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kona (n) corner
Kongo (n) country west of Uganda and neighbouring Arua City by about 13 kilometres, DR Congo or Congo Brazzaville, zone in Mvara before Sudan Zone and opposite Zambia Zone (also Congo)
kongo kongo (adj) driving or riding in Uganda on the right-hand side (wrong side according to Ugandan Law) like Congolese or Americans
kongolo (adj, n) hard, strong, firm, immovable eg Wuluvurini ni kongolo! = Wolverine is hard!
Kongolo (n) island in Congo where Makhado (former false prophet) saw the half-human crocodile deity (maybe like Leviathan) which he mentions in "Church Mafia (book)"
kongoro (n) V-shaped wooden hoe used for weeding usually made from a tree branch like mango
kopa (n) copper
Kopenihageni (n) Copenhagen, capital of Denmark
Kopira (n) origin of a Lugbara ancestor
kopo (n) cup, trophy
kopolo (n) padlock eg Yini ici jotile kopolo si. = Jin locked the door with a padlock.
Korani (n) Koran, Quran eg Korani Alatararu/ Takatifu (in Swahili) = Holy Quran
korikori (adj) black and white
koro (n) festive Lugbara dance where people choose lifelong marriage partners, love dance featuring males and females
korokoro (n) shin (also kico), sounds from (stealthy) activity, noises
korokoto (n) gravel stones mixed with cement to form concrete, slang for beans
Korona O'bu Azo-19 (n) Corona Virus Disease-19 (also Kovidi-19)
kosi (n) academic study course, tutorial (also imbata)
Kositi (n) trading centre in Ociba Parish on Mt. Wati Road at the uphill T-Junction that connects to Hospital Road via Wadriff Road (also Ociba Kositi, Coast in English)
kota (n) pyramidal food cover, catching (also bita, ruta, ruza) eg Kota Nubi ni = Nubian kota
koti (n) coat
koyi koyi (n) riddle, quiz (also koi koi, ozizu, e'yo eti ondazu) eg Samusoni le koyi koyi ambamba. = Samson likes riddles very much.
koyo (n) type of calabash
kozu (n) game of catching a thrown ball
kpete (n) local beer (also kwete, pete)
ku (adj) famous (also kuu), (adv) no, (suffix) does not, (v) leave, sound (out) eg YESU ma ru ku! = JESUS's name is famous!
kubaku (n) sound made by a hen like a cock's cock-a-doodle-doo or kokoliroko
Kubaku (n) shortened from Amina Kubakurungi, fictional Ugandan supershero and means "loyal", "faithful" or "doesn't leave (people)" when localised
Kubala (n) marketplace in Terego near Tara
kubi (n) sauce pot
kukute (adj) thick
Kulikulinga (n) junction on Arua-Yumbe Road after Nyoko Primary School, trading centre and village about 46 kilometres westwards from the Obongi Ferry Crossing that links to Adjumani, 25 kilometres from Ariwa (Kulikulia in Aringa) eg Alokore ni aa Kulikulinga-a.
kulu (adv) big, main (also kulukulu); grasshopper, locust, totem for Maracha Clan, nzige in Swahili language
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 (postp) round (also kurukuru)
Kuru (n) place northeast of Drajini, subcounty in Yumbe District where Yumbe Hospital is located
kuruke (n) crow (in Aringa dialect)
kuruku chai (n) lemon grass
kurunukua (n) small
Kusi (n) Kush, Ethiopia, Axum, birthplace of coffee (also Abisinia, Etiopia, Akisumu)
kuta (n) cone-shaped wooven food warmer or cover