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kiliniki (n) clinic
kiliwiri (n) edible vegetable with serrated leaves and prickly stems
kilomgboro (n) very short and cold period
kimbelembele (n) gossip
kinga (n) bicycle (borrowed from Lingala)
kini (v) says, said (singular); said (plural) eg Joni Boni Jovi kini: Eri ma idri!. = Jon Bon Jovi said: It's my life!
kinikini (n) rumour
kinu (n) mortar (also kino)
kinu abe (n) pestle
kirabu (n) club, dancehall
Kirabu (n) cell in Oli Division along Adumi Road after the Lemerijoa Road - Prisons - Onduparaka Road Roundabout
kirikiri (interj) please eg Onyi eri YESU-a (Ada), ma ai ra yo (kiri kiri)! = Goodness is in JESUS (True), I accept (please)!
Kiriyandongo (n) Kiryandongo, place on the Gulu Highway near Masindi and before Karuma
kisira (n) Sudanese bread made with yeast, kisra
Kisiweli (n) (Ki)Swahili, Kisweli, Most Spoken African Language (also Suwahili)
kitambala (n) handkerchief (also kitamba)
kitanda (n) bed (also gbolo)
kiteitei (n) frock, dress
kiti (n) seat, chair (also kome, ogunga, kiketi, kitipara)
kitibolo (n) eggs a wife cooks for her husband
kitio (n) spade
kitipara (n) locally crafted stool with spiral body and three wooden legs standing diagonally, other times flat body and four legs, probably made in Paraa hence "Seat of Paraa"
Kiyabazinga (n) Kyabazinga, king of the Basoga (Mwenemu, Isebantu [Father of the people], husband of Inhebantu) eg Kiyabazinga Wiliamu Wilibafosi Gabula Nadiope IV ma oku Yovia Mutesi. = The Kyabazinga William Wilberforce Gabula Nadiope IV's wife is Jovia Mutesi.
Kiyebando (n) Kyebando, parish in Kawempe Division of Kampala and includes Kisalosalo Village, school in Arua off Nebbi Highway
ko (adv) really; (suffix) added to nouns or omitted according to dialect or added to a verb which is dependent upon the frame like "ga muko si" means he refused to go, (v) sleep, hold, catch
koa (n) white seasonal bird
kobi (n) four sided basket or woven pad for winnowing through its one-open side, used for post harvest cleaning of seeds and cleansing a hunter on his first kill by placing it on the head of the carcass before it is butchered
kobia (n) basket plate for eating
Koboko (n) Kakwa town and district north of Maracha, west of Aringa, also considered a Lugbara clan sometimes because Lugbara is taught in area schools, origin of Idi Amin's father eg Kobesoni ni aa Koboko-a. = Kobeson lives in Koboko.
kodra (n) papyrus mat (also kolo)
Kodro (n) Lugbara ancestor, the first rock formation in Tara anticlockwise from Mt. Liru, adjacent to other ranges named Gala, Kadri, Adrofiya and Nzeke (pronounced Njeke, Nzakai)
kofia (n) hat eg Emili su kofia eka. = Emily wore a red hat.
kofulo (n) padlock (also kopolo)
koilu (n) coil
koka (n) tickbird
Koka-Kola (n) Coca-Cola drink
koko (adj) firm, tight; (n) referring to an insect usually when warning kids
kokoa (n) something bad; woodpecker
kokobi (n) newspaper, book, letter (also waraga)
kokobi tujara 'yezu (n) trading licence (also karatasi biasara niri, laisenisi)
kokoliroko (n) sound made by a cock (also kokoliriko, kokadudodu), dawn, sunrise
kokosi (n) safety pin (also kikuwasi, kukuwasi)
kole (n) witch (also oleo)
Kolera (n) Cholera disease
kolikoli (n) African Pied Wagtail bird (also kolikolia)
kolo (n) papyrus mat
kolokolo (adj) loose, not firm
Kololo (n) village in Tara Subcounty (Maracha) after Tara Health Centre IV on the road to Kubala, place west of Okokoro and near Otravu (Maracha); hill in Kampala City between Bukoto, Naguru, Nakawa, Kitante and Kamwokya - Independence Ceremonial Grounds, BOMA (British Overseas Military Administraion) Grounds; trading centre in Amuru District eg Juli ni aa Kololo-a. = Juli stays in Kololo.
koloseni (n) parliament, council
kome (n) seat, chair (also kiti, ogunga) eg Suru Drile Godifure Lukonguwa Binaisa (1980) kini, "Kome alu alu!" = President Godfrey Lukongwa Binaisa (1980) said, "Entebe ewoma [Luganda for: The chair is sweet]!"