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kuru (prep) round (also kurukuru)
Kuru (n) place northeast of Drajini, subcounty in Yumbe District where Yumbe Hospital is located
kuruku chai (n) lemon grass
kurunukua (n) small
kuta (n) cone-shaped wooven food warmer or cover
kuwanitamu (n) quantum
kuwanzula (n) give away (pronounced kuwanjula)
kuwatiza (n) quartz, Lugbara rainstone
kuwaya (n) choir eg Dorini ni ongo ngo kuwaya-a. = Doreen sings in the choir.
kuye (adv) did not eg Etani azini Kizi apa Bujabuja Agupi si kuye. = Ethan and Kizzy did not flee because of the Bujabuja Man (Boogieman).
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la (v) count, read, iqra, iqraa, iqrah in Arabic - first word revealed in the Koran; lay down (eg baby), lie down eg Jemima ni buku la. = Jemimah is reading a book.
la-i ku (adj, n) uncountable
Lado (n) Lado Enclave, place name meaning "Land where the dead bodies of our forefathers lie", territory at the Heart of Africa that belonged to the Congo Free State and later Belgian Congo from 1894 to 1910 on the West Bank of the Upper Nile in what is now South Sudan and northwest Uganda. In 1912, the southern half of Lado was ceded to Uganda, a British protectorate and became West Nile (also Lado Exclave), place in South Sudan and northeastern DR Congo, former Equatoria Province of Egypt
lai (n) type of green vegetable (also layi)
laisenisi (n) license
lamu (n) tarmac
Landani (n) London, LDN eg Amaguru ni aa Landani-a. = Amaguru stays in London.
Langa (n) Lugbara Kari Parliament eg Kurisitofa Yiki ni Langa ma Sipika. = Christopher Yikii is the Speaker of the Lugbara Kari Parliament.
lanzura (n) single, unmarried man (also ojolo, pronounced lanjura)
lapiri (n) reader eg Emanueli Feta ni E'yo Laza lapiri. = Emmanuel Feta is the E'yo Laza (news)reader.
laputopu (n) laptop computer
laru (n) certain type of tree that grows tall and stays long
lata (n) reading, counting, laying down, lying down
Latini (n) Latin
layini (n) line (also leni)
layini dria (adv) online
lazanya (n) lasagne, wide and flat pasta eg Lazanya 'ba ideni biringanya si ku, te nganu. = Lasagne is not made using eggplants, but wheat.
Lazebu (n) place in Vurra
lazima (adv) by all means, definitely (borrowed from Swahili)
le (adj) like, love, want; (n) milk (also lesu), (pron) it, (suffix) pins or points a noun or demonstratives like 'dale means there eg A le mi! = I love you! [Ich liebe dich; Je t'aime; Wo ai ni; Nkwagala; Ninkukunda; Kocham cie!]
Leforo gbanda (n) cassava-tasting tuber that germinates when a palmnut is planted in a sweet potato-growing type of mound, usually roasted or boiled (also itu ola[a])
leja leja (n) casual labour
lejo (n) index finger (also lejoa)
Leju (n) headquarters of Terego District effective 1st July 2020
leleo (n) morning star (also lelewu)
Lematia (n) name meaning "They love me on the lips" eg Otelulu Vegasi ma ru adari Lematia. = Otelul Vegas's real name is Lematia.
Leni (n) name meaning "S/he is the one who loves, likes or wants", shortened from Munguleni, Lenia or Leniya
Leonado (n) Leonardo (also Leonarido, Lionado) eg Leonado da Vinici = Leonardo da Vinci
lesu (n) milk; cloth women tie around their body eg Kobusingiye ni "Birunga Dairy" lesu mvu. = Kobusingye is drinking Birunga Dairy milk.
leta (n) love, affection (also leza, lavu)
leta kokoru (adj) without love, cruel
Letasi (n) female-given name meaning "With love, Through love, Using love, By love"
letaru (adj) loving, affectionate
leuta (n) food cover
li (n) thigh; (v) cut, mop, clean, judge; roll (eg ball), blow (said of wind) eg Eri jo ma ale li. = She is mopping the house-floor.
li 'ba (v) covet
li ti (phr v.) interrupt sb talking (idiom), directly translated: cut mouth eg Rozi li ti ni. = Rose (is the one who) interrupted.
lico (n) home (in Aringa dialect, pronouncced licho, also licoga); kraal
ligaliga (n) gecko