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ligi (n) league eg Malaga ni avi Sipeini ma Ligi-a. = Malaga plays in the Spanish League. |
liki (n) hunger |
likico (n) orphan (also emvu) |
likinya (n) yam (literally hunger food, also girinya) |
Lingala (n) Lingala language of DRC |
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 ... |
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) |
lobuni (n) type of wild fruit |
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 |
ludo (n) ludo game, gambling using dice eg Karile ludo avi. = The youth are playing ludo. |
lufe (n) mingling stick (also olufe) |
Luga bari (n) name given by Arab slave traders meaning "Speakers of Bari language" and applied to all Madi in West Nile by the British. Linguistically, the Lugbara are related to the Kaliko and Logo of the Democratic Republic of Congo, Moru and Avukayi in the southern part of Sudan plus Madi in Uganda (also Luga gbari) |
Luganda (n) language of Buganda Kingdom |
Luganda nzeza (n) Luganda speaking or communication (also Luganda nzeta) |
lugba (n) yellow one-seeded fruit from a thorny tree species found in Africa (plus Middle East/ Arabian Peninsula, South Asia/ Indian Subcontinent and Central America/ Caribbean), desert date shrub, soap berry tree, Egyptian myrobalan, Egyptian balsam, Zachum oil tree, lalob in Arabic, aduwa in Hausa, taboraq in Tuareg... |
Lugbara (n) African tribe recognised in the Uganda National Constitution since 1962 Independence, occupied Central Africa long before colonialists arrived, among the Top 10 Most Populous Tribes in Uganda though settled mainly in the northwest, eastern Congolese natives (in Aru and Mahagi), also found in southern South ... |
Lugbara a'bi (n) Lugbara ancestry, Lugbara ancestors, heritage |
Lugbara Kari (n) the House of Lugbara, administrative body of Lugbara headed by an elected clan-rotational agofe from Ayivu - Maracha - Terego or Vurra, egalitarian chiefdom based on the principles that all are equal and deserve the same rights and opportunities |
Lugbara ti (n) Lugbara language, one of the languages in the Moru-Madi Family (also ti akuari) eg Vije/ Vaja Ke ni filimu oja Lugbarati si. = VJ Ke translates films into Lugbara language. |
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