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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
ligi (n) league eg Malaga ni avi Sipeini ma Ligi-a. = Malaga plays in the Spanish League.
likico (n) orphan (also emvu)
likinya (n) yam (also girinya)
Lingala (n) Lingala
lira (n) type of tree that can be cut for house construction wood, Italian currency
Lira (n) Lango Town found east of Gulu, west of Soroti eg Obote ma jo Lira-a. = Obote's house is in Lira.
liri (adj) high, up
Liru (n) Madi-Lugbara ancestor who descended from the sky to the border between Kakwa and Maracha (Believed to be a forefather of Gipiri and Labongo too), mountain immediately north of Maracha but in Koboko with Lurujo Road in between the districts, there is a customised view of the mountain from Komendaku Rock on the Tara side eg NTV mu Liru-a. = NTV went to Liru.
Livapulu (n) Liverpool, town in Britain eg Livapulu-a, mi aci nga a'dule ku. = In Liverpool, you will never walk alone.
liza (n) cutting, slaughtering, judgement, mopping, cleaning, rolling
lo (v) harvest (cereals), slaughter, chop eg Adriko ni ti lo. = Adriko is slaughtering a cow.
lobu (n) skin (also inyiriko)
Lobule (n) village and subcounty in Koboko near Tara (also Lubule)
Lodonga (n) place in Yumbe where Lodonga Basilica (with Pilgrimage Day on 8th December annually) and Seminary are located
Logiri (n) place in Okoro County, subcounty in the Vurra County of Arua District, proposed site for transferring Barifa Forest to create land for a futuristic Nile Eco City eg Angu ambi Logiri-a. = The place is cold in Logiri.
logo (n) bare-necked chicken (in Ayivu dialect); logo design (mark symbol, type font or illustration combination)
Loinya (n) place after Nyadri Town along Koboko Highway
loji (n) lodge (also angu lazu sendesi)
loki (n) semen, sperm(s)
loki suza (n) male ejaculation (literally sperm pouring)
lokira (n) elbow
Lokiragodo (n) place and trading centre at the edge of Ayivu as you enter Maracha on Koboko Highway (Road cuts west to Odramacaku and DRC)
lokiri (n) trick, bad manners
lokiri angu awazu (n) boundary marks
lokiriru (adj) tricky
lolipopu (n) lollipop eg Lolipopu ma aje Silingi 100. = A lollipop costs 100 Shillings.
lolo (n) cock (in Ayivu)
loma (n) rib
loni (n) loan
lonyi (n) wealth (also afa) eg Haji Kasi ma lonyi ci. = Hajji Cash has wealth.
lonyi nyakuari (n) mammon, money (literally wealth on Earth)
Lonyitualu (n) Commonwealth
lori (n) lorry (also loori) eg Godiwini tu lori dria. = Godwin climbed onto the lorry.
lorika (n) oval-shaped fruit with a red outer cover and white interior plus a sharp taste, available in Vurra and Congo
loza (n) harvest
lu (adv) just, only, exactly; (v) look, see (also ilu), make a hole through something eg Arua ni lu aluzaru! = Arua is just sweet!
Lu (n) Lugbara dialect in DR Congo
Ludara (n) subcounty in Koboko, west of Kei