also iri)
irifia (n) wasp eg Irifia du ma. = The wasp stung me.
iriko (adj) damaged, old eg Paleti Hubu ni mbawu iriko ayu dika ra. = Pallet Hub can use damaged wood again.
irikoko (adj) stinking
irita (n) listening, hearing
iriti (adv) indefinitely; (n) cloud(s)
iritro (adv, adj, pron) both
irizori (adj) the second one (also irizo, irizuri) eg Danieli Arapu Moi ni andra Kenya ma suru drile irizori. = Daniel Arap Moi was Kenya's second president.
isaku (n) sieve, container with holes at the bottom for filtering local salt or aitipa from ash
ise (n) grasshopper (also ese), symbol in Maracha; (v) pull, homorocoryphus nitidulus (scientific name), nsenene in Luganda (Nsenene is the Grasshopper clan in Buganda [with names like Kalibala, Kawalya, Kimera, Masembe, Mwebe, etc]), ensenene in Runyankore, eating by humans permitted in Leviticus 11:20-23 eg Ise Nyendo (Masaka)-a angiri. = Grasshoppers are plenty in Nyendo (Masaka).
isekise (n) gum, glue
isi (adj) automatic (v) you write; move, climb down, you build
isilamuni (n) islamic (also silamuni) eg Opi Fahadi ni isilamuni. = King Fahd is islamic.
Isiraeli (n) Israel eg "North West" isu ru biza Isiraeli-a. = North West received baptism in Israel.
isita (n) movement, climbing down (also isiza)
isu (v) find, get, receive (also esu); muscle eg Mi ico Wendi ni isu Alanosi-a ra! = You can find Wendy at Alanos Country Club!
isuta (n) finding
Italia (n) Italy (also Itali) eg AC Milani enga Italia-a. = AC Milan is from Italy.
ite (v) prepare eg porridge
Itegbara (n) half-breed who is both Itesot and Lugbara, someone with parents from both Teso and Lugbaraland (also Lugbateso) eg Eli ni Itegbara. = Eli is an Itegbara.
iti (n) tamarind (sometimes eti) eg Lugbara azi ki iti omve IT. = Some Lugbara call tamarind IT [pronounced eye tea].
itini odaza (n) foundation (also itini o'beza)
itisi (n) coiled cloth or other material on which a pot is carried on the head
ito (v) rescue
itota (n) rescue (also itoza)
itu (n) coconut palm, borassus tree; sun; (v) kick
ituku (n) minute
itusi (adv) during the day
Ive ra! (phr) You got burnt/ Thanks for the food! (also E ve ra!) (fig.)
ivezaru (adj) burnt
ivi (n) pus, tsetse fly, white chalk
ivu (n) basket made from the covering of sorghum stalk
ivua (n) food basket plate
iwa (n) beer eg Iwa mvuza onzi mi alata ni! = Drinking alcohol is bad for your health!
iwu (n) era, period, season; (v) you collect, remove
iya (interj, v) you shake, sort eg Fifi Hafi ngo ongo: Iyanga (Mi Ma Ruati). = Fify Hafy sang the song "Shake (Your Body)".