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kulu (adv) big, main (also kulukulu); grasshopper, locust, totem for Maracha Clan |
kulukulu (adj) main; (n) turkey, gourd |
Kuluva (n) suburb and parish south of Arua City, where Kuluva Hospital and Uganda Baati are located |
kumu (n) knee (also kumuti), stumbling block |
kumu siza (n) kneeling |
kumura (n) plant oil (also kumura odu) |
kumuti si (v) kneel |
kuranika (n) crank, wind up technology eg Treva Bayilisi ede redio kuranika ayu pi. = Trevor Bayliss made a radio that uses a crank. |
kuriketi (n) cricket (sport), insect that chirps eg Belinda ni kuriketi avi. = Belinda plays cricket. |
Kurisimasi (n) Christmas eg Eri bongo o'di je Kurisimasi si. = He buys new clothes during Christmas. |
Kurisitiani (n) Christian |
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 (ancestors are resting)", territory at the Heart of Africa that belonged to the Congo Free State from 1894 though also King Leopold's personal property and later Belgian Congo from 1908 on the West Bank of the Upper Nile in what is now South Sudan plus northwest Uganda until 1910 (By 1912, the southern half of Lado was ceded to Uganda [British protectorate] becoming West Nile while the other parts were left in South Sudan and northeastern DR Congo), former Equatoria Province of Egypt, capital was Lado or Rejaf though other sources claim Arua (also Lado Exclave) eg Lugbara ni ti o'bi ni andra nze Lado-a. = Lugbara is a language communities spoke in Lado sometime back. |
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 (pronounced lanjura, also ojolo) |
lapiri (n) reader eg Emanueli Feta ni E'yo Laza lapiri. = Emmanuel Feta is the E'yo Laza (news)reader. |
laputopu (n) laptop computer |
Laropu (n) place in Moyo on River Nile with ferry crossing eg Geri engazu Moyo pere Laropu Sietiko si ni. = The road from Moyo to Laropu was built by Sietico. |
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 "Is the one who loves, likes or wants", shortened from Munguleni, Lenia or Leniya |
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