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kikuwasi (n) safety pin
kikuyu (n) fast-growing grass
Kikuyu (n) largest Bantu tribe found in Central Kenya around Mt. Kenya (also Agikuyu) - 17 percent of the Kenyan population in 2019, Gikuyu language
kilabu (n) club, dancehall (also kirabu) eg Musitafa mu kilabu-a Amini be. = Mustafa went to the club with Amin.
kilasi (n) class(room), pedigree, grade, level eg Kini mani ma adreni eri ma kilasi ku; ani azi eri: Kilasi ngo-i, Premari 5 (Towi)? = She told me am not her class; so I asked her: Which class, Primary 5?
Kilasiko (n) El Clasico, classic battle in Sports: Arua Hill v Onduparaka (Arua City Classic), Onduparaka v Paidha (West Nile Derby), Boca Juniors v River Plate, Der Klassiker (in Germany between Bayern Munich and Dortmund), Le Classique (in France featuring PSG v Marseille), clash (Express FC v KCCA; AC Milan v Inter Milan), Israeli Classico or Derby of Israel between Maccabi Tel Aviv v Maccabi Haifa eg Baselona ni mu Kilasiko avi Realu Madridi be drusi. = Barcelona is going to play El Clasico with Real Madrid tomorrow.
kilijuku (n) dark green plant usually used to demarcate plot boundaries (also kalajuku)
kilikili (n) clitoris
kilili (adj) right (also kililiru) eg geri kililiru = the right way
kiliniki (n) clinic
kiliwiri (n) edible vegetable with serrated leaves and prickly stems
kilomgboro (n) very short and cold period
kimbelembele (n) gossip, hearsay
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)
kitanda afa o'bazu (n) rack
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 (also bi, ru)
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)